Assembly Bill A7402

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Changes the definitions of veteran and non-disabled veteran with regard to additional service credits

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

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2011-A7402 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3453
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง85, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:
A5525

2011-A7402 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Changes the definitions of veteran and non-disabled veteran with regard to additional service credits.

2011-A7402 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  7402

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 4, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  GABRYSZAK  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Governmental Employees

AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to the definition  of
  the  terms  veteran and non-disabled veteran with regard to additional
  service credits

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (a) and the opening paragraph of paragraph (b) of
subdivision  1  of section 85 of the civil service law, paragraph (a) as
amended by chapter 333 of the laws of 1993 and the opening paragraph  of
paragraph (b) as amended by chapter 661 of the laws of 1983, are amended
to read as follows:
  (a)  The  terms  "veteran" and "non-disabled veteran" mean a member of
the armed forces of the United States [who served  therein  in  time  of
war,]  who  was honorably discharged or released under honorable circum-
stances from such service, who is a citizen of the United States  or  an
alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States and
who  is  a  resident of the state of New York at the time of application
for appointment or promotion or at the time of retention,  as  the  case
may be.
  The  term  "disabled  veteran" means a veteran who is certified by the
United States veterans' administration or a military department as enti-
tled to receive disability  payments  upon  the  certification  of  such
veterans'  administration  or  a  military  department  for a disability
incurred [by him in time of war] WHILE ON ACTIVE DUTY and  in  existence
at  the  time of application for appointment or promotion or at the time
of retention, as the case may be. Such disability shall be deemed to  be
in  existence at the time of application for appointment or promotion or
at the time of retention, as the case may be, if the certificate of such
veterans' administration shall state affirmatively that such veteran has
been examined by a medical officer of such veterans' administration on a

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09279-02-1
              

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