Bill Text: NY S07314 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides a definition for the terms veteran and armed forces; amends the effectiveness thereof.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2018-04-18 - SIGNED CHAP.35 [S07314 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S07314-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7314
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 5, 2018
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  CROCI  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
        AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation  to  definitions  for
          purposes  of  the  waiver of fees for examination applications; and to
          amend a chapter of the laws of 2017, amending the  civil  service  law
          relating  to  the  waiver of application fees for honorably discharged
          veterans, as proposed in legislative bills numbers  S.  946-A  and  A.
          1105-B, in relation to the effectiveness thereof
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 5 of section 50 of  the  civil
     2  service  law,  as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2017, amending the
     3  civil service law relating to the waiver of application fees for  honor-
     4  ably  discharged  veterans,  as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.
     5  946-A and A. 1105-B, is amended to read as follows:
     6    (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of  this  subdivi-
     7  sion, the state civil service department, subject to the approval of the
     8  director  of the budget, a municipal commission, subject to the approval
     9  of the governing board or body of the city or county, as  the  case  may
    10  be,  or  a regional commission or personnel officer, pursuant to govern-
    11  mental agreement, may elect to waive application  fees,  or  to  abolish
    12  fees  for  specific  classes  of  positions  or types of examinations or
    13  candidates, or to  establish  a  uniform  schedule  of  reasonable  fees
    14  different  from  those  prescribed in paragraph (a) of this subdivision,
    15  specifying in such schedule the classes of positions or types  of  exam-
    16  inations  or candidates to which such fees shall apply; provided, howev-
    17  er, that fees shall be waived for candidates who certify  to  the  state
    18  civil  service  department, a municipal commission or a regional commis-
    19  sion that they are unemployed and primarily responsible for the  support
    20  of  a  household,  or are receiving public assistance. Provided further,
    21  the state civil service department shall waive the state application fee
    22  for examinations for original appointment for  all  veterans  [who  were
    23  honorably discharged or released under honorable circumstances from such
    24  service].    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for purposes of
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01734-10-8
        S. 7314                             2
     1  this section, the term "veteran" shall mean a person who has  served  in
     2  the armed forces of the United States or the reserves thereof, or in the
     3  army national guard, air national guard, New York guard, or the New York
     4  naval  militia,  and  who has been honorably discharged or released from
     5  such service under honorable conditions. The term "armed  forces"  shall
     6  mean the army, navy, air force, marine corps, and coast guard.
     7    §  2.  Section  2 of a chapter of the laws of 2017, amending the civil
     8  service law relating to the waiver of  application  fees  for  honorably
     9  discharged  veterans,  as proposed in legislative bills numbers S. 946-A
    10  and A. 1105-B, is amended to read as follows:
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect on the [thirtieth] sixtieth day  after
    12  it shall have become a law.
    13    §  3.  This  act shall take effect immediately; provided, however that
    14  section one of this act shall take effect on the same date  and  in  the
    15  same manner as a chapter of the laws of 2017, amending the civil service
    16  law  relating to the waiver of application fees for honorably discharged
    17  veterans, as proposed in legislative  bills  numbers  S.  946-A  and  A.
    18  1105-B, takes effect.