Bill Text: NY S06935 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the appointment and promotion of supervisors of the emergency medical service.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-05 - SUBSTITUTED BY A9441 [S06935 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S06935-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6935
                    IN SENATE
                                      March 8, 2016
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- 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  the  appointment
          and promotion of supervisors of the emergency medical service
          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  59-b to read as follows:
     3    §  59-b.  Promotions of supervisory personnel of the emergency medical
     4  service. 1. The legislature hereby finds and declares that  the  contin-
     5  ued,  uninterrupted,  adequate  and  efficient  operation  of  emergency
     6  medical services is necessary for the general  welfare  of  the  people;
     7  that such adequate operation involves and requires personnel with highly
     8  specialized abilities, skills, training and knowledge, which necessitate
     9  that  vacancies  in  the  emergency medical services in the positions of
    10  Supervising Emergency Medical Service Specialist  Level  II  (Captains),
    11  Deputy  Chief, Division Chief, Division Commander, and/or positions with
    12  equivalent duties and responsibilities, shall be filled as far as  prac-
    13  ticable  by promotion from among persons holding competitive class posi-
    14  tions in a lower grade in the department in which  the  vacancy  exists,
    15  provided  that  such  lower  grade  positions  are  in  direct  line  of
    16  promotion, as determined by the department or municipal commission.
    17    2. Promotion shall be based on merit  and  fitness  as  determined  by
    18  examination,  due weight being given to seniority. The previous training
    19  and experience of the candidates, and performance ratings  where  avail-
    20  able,  may  be considered and given due weight as factors in determining
    21  the relative merit and fitness of candidates for promotion.
    22    3. Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  this  chapter  or  any  other
    23  provisions  to  the contrary contained in any general, special, or local
    24  laws, any person holding a position in the supervisory personnel of  the
    25  emergency medical service in the titles of Supervising Emergency Medical
    26  Service  Specialist  Level  II (Captains), Deputy Chief, Division Chief,
    27  and Division Commander, and/or positions for which the employees perform
    28  similar duties and responsibilities,  on  the  effective  date  of  this
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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