Senate Bill S1157

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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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Civil Service And Pensions Committee

  • 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-S1157 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A2061
Current Committee:
Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง58, Civ Serv L

2009-S1157 (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-S1157 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S1157 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1157

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 26, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. THOMPSON, ONORATO, PARKER, SAVINO -- 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 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.

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

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