Senate Bill S946A

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Waives application fees for honorably discharged veterans

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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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2017-S946 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1105
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §50, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
S7473, A10596

2017-S946 - Summary

Waives New York state application fees for all veterans who were honorably discharged or released under honorable circumstances from such service.

2017-S946 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S946 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    946
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 5, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  CROCI,  LARKIN,  SEWARD -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on  Veter-
   ans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  civil service law, in relation to the waiver of
   application fees for honorably discharged veterans

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph (b) of subdivision 5 of section 50 of the civil
 service law, as amended by chapter 449 of the laws of 2006,  is  amended
 to read as follows:
   (b)  Notwithstanding  the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdivi-
 sion, the state civil service department, subject to the approval of the
 director of the budget, a municipal commission, subject to the  approval
 of  the  governing  board or body of the city or county, as the case may
 be, or a regional commission or personnel officer, pursuant  to  govern-
 mental  agreement,  may  elect  to waive application fees, or to abolish
 fees for specific classes of  positions  or  types  of  examinations  or
 candidates,  or  to  establish  a  uniform  schedule  of reasonable fees
 different from those prescribed in paragraph (a)  of  this  subdivision,
 specifying  in  such schedule the classes of positions or types of exam-
 inations or candidates to which such fees shall apply; provided,  howev-
 er,  that  fees  shall be waived for candidates who certify to the state
 civil service department, a municipal commission or a  regional  commis-
 sion  that they are unemployed and primarily responsible for the support
 of a household, or are receiving public  assistance.  PROVIDED  FURTHER,
 THE STATE CIVIL SERVICE DEPARTMENT SHALL WAIVE THE STATE APPLICATION FEE
 FOR ALL CANDIDATES WHO ARE HONORABLY DISCHARGED VETERANS.
   §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01734-01-7

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2017-S946A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1105
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §50, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
S7473, A10596

2017-S946A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Waives New York state application fees for all veterans who were honorably discharged or released under honorable circumstances from such service.

2017-S946A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S946A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  946--A
     Cal. No. 50
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 5, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. CROCI, HELMING, LARKIN, MARCHIONE, PHILLIPS, ROBACH,
   SEWARD  --  read  twice  and  ordered  printed, and when printed to be
   committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and Military
   Affairs -- reported favorably from said committee,  ordered  to  first
   and  second  report,  ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate and
   delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote  reconsidered,  restored  to
   third  reading,  amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in
   the order of third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in  relation  to  the  waiver  of
   application fees for honorably discharged veterans
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 5 of section 50 of  the  civil
 service  law,  as amended by chapter 449 of the laws of 2006, is amended
 to read as follows:
   (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of  this  subdivi-
 sion, the state civil service department, subject to the approval of the
 director  of the budget, a municipal commission, subject to the approval
 of the governing board or body of the city or county, as  the  case  may
 be,  or  a regional commission or personnel officer, pursuant to govern-
 mental agreement, may elect to waive application  fees,  or  to  abolish
 fees  for  specific  classes  of  positions  or types of examinations or
 candidates, or to  establish  a  uniform  schedule  of  reasonable  fees
 different  from  those  prescribed in paragraph (a) of this subdivision,
 specifying in such schedule the classes of positions or types  of  exam-
 inations  or candidates to which such fees shall apply; provided, howev-
 er, that fees shall be waived for candidates who certify  to  the  state
 civil  service  department, a municipal commission or a regional commis-
 sion that they are unemployed and primarily responsible for the  support
 of  a  household,  or are receiving public assistance. PROVIDED FURTHER,
 THE STATE CIVIL SERVICE DEPARTMENT SHALL WAIVE THE STATE APPLICATION FEE
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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