Bill Text: NY S03390 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 3390 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Grants a waiver of half of the civil service examination fee for veterans.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS [S03390 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S03390-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3390
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 1, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- 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 granting a  waiver
         of half of the civil service examination fee to veterans
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The civil service law is amended by adding  a  new  section
    2  50-d to read as follows:
    3    S  50-D.  CIVIL  SERVICE EXAMINATION FEE; WAIVER FOR VETERANS. 1.  THE
    4  PRESIDENT, IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE  DEPARTMENT,  SHALL  ESTABLISH  A
    5  PROGRAM  WAIVING  HALF OF THE CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION FEE FOR VETERANS
    6  AS DEFINED PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE  OF  SECTION  TWENTY-SIX  HUNDRED
    7  THIRTY-TWO OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
    8   2.  THE  WAIVER,  GRANTED  PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION,
    9  SHALL BE ADMINISTERED BY THE PRESIDENT, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE  DEPART-
   10  MENT.  EACH  SUCH  PERSON SHALL BE GRANTED A WAIVER FOR A MAXIMUM OF TWO
   11  APPLICATIONS FILED, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE,  TO
   12  COMPETE IN AN EXAMINATION FOR A POSITION IN A COMPETITIVE OR NON-COMPET-
   13  ITIVE  CLASS OF CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYMENT IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR ANY
   14  OF ITS SUBDIVISIONS, OR IN A LABOR CLASS WHEN EXAMINATION  FOR  APPOINT-
   15  MENT IS REQUIRED.
   16    3.  THE PRESIDENT SHALL ESTABLISH AND PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS
   17  FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING AND  CARRYING  OUT  SUCH  CIVIL  SERVICE
   18  EXAMINATION FEE WAIVER PROGRAM. SUCH RULES AND REGULATIONS SHALL REQUIRE
   19  THE  PRESENTATION  OF DD FORM 214 OR ANY OTHER SUCH DOCUMENT AS PROOF OF
   20  SUCH PERSON'S STATUS AS A VETERAN.
   21    S 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
   22  it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition,  amend-
   23  ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
   24  tation  of this act on its effective date is authorized to be made on or
   25  before such date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD00034-02-3