Bill Text: NY S03987 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Increases the amount of additional points certain veterans receive in a competitive examination.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-06 - OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY [S03987 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S03987-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3987
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                   February 25, 2015
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  CROCI  -- 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 appointments and promotions in civil service
    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]  TEN  points  additional  credit in a competitive examination for
   14  original appointment and [two and one-half] FIVE points additional cred-
   15  it in an examination for promotion or, if such member  was  disabled  in
   16  the  actual  performance of duty in any war and his or her disability is
   17  certified by the United States department of veterans affairs to  be  in
   18  existence at the time of application for appointment or promotion, he or
   19  she  shall be entitled to receive [ten] FIFTEEN points additional credit
   20  in a competitive examination for original appointment and  [five]  SEVEN
   21  AND  ONE-HALF  points additional credit in an examination for promotion.
   22  Such additional credit shall be added to the final earned rating of such
   23  member after he or she has qualified in  an  examination  and  shall  be
   24  granted  only  at the time of establishment of an eligible list. No such
   25  member shall receive the additional credit granted by this section after
   26  he or she has received one  appointment,  either  original  entrance  or
   27  promotion,  from  an  eligible  list  on which he or she was allowed the
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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    1  additional credit granted by this section, except  where  a  member  has
    2  been  appointed or promoted from an eligible list on which he or she was
    3  allowed additional credit for military service and  subsequent  to  such
    4  appointment  he  or  she  is  disabled as provided in this section, such
    5  member shall be entitled to ten points additional credit less the number
    6  of points of additional credit allowed for the prior appointment.
    7    S 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the  foregoing  amendment
    8  be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the
    9  next  succeeding  general  election  of members of the assembly, and, in
   10  conformity with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution,  be
   11  published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.
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