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                                  7956

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 25, 2011
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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.
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five  points  additional  credit  in  a  competitive   examination   for
promotion, and
  S  3.  Paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section 85 of the civil service
law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 4 to read as follows:
  (4) A VETERAN WHO IS CERTIFIED BY THE UNITED STATES VETERANS' ADMINIS-
TRATION OR A MILITARY  DEPARTMENT  AS  ENTITLED  TO  RECEIVE  DISABILITY
PAYMENTS  UPON CERTIFICATION OF SUCH VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION OR A MILI-
TARY DEPARTMENT FOR A DISABILITY INCURRED BY HIM OR HER IN THE COURSE OF
HIS OR HER TIME OF SERVICE AND IN EXISTENCE 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 4. This act shall take effect immediately.