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