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                                   10167
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 10, 2024
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 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Blumencranz)
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the civil service law, in relation to providing addi-
   tional credits to Nassau county law enforcement explorers
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Short  title. This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "Nassau future protectors act".
   § 2. The civil service law is amended by adding a new article  6-A  to
 read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 6-A
        SPECIAL RIGHTS FOR NASSAU COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPLORERS
 SECTION 89. ADDITIONAL  CREDIT ALLOWED FOR NASSAU COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT
               EXPLORERS  IN  COMPETITIVE  EXAMINATIONS;  PREFERENCE   IN
               RETENTION UPON ABOLITION OF POSITIONS.
   § 89. ADDITIONAL  CREDIT  ALLOWED  FOR  NASSAU  COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT
 EXPLORERS IN COMPETITIVE  EXAMINATIONS;  PREFERENCE  IN  RETENTION  UPON
 ABOLITION  OF  POSITIONS.  1.  ADDITIONAL  CREDITS  SHALL BE ALLOWED FOR
 PARTICIPANTS OF THE NASSAU COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPLORING  PROGRAM  IN
 COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS FOR ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT. THE NASSAU COUNTY LAW
 ENFORCEMENT  EXPLORING PROGRAM SHALL BE DEFINED AS A YOUTH POLICE TRAIN-
 ING PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDES YOUTHS BETWEEN THE AGES OF FOURTEEN AND TWEN-
 TY WITH TRAINING AND ON THE  PURPOSE,  MISSION  AND  OBJECTIVES  OF  THE
 NASSAU COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC SAFETY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.
   (A) ON ALL ELIGIBLE LISTS RESULTING FROM COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS, THE
 NAMES  OF  ELIGIBLE  PERSONS SHALL BE ENTERED IN THE ORDER OF 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, HOWEVER, THAT FOR THE  PURPOSE  OF  DETERMINING  FINAL  EARNED
 RATINGS,  NASSAU  COUNTY  LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPLORERS SHALL BE ENTITLED TO
 RECEIVE ADDITIONAL POINTS IN  A  COMPETITIVE  EXAMINATION  FOR  ORIGINAL
 APPOINTMENT  IN NASSAU COUNTY. AN ELIGIBLE PERSON WHO SERVED AS A NASSAU
 COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPLORER  FOR  A  MINIMUM  OF  FOUR  YEARS  SHALL
 RECEIVE  AN  ADDITIONAL  FIVE POINTS. AN ELIGIBLE PERSON WHO SERVED AS A
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD15354-01-4
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 NASSAU COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPLORER FOR LESS THAN  FOUR  YEARS  SHALL
 RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL TWO POINTS.
   (B)  SUCH  ADDITIONAL CREDIT SHALL BE ADDED TO THE FINAL EARNED RATING
 OF SUCH NASSAU COUNTY LAW  ENFORCEMENT  EXPLORER,  AFTER  SUCH  EXPLORER
 QUALIFIED  IN  THE  COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION AND SHALL BE GRANTED ONLY AT
 THE TIME OF ESTABLISHMENT OF THE RESULTING ELIGIBLE LIST.
   2. ANY CANDIDATE, BELIEVING THEMSELVES TO BE  ENTITLED  TO  ADDITIONAL
 CREDIT  IN  A  COMPETITIVE  EXAMINATION AS PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION, MAY
 MAKE APPLICATION FOR SUCH ADDITIONAL CREDIT AT ANY TIME BETWEEN THE DATE
 OF APPLICATION FOR EXAMINATION AND THE DATE OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF  THE
 RESULTING  ELIGIBLE  LIST.  SUCH CANDIDATES SHALL BE ALLOWED A PERIOD OF
 NOT LESS THAN TWO MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF THE FILING OF THE  APPLICATION
 FOR  EXAMINATION  IN WHICH TO ESTABLISH BY APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTARY PROOF
 THE ELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL CREDIT UNDER THIS SECTION. AT  ANY
 TIME  AFTER  TWO  MONTHS  HAVE  ELAPSED  SINCE THE FINAL DATE FOR FILING
 APPLICATIONS FOR A COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT, THE
 ELIGIBLE LIST  RESULTING  FROM  SUCH  EXAMINATION  MAY  BE  ESTABLISHED,
 NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  FACT THAT A NASSAU COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPLORER
 WHO HAS APPLIED FOR ADDITIONAL CREDIT HAS FAILED TO ESTABLISH THE ELIGI-
 BILITY TO RECEIVE SUCH ADDITIONAL  CREDIT.  A  CANDIDATE  WHO  FAILS  TO
 ESTABLISH,  BY APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTARY PROOF, THE ELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE
 ADDITIONAL CREDIT BY THE TIME AN ELIGIBLE LIST IS ESTABLISHED SHALL  NOT
 THEREAFTER BE GRANTED ADDITIONAL CREDIT ON SUCH ELIGIBLE LIST.
