Assembly Bill A5897

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Waives civil service examination application fees for veterans

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2019-A5897 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §50, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A5847
2011-2012: A4227
2013-2014: A4287
2015-2016: A3422
2017-2018: A3566

2019-A5897 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Waives civil service examination application fees for veterans.

2019-A5897 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5897
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 20, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BARCLAY, BLANKENBUSH, COLTON, CROUCH, FINCH,
   GIGLIO, GOODELL, HAWLEY,  McDONOUGH,  PALMESANO,  PERRY,  RAIA,  STEC,
   MANKTELOW,  MORINELLO, REILLY, BYRNES, DeSTEFANO, SALKA -- Multi-Spon-
   sored by -- M. of A.   DiPIETRO --  read  once  and  referred  to  the
   Committee on Governmental Employees

 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  civil service law, in relation to waiving civil
   service examination application fees for veterans
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraphs  (c) and (d) of subdivision 5 of section 50 of
 the civil service law are relettered paragraphs (d) and (e)  and  a  new
 paragraph (c) is added to read as follows:
   (C)  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION, THE CIVIL SERVICE DEPARTMENT, A MUNICIPAL COMMISSION OR A REGIONAL
 COMMISSION SHALL WAIVE THE APPLICATION FEE OF ANY CANDIDATE WHO  PROVES,
 BY  APPROPRIATE  DOCUMENTARY  PROOF,  TO THE CIVIL SERVICE DEPARTMENT, A
 MUNICIPAL COMMISSION OR A REGIONAL COMMISSION THAT HE OR SHE IS A VETER-
 AN. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS  PARAGRAPH,  THE  TERM  "VETERAN"  MEANS  A
 MEMBER  OF  THE  ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES WHO SERVED THEREIN 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.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
 have become a law.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02433-01-9

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