Senate Bill S6488

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Allows additional credits for children and siblings of firefighters, police officers, emergency medical technicians, or paramedics killed in the administrative line of duty

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Civil Service And Pensions 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-S6488 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8785
Current Committee:
Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §85-a, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S2237

2019-S6488 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows additional credits for children or siblings of firefighters, police officers, emergency medical technicians, or paramedics killed in the administrative line of duty.

2019-S6488 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S6488 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6488
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 13, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BROOKS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in  relation  to  allowing  addi-
   tional credits for children and siblings of firefighters, police offi-
   cers,  emergency  medical  technicians,  or  paramedics  killed in the
   administrative line of duty
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  section heading and subdivision 1 of section 85-a of
 the civil service law, as amended by chapter 376 of the  laws  of  2013,
 are amended to read as follows:
   Additional credits allowed children [and] OR siblings of firefighters,
 police  officers, emergency medical technicians and paramedics killed in
 the line of duty OR KILLED IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE LINE OF DUTY.  1. Addi-
 tional credit authorized.  Additional credits shall be allowed  children
 and siblings of firefighters, police officers, emergency medical techni-
 cians  [and]  OR  paramedics killed in the line of duty OR KILLED IN THE
 ADMINISTRATIVE LINE OF DUTY, as "child" and "sibling" in this section in
 competitive examinations for original appointment. (a) On  all  eligible
 lists  resulting  from  competitive  examinations, the names of eligible
 persons shall be entered in the order of their respective  final  earned
 ratings  on  examinations, with the name of the eligible person with the
 highest final earned ratings at the head of such list, provided,  howev-
 er,  that  for the purpose of determining final earned ratings, children
 and siblings of firefighters, police officers, emergency medical techni-
 cians [and] OR paramedics killed in the line of duty OR  KILLED  IN  THE
 ADMINISTRATIVE  LINE  OF DUTY shall be entitled to receive an additional
 ten points in a competitive examination for original appointment in  the
 same  municipality in which his or her parent or sibling has served. For
 the purposes of this paragraph,  a  police  officer  [or],  firefighter,
 EMERGENCY  MEDICAL  TECHNICIAN,  OR  PARAMEDIC  shall  be deemed to have
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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