Assembly Bill A6771

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Creates a pilot program to examine the effects of waiving the state civil service examination fee

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  • 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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2023-A6771 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5490
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §50, Civ Serv L

2023-A6771 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Creates a pilot program to examine the effects of waiving the state civil service examination fee; requires an annual report on the results of such program.

2023-A6771 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6771
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 8, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Employees
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to creating  a  pilot
   program  to  examine  the  effects  of waiving the state civil service
   examination fee; and providing for the repeal of such provisions  upon
   the expiration thereof

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 5 of section 50 of  the  civil
 service  law,  as  amended by section 35 of part PP of chapter 56 of the
 laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of  this  subdivi-
 sion, the state civil service department, subject to the approval of the
 director  of the budget, a municipal commission, subject to the approval
 of the governing board or body of the city or county, as  the  case  may
 be,  or  a regional commission or personnel officer, pursuant to govern-
 mental agreement, may elect to waive application  fees,  or  to  abolish
 fees  for  specific  classes  of  positions  or types of examinations or
 candidates, or to  establish  a  uniform  schedule  of  reasonable  fees
 different  from  those  prescribed in paragraph (a) of this subdivision,
 specifying in such schedule the classes of positions or types  of  exam-
 inations  or candidates to which such fees shall apply; provided, howev-
 er, that fees shall be waived for candidates who certify  to  the  state
 civil  service  department, a municipal commission or a regional commis-
 sion that they are unemployed and primarily responsible for the  support
 of  a  household,  or are receiving public assistance. Provided further,
 the state civil service department shall waive the state application fee
 for examinations for original appointment  for  all  veterans.  PROVIDED
 FURTHER,  THE  STATE  CIVIL  SERVICE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL, AND A MUNICIPAL
 COMMISSION MAY, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE GOVERNING BOARD  OR  BODY
 OF  THE  CITY OR COUNTY, AS THE CASE MAY BE, OR A REGIONAL COMMISSION OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07722-01-3
              

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