Assembly Bill A7956

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to certain veterans and competitive civil service exam points

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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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2011-A7956 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Veterans
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง85, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A6139
2015-2016: A4464
2017-2018: A4941
2019-2020: A5235
2021-2022: A5760
2023-2024: A4826

2011-A7956 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to certain veterans and entitles them to 10 additional competitive civil service exam points if they are disabled and entitles them to 5 additional competitive civil service exam points if they are non-disabled and if they received certain medals or ribbons.

2011-A7956 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7956

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 25, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. RAMOS -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Veterans' Affairs

AN ACT to amend the civil service  law,  in  relation  to  veterans  and
  competitive civil service exam points

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

  Section 1.  Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 85 of the  civil
service  law,  as amended by chapter 333 of the laws of 1993, is amended
to read as follows:
  (a) The terms "veteran" and "non-disabled veteran" mean:
  (1) a member of the armed forces of the United States who served ther-
ein in time of war, who  was  honorably  discharged  or  released  under
honorable  circumstances  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; OR
  (2)  A  MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES WHO WAS HONOR-
ABLY DISCHARGED OR RELEASED  UNDER  HONORABLE  CIRCUMSTANCES  FROM  SUCH
SERVICE,  WHO  IS  A  CITIZEN  OF THE UNITED STATES OR AN ALIEN LAWFULLY
ADMITTED FOR PERMANENT RESIDENCE IN THE UNITED STATES, 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, AND WHO WAS
AWARDED EITHER A: (I) COMBAT  ACTION  RIBBON,  (II)  COMBAT  INFANTRYMAN
BADGE,  (III) COMBAT MEDICAL BADGE, (IV) COMBAT ACTION BADGE, (V) COMBAT
RECOGNITION RIBBON, OR (VI) AIR FORCE COMBAT ACTION MEDAL.
  S 2.  Subparagraph 1 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of  section  85
of  the  civil service law, as added by chapter 790 of the laws of 1958,
is amended to read as follows:
  (1) Disabled veterans shall be entitled to receive  ten  points  addi-
tional  CREDIT in a competitive examination for original appointment and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09901-02-1
              

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