Assembly Bill A7824

Signed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to allowing all veterans who miss a civil service examination for active duty military service the opportunity for a makeup examination

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S4852 - Signed by Governor

  • 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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2015-A7824 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4852
Law Section:
Military Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง243-b, Mil L

2015-A7824 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to allowing all veterans who miss a civil service examination for active duty military service the opportunity for a makeup examination.

2015-A7824 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7824

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 27, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- (at request of the Division of Veterans
  Affairs)  --  read  once and referred to the Committee on Governmental
  Employees

AN ACT to amend the military law, in relation to allowing  all  veterans
  who  miss  a  civil  service  examination  due to active duty military
  service the opportunity for a makeup examination

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of  section 243-b of the military law, as
amended by chapter 192 of the laws  of  2008,  is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  2.  Notwithstanding  any  other provision of this chapter or any other
law, any member of the force of the organized militia, as  the  term  is
defined  in  subdivision  nine of section one of this chapter or reserve
armed forces, as that term is  defined  in  subdivision  twenty-nine  of
section two hundred ninety-two of the executive law or any member of the
armed  forces  of  the United States who missed the application deadline
for a scheduled competitive examination for civil service employment  by
the  state  of  New  York  or  any  of  its subdivisions due to military
service, as defined in subdivision one of section three hundred  one  of
this  chapter or due to a call to active duty [other than for training],
pursuant to 10 USC 101 (d) (1), and is deprived of  the  opportunity  to
compete  in  such  examination  due  to  military service, as defined in
subdivision one of section three hundred one of this chapter or due to a
call to active duty [other than for training], pursuant to  10  USC  101
(d)  (1),  shall be provided with an opportunity to compete, under terms
and conditions deemed appropriate  by  the  state  department  of  civil
service  or  municipal  commission, by way of a special military make-up
examination.
  S 2. Subdivision 3 of section 243-b of the military law, as amended by
chapter 192 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09607-01-5

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