Bill Text: NY S03406 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-04-26 - referred to governmental employees [S03406 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S03406-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3406
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 18, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  LARKIN -- 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    S 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
   25  LIST  WITHOUT SUCH ADDITIONAL CREDIT AND SUBSEQUENT TO SUCH PLACEMENT HE
   26  OR SHE WAS ORDERED TO ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY, OTHER THAN  TRAINING,  TO  A
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD89104-01-1
       S. 3406                             2
    1  COMBAT THEATER OR COMBAT ZONE OF OPERATIONS THAT QUALIFIES THE APPLICANT
    2  FOR  ADDITIONAL  CREDIT  AS  A VETERAN OR DISABLED VETERAN, PROVIDED THE
    3  ELIGIBLE LIST HAS NOT EXPIRED AND THE APPLICANT  MAKES  APPLICATION  FOR
    4  THE  ADDITIONAL  CREDIT  WITHIN  TWO MONTHS AFTER RECEIVING AN HONORABLE
    5  DISCHARGE OR BEING RELEASED UNDER  HONORABLE  CIRCUMSTANCES.    No  such
    6  member shall receive the additional credit granted by this section after
    7  he  or  she  has  received  one appointment, either original entrance or
    8  promotion, from an eligible list on which he  or  she  was  allowed  the
    9  additional credit granted by this section.
   10    S  2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the forgoing be referred
   11  to the first  regular  legislative  session  convening  after  the  next
   12  succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in conform-
   13  ity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be published for 3
   14  months previous to the time of such election.