Assembly Bill A2061

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Grants additional credit on civil service exams for appointments as police officers and firefighters who are residents of certain cities

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A2061 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1157
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง58, Civ Serv L

2009-A2061 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Grants additional credit on competitive civil service exams for appointments as police officers and firefighters who are residents of cities with a population between 250,000 and one million upon enactment of a local law.

2009-A2061 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  2061

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 15, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. PEOPLES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Governmental Employees

AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to civil service exam
  credits for police officers and firefighters in certain cities

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Section 58 of the civil service law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
  7. (A) A CITY WITH A POPULATION BETWEEN TWO HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND AND
ONE MILLION IS AUTHORIZED TO ADOPT A LOCAL LAW WHICH WOULD  GRANT  RESI-
DENTS  OF  SUCH  CITY ADDITIONAL CREDITS IN COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS FOR
ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT AS A POLICE OFFICER OR FIREFIGHTER PURSUANT TO THIS
SECTION.
  (B) IN THE EVENT OF THE ENACTMENT OF A LOCAL LAW PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH
(A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, ON AN ELIGIBLE LIST RESULTING  FROM  A  COMPET-
ITIVE  EXAMINATION FOR ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT AS A POLICE OFFICER OR FIRE-
FIGHTER, THE NAMES OF ELIGIBLES SHALL BE ENTERED IN THE ORDER  OF  THEIR
RESPECTIVE  FINAL  EARNED  RATINGS  ON EXAMINATION, WITH THE NAME OF THE
ELIGIBLE WITH THE HIGHEST FINAL EARNED RATING AT THE HEAD OF SUCH  LIST,
PROVIDED  HOWEVER,  THAT  FOR  THE  PURPOSES OF DETERMINING FINAL EARNED
RATINGS, A PERSON WHO IS A RESIDENT OF SUCH CITY SHALL  BE  ENTITLED  TO
RECEIVE  FIVE  POINTS ADDITIONAL CREDIT. SUCH ADDITIONAL CREDIT SHALL BE
ADDED TO THE FINAL EARNED RATING AFTER SUCH PERSON HAS QUALIFIED IN  THE
COMPETITIVE  EXAMINATION AND SHALL BE GRANTED ONLY AT THE TIME OF ESTAB-
LISHMENT OF THE RESULTING ELIGIBLE LIST.
  (C) ANY CANDIDATE WHO BELIEVES THAT HE OR SHE  IS  ENTITLED  TO  ADDI-
TIONAL  CREDIT  AS PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION, MAY MAKE AN APPLICATION FOR
SUCH ADDITIONAL CREDIT AT ANY TIME BETWEEN THE DATE OF  APPLICATION  FOR
THE  EXAMINATION AND THE DATE OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE ELIGIBLE LIST.
SUCH CANDIDATE SHALL PROVIDE APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTARY PROOF OF  RESIDENCY
AS REQUIRED BY SUCH CITY OF RESIDENCY.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD04683-01-9

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