NY State Senate Bill 2021-S9451

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Civil Service And Pensions Committee

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May 29, 2022	referred to civil service and pensions

2021-S9451 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:: Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §57, Civ Serv L

2021-S9451 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits continuous eligible lists for positions filled through open-competitive examination as determined appropriate by the department.

2021-S9451 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S9451

SPONSOR: GOUNARDES
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the civil service law, in relation to establishing
continuing eligible lists

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To allow civil service departments to hold continuous recruitment civil
service exams with greater ease and frequency.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section one of the bill amends section 57 of the civil service law to
provide that continuous recruitment tests may be held as the Department
of Civil Service deems appropriate for open competitive positions.

Section two sets the effective date.

JUSTIFICATION:

This bill, which is similar to the proposal in Part R of the FY23 Public
Protection and General Government (PPGG) Executive Budget, would allow
the Department of Civil Service (DCS) or a municipal civil service
commission to conduct continuous recruitment testing for open-competi-
tive examinations as appropriate. This would eliminate the requirement
that there must be a limited number of well-qualified candidates avail-
able for recruitment before a continuous recruitment examination can be
held, thus accelerating the hiring of candidates into state and local
government.

The largest hurdle civil service candidates face is the timing of exams,
which creates unnecessary barriers for individuals seeking employment
with the state. Without continuous recruitment, candidates who miss a
certain exam weekend are unable to take the desired exam for the life of
the eligible candidate list which could be four years or longer. Contin-
uous recruitment removes this hurdle and allows qualified candidates to
enter the state on a continuing basis without negatively impacting
candidates who previously took the exam, who would remain on the list.

This reform is critical to supporting New York State's examination
modernization efforts, allowing the state to provide better services to
all New Yorkers and enabling it to be more competitive in recruitment
efforts. Moreover, this proposal is a central element to the Department
of Civil Service's strategy for increasing diversity across the New York
State workforce. Continuous recruitment provides candidates interested
in public employment with more opportunities to compete for positions
and provides agencies with more refreshed pools of interested candi-
dates.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

None

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

TBD
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediate

2021-S9451 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9451
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 29, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- 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 establishing
   continuing eligible lists
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.   Section 57 of the civil service law, as added by chapter
 83 of the laws of 1963, is amended to read as follows:
   § 57. Continuous recruitment for certain positions.    Notwithstanding
 any other provisions of this chapter or any other law, the civil service
 department or a municipal commission may establish a continuing eligible
 list  for  any class of positions for which it finds [inadequate numbers
 of well qualified persons available for recruitment] SUCH  LISTS  APPRO-
 PRIATE.  THE  CIVIL  SERVICE  DEPARTMENT  MAY  ONLY ESTABLISH CONTINUING
 ELIGIBLE LISTS FOR ANY CLASS POSITIONS FILLED  THROUGH  OPEN-COMPETITIVE
 EXAMINATION. Names of eligibles shall be inserted in such list from time
 to  time  as  applicants  are tested and found qualified in examinations
 held at such intervals as may be prescribed by the civil service depart-
 ment or municipal commission having jurisdiction. Such successive  exam-
 inations shall, so far as practicable, be constructed and rated so as to
 be  equivalent tests of the merit and fitness of candidates. The name of
 any candidate who passes any such examination and who is otherwise qual-
 ified shall be placed on the continuing eligible list in the rank corre-
 sponding to his final rating on such examination. The period  of  eligi-
 bility  of  successful candidates for certification and appointment from
 such continuing eligible list, as a  result  of  any  such  examination,
 shall  be  fixed by the civil service department or municipal commission
 but, except as a list may reach an announced terminal date, such  period
 shall  not  be  less than one year; nor shall such period of eligibility
 exceed four years. Subject to such conditions  and  limitations  as  the
 civil service department or municipal commission may prescribe, a candi-
 date may take more than one such examination; provided, however, that no
 such candidate shall be certified simultaneously with more than one rank
 on  the  continuing  eligible  list.  With  respect to any candidate who
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD16013-01-2
 S. 9451                             2
 
 applies for and is granted additional credit in any such examination  as
 a  disabled  or  non-disabled  veteran,  and  for the limited purpose of
 granting such additional credit, the eligible list shall be deemed to be
 established on the date on which his name is added thereto.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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Senate Bill S9451

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Civil Service And Pensions Committee

2021-S9451 (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-S9451 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S9451 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S9451 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Andrew Gounardes

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Civil Service And Pensions Committee

2021-S9451 (ACTIVE) - Details

2021-S9451 (ACTIVE) - Summary

2021-S9451 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S9451 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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