Assembly Bill A8396

Signed By Governor
2013-2014 Legislative Session

Provides for the recalculation and re-establishment of civil service lists based upon eligibility for credits pursuant to section 85-b as amended by chapter 376 of 2013

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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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2013-A8396 (ACTIVE) - Details

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2013-A8396 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the recalculation and re-establishment of civil service lists based upon eligibility for credits granted to children and siblings of deceased firefighters and police officers pursuant to section 85-b of the civil service law as amended by chapter 376 of 2013.

2013-A8396 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8396

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 13, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. ABBATE, GOLDFEDER, MALLIOTAKIS -- read once and
  referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees

AN ACT in relation to providing additional civil service credit to chil-
  dren of certain firefighters and police officers killed in the line of
  duty

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

  Section  1.  Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, any candi-
date on an established eligible list resulting from a competitive  exam-
ination  who (i) is the child of a firefighter or police officer who was
killed in the line of duty as such term is defined in subdivision  1  of
section 85-b of the civil service law, (ii) applied for additional cred-
it pursuant to section 85-a of the civil service law as it existed prior
to  the enactment of chapter 376 of the laws of 2013 for the examination
that resulted in the established eligible list, (iii)  established  that
his or her parent was killed in the line of duty as such term is defined
in  subdivision  1  of  section  85-b of the civil service law, (iv) was
denied such additional credit, and (v)  would  have  been  granted  such
additional credit pursuant to section 85-b, as amended by chapter 376 of
the  laws of 2013, shall be allowed to have such additional credit added
to his or her current final rating for such examination. Any established
eligible list containing the names of  candidates  who  were  previously
denied  credit  and would now be afforded credit shall be re-established
to provide such candidates receiving additional credit with  the  proper
ranking  on  such  established eligible list; provided that, when re-es-
tablishing such  list,  the  names  of  the  candidates  who  have  been
appointed  from  such  list  shall not be included on the re-established
list; and provided further that any appointment that was made from  such
established  eligible list shall not be void or voidable upon the re-es-
tablishment of such eligible list solely because, on such re-established
list, the appointee would not have been eligible  for  such  appointment
pursuant  to  subdivision  1 of section 61 of the civil service law; and
provided further that any change in a candidate's ranking on the  re-es-
tablished  list shall not give rise to a cause of action relating to one

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

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