   3. (A) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, NO PERSON WHO
 HAS  RECEIVED  A  PERMANENT ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT IN THE CIVIL SERVICE OF
 NASSAU COUNTY THEREOF FROM AN ELIGIBLE LIST ON  WHICH  SUCH  PERSON  WAS
 ALLOWED THE ADDITIONAL CREDIT GRANTED BY THIS SECTION AS A NASSAU COUNTY
 LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPLORER, SHALL THEREAFTER BE ENTITLED TO ANY ADDITIONAL
 CREDIT UNDER THIS SECTION.
   (B) WHERE, AT THE TIME OF ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ELIGIBLE LIST, THE POSI-
 TION  OF  A  NASSAU COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPLORER ON SUCH LIST HAS NOT
 BEEN AFFECTED BY THE ADDITION OF CREDITS GRANTED UNDER THIS SECTION, THE
 APPOINTMENT OF SUCH NASSAU COUNTY LAW  ENFORCEMENT  EXPLORER  FROM  SUCH
 ELIGIBLE  LIST  SHALL  NOT  BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN MADE FROM AN ELIGIBLE
 LIST ON WHICH THEY WERE ALLOWED THE ADDITIONAL CREDIT  GRANTED  BY  THIS
 SECTION.
   (C)  IF,  AT  THE  TIME OF APPOINTMENT FROM AN ELIGIBLE LIST, A NASSAU
 COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPLORER IS IN THE SAME RELATIVE  STANDING  AMONG
 THE  ELIGIBLE  PERSONS  WHO ARE WILLING TO ACCEPT APPOINTMENT AS IF SUCH
 EXPLORER HAD NOT BEEN GRANTED THE ADDITIONAL CREDITS AS PROVIDED BY THIS
 SECTION, THE APPOINTMENT FROM SUCH ELIGIBLE PERSONS SHALL NOT BE  DEEMED
 TO  HAVE BEEN MADE FROM AN ELIGIBLE LIST ON WHICH THEY WERE ALLOWED SUCH
 ADDITIONAL CREDITS.
   (D) WHERE A NASSAU COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPLORER HAS BEEN ORIGINALLY
 APPOINTED FROM AN ELIGIBLE LIST ON WHICH SUCH EXPLORER WAS ALLOWED  SUCH
 ADDITIONAL  CREDIT, BUT SUCH APPOINTMENT IS THEREAFTER TERMINATED EITHER
 AT THE END OF THE PROBATIONARY TERM OR BY RESIGNATION AT OR  BEFORE  THE
 END  OF THE PROBATIONARY TERM, SUCH EXPLORER SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO HAVE
 BEEN APPOINTED, AS THE CASE MAY BE, FROM AN ELIGIBLE LIST ON WHICH  SUCH
 EXPLORER  IS  ALLOWED  ADDITIONAL CREDIT, AND SUCH APPOINTMENT SHALL NOT
 AFFECT SUCH EXPLORER'S ELIGIBILITY FOR ADDITIONAL CREDIT IN OTHER  EXAM-
 INATIONS.
   4.  AN  APPLICATION FOR ADDITIONAL CREDIT IN A COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION
 UNDER THIS SECTION MAY BE WITHDRAWN BY THE APPLICANT AT ANY  TIME  PRIOR
 TO  THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE RESULTING ELIGIBLE LIST. AT ANY TIME DURING
 THE TERM OF EXISTENCE OF AN ELIGIBLE LIST RESULTING FROM  A  COMPETITIVE
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 EXAMINATION  IN  WHICH  A  NASSAU  COUNTY  LAW  ENFORCEMENT EXPLORER HAS
 RECEIVED THE ADDITIONAL CREDIT GRANTED  BY  THIS  SECTION,  SUCH  NASSAU
 COUNTY  LAW  ENFORCEMENT EXPLORER MAY ELECT, PRIOR TO PERMANENT ORIGINAL
 APPOINTMENT,  TO RELINQUISH THE ADDITIONAL CREDIT GRANTED AND ACCEPT THE
 LOWER POSITION ON SUCH ELIGIBLE LIST TO WHICH SUCH EXPLORER WOULD OTHER-
 WISE HAVE BEEN ENTITLED; PROVIDED, HOWEVER,  THAT  SUCH  ELECTION  SHALL
 THEREAFTER  BE IRREVOCABLE. SUCH ELECTION SHALL BE IN WRITING AND SIGNED
 BY THE NASSAU COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPLORER, AND  TRANSMITTED  TO  THE
 DEPARTMENT OR THE APPROPRIATE MUNICIPAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
   5.  THE  DEPARTMENT  AND EACH MUNICIPAL COMMISSION SHALL ESTABLISH AND
 MAINTAIN IN ITS OFFICE A ROSTER OF ALL SUCH NASSAU COUNTY  LAW  ENFORCE-
 MENT  EXPLORERS  APPOINTED  AS A RESULT OF ADDITIONAL CREDITS GRANTED BY
 THIS SECTION TO POSITIONS UNDER ITS JURISDICTION. THE APPOINTMENT  OF  A
 NASSAU COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPLORER AS A RESULT OF ADDITIONAL CREDITS
 SHALL  BE  VOID IF SUCH NASSAU COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPLORER, PRIOR TO
 SUCH APPOINTMENT, HAD BEEN APPOINTED AS A RESULT OF  ADDITIONAL  CREDITS
 GRANTED BY THIS SECTION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.