Bill Text: NY S02387 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes veterans' and disabled veterans' credits to be added to an individual's civil service examination after the establishment of the appropriate eligible list.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 12-7)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-02-15 - OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S02387 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S02387-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2387
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 13, 2017
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        Introduced  by Sens. LARKIN, ADDABBO, AVELLA, BONACIC, CARLUCCI, COMRIE,
          CROCI, KENNEDY, MARCHIONE, O'MARA, ORTT, RANZENHOFER, SERINO  --  read
          twice  and  ordered  printed,  and when printed to be committed to the
          Committee on Judiciary
                    CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
        proposing an amendment to section 6 of article 5 of the constitution, in
          relation to the application of  veterans'  credits  to  civil  service
          examinations
     1    Section  1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 6 of arti-
     2  cle 5 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
     3    § 6. Appointments and promotions in the civil service of the state and
     4  all of the civil divisions thereof, including cities and villages, shall
     5  be made according to merit and fitness to  be  ascertained,  as  far  as
     6  practicable,  by  examination  which,  as  far  as practicable, shall be
     7  competitive; provided, however, that any member of the armed  forces  of
     8  the  United  States  who  served therein in time of war, and who, at the
     9  time of such member's appointment or promotion, is a citizen or an alien
    10  lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the  United  States  and  a
    11  resident  of  this  state  and is honorably discharged or released under
    12  honorable circumstances from such service, shall be entitled to  receive
    13  five  points additional credit in a competitive examination for original
    14  appointment and two and one-half points additional credit in an examina-
    15  tion for promotion or,  if  such  member  was  disabled  in  the  actual
    16  performance of duty in any war and his or her disability is certified by
    17  the  United  States department of veterans affairs to be in existence at
    18  the time of application for appointment or promotion, he or she shall be
    19  entitled to receive ten points additional credit in a competitive  exam-
    20  ination for original appointment and five points additional credit in an
    21  examination  for promotion. Such additional credit shall be added to the
    22  final earned rating of such member after he or she has qualified  in  an
    23  examination  and  [shall]  may  be granted [only at] after the [time of]
    24  establishment of an eligible list, if an applicant was  placed  on  such
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD89004-01-7
        S. 2387                             2
     1  list  without such additional credit and subsequent to such placement he
     2  or she was ordered to active military duty, other than  training,  to  a
     3  combat theater or combat zone of operations that qualifies the applicant
     4  for  additional  credit  as  a veteran or disabled veteran, provided the
     5  eligible list has not expired and the applicant  makes  application  for
     6  the  additional  credit  within  two months after receiving an honorable
     7  discharge or being released under  honorable  circumstances.    No  such
     8  member shall receive the additional credit granted by this section after
     9  he  or  she  has  received  one appointment, either original entrance or
    10  promotion, from an eligible list on which he  or  she  was  allowed  the
    11  additional  credit  granted  by  this section, except where a member has
    12  been appointed or promoted from an eligible list on which he or she  was
    13  allowed  additional  credit  for military service and subsequent to such
    14  appointment he or she is disabled as  provided  in  this  section,  such
    15  member shall be entitled to ten points additional credit less the number
    16  of points of additional credit allowed for the prior appointment.
    17    §  2.  Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing amendment
    18  be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the
    19  next succeeding general election of members of  the  assembly,  and,  in
    20  conformity  with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution, be
    21  published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.