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                                   4941
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 6, 2017
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 Introduced  by  M.  of A. RAMOS, TITONE -- 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.
   § 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
   § 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.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.