NY State Senate Bill 2021-S2237

Senate Bill S2237

2021-2022 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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2021-S2237 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:: Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §85-a, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:: S6488

2021-S2237 (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.

2021-S2237 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S2237

SPONSOR: BROOKS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

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 admin-
istrative line of duty

 
PURPOSE:

To provide additional civil service credits to the children of fire-
fighters and police officers killed in the administrative line of duty

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1. amends section 85-A of the civil service law by allowing the
children and siblings of police officers, firefighters, emergency
medical technicians and paramedics killed in the administrative line of
duty to receive an additional ten points on civil service examinations.

Section 2. is the enacting clause.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Section 85-A of the civil service law provides additional points on
civil service exams for the children of first responders who were killed
in the line of duty. Due to the definition of "killed in the line of
duty" provided in law, however, many officers who died as a result of
their service are excluded from these benefits. At present, only offi-
cers who died during the performance of their duties are eligible. The
unfortunate reality is that many firefighters, police officers and first
responders have died as a direct result of their service after succumb-
ing to prolonged illness or injury. Their sacrifice and the impact on
their families is no different from those whose deaths occurred while on
the job. This bill will extend the benefits due to the family members of
first responders and public protectors who have made the ultimate sacri-
fice regardless of the timeline of their death.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None to the state.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately after it shall have become law.

2021-S2237 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2237
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 20, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  BROOKS, COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and
   Pensions
 
 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,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD03665-01-1

 S. 2237                             2
 
 EMERGENCY  MEDICAL  TECHNICIAN,  OR  PARAMEDIC  shall  be deemed to have
 "served" in a municipality if he or  she  was  employed  by,  or  worked
 primarily  in,  that  municipality.    FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION,
 "KILLED  IN  THE  ADMINISTRATIVE LINE OF DUTY" SHALL MEAN HAVING DIED IN
 THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTY OR FOLLOWING THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTY WHERE  SUCH
 PERFORMANCE OF DUTY WAS THE NATURAL AND PROXIMATE CAUSE OF DEATH.
   (b)  Such  additional credit shall be added to the final earned rating
 of such child or sibling, as the case may be, after he or she has quali-
 fied in the competitive examination and shall be  granted  only  at  the
 time of establishment of the resulting eligible list.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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John E. Brooks