Bill Text: NY S01157 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Grants additional credit on competitive civil service exams for appointments as police officers and firefighters who are residents of cities with a population between 250,000 and one million upon enactment of a local law.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS [S01157 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S01157-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1157
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   January 26, 2009
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       Introduced  by Sens. THOMPSON, ONORATO, PARKER, SAVINO -- read twice and
         ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
         Civil Service and Pensions
       AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to civil service exam
         credits for police officers and firefighters in certain cities
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 58 of the civil service law is amended by adding  a
    2  new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
    3    7. (A) A CITY WITH A POPULATION BETWEEN TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND AND
    4  ONE  MILLION  IS AUTHORIZED TO ADOPT A LOCAL LAW WHICH WOULD GRANT RESI-
    5  DENTS OF SUCH CITY ADDITIONAL CREDITS IN  COMPETITIVE  EXAMINATIONS  FOR
    6  ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT AS A POLICE OFFICER OR FIREFIGHTER PURSUANT TO THIS
    7  SECTION.
    8    (B) IN THE EVENT OF THE ENACTMENT OF A LOCAL LAW PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH
    9  (A)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION, ON AN ELIGIBLE LIST RESULTING FROM A COMPET-
   10  ITIVE EXAMINATION FOR ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT AS A POLICE OFFICER OR  FIRE-
   11  FIGHTER,  THE  NAMES OF ELIGIBLES SHALL BE ENTERED IN THE ORDER OF THEIR
   12  RESPECTIVE FINAL EARNED RATINGS ON EXAMINATION, WITH  THE  NAME  OF  THE
   13  ELIGIBLE  WITH THE HIGHEST FINAL EARNED RATING AT THE HEAD OF SUCH LIST,
   14  PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT FOR THE  PURPOSES  OF  DETERMINING  FINAL  EARNED
   15  RATINGS,  A  PERSON  WHO IS A RESIDENT OF SUCH CITY SHALL BE ENTITLED TO
   16  RECEIVE FIVE POINTS ADDITIONAL CREDIT. SUCH ADDITIONAL CREDIT  SHALL  BE
   17  ADDED  TO THE FINAL EARNED RATING AFTER SUCH PERSON HAS QUALIFIED IN THE
   18  COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION AND SHALL BE GRANTED ONLY AT THE TIME OF  ESTAB-
   19  LISHMENT OF THE RESULTING ELIGIBLE LIST.
   20    (C)  ANY  CANDIDATE  WHO  BELIEVES THAT HE OR SHE IS ENTITLED TO ADDI-
   21  TIONAL CREDIT AS PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION, MAY MAKE AN  APPLICATION  FOR
   22  SUCH  ADDITIONAL  CREDIT AT ANY TIME BETWEEN THE DATE OF APPLICATION FOR
   23  THE EXAMINATION AND THE DATE OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ELIGIBLE  LIST.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04683-01-9
       S. 1157                             2
    1  SUCH  CANDIDATE SHALL PROVIDE APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTARY PROOF OF RESIDENCY
    2  AS REQUIRED BY SUCH CITY OF RESIDENCY.
    3    (D)  THE  ADDITIONAL CREDIT PROVIDED BY THIS SECTION SHALL BE IN ADDI-
    4  TION TO ANY ADDITIONAL CREDIT THAT MAY BE GRANTED PURSUANT TO ANY GENER-
    5  AL, SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW.
    6    (E) ANY LOCAL LAW ADOPTED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE APPLICABLE
    7  ONLY TO COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS FOR ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT  AS  A  POLICE
    8  OFFICER  OR FIREFIGHTER OF SUCH CITY WHICH ARE HELD AT LEAST THIRTY DAYS
    9  AFTER THE ADOPTION OF SUCH LOCAL LAW.
   10    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.