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                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M.  of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Employees
 
             CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
 
 proposing an amendment to section 6 of article 5 of the constitution, in
   relation to civil service appointments and promotions; veterans' pref-
   erences and credits
 
   Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 6 of  article
 5 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
   § 6. Appointments and promotions in the civil service of the state and
 all of the civil divisions thereof, including cities and villages, shall
 be  made  according  to  merit  and fitness to be ascertained, as far as
 practicable, by examination which,  as  far  as  practicable,  shall  be
 competitive;  provided,  however, that any member of the armed forces of
 the United States [who served therein in time of war, and] who,  at  the
 time  of  such  member's  appointment  or  promotion, is a citizen or an
 [alien] IMMIGRANT lawfully  admitted  for  permanent  residence  in  the
 United  States  and a resident of this state and is honorably discharged
 or released under honorable circumstances from such  service,  shall  be
 entitled to receive five points additional credit in a competitive exam-
 ination  for original appointment and two and one-half points additional
 credit in an examination for promotion or, if such member  was  disabled
 in  the  actual  performance  of duty [in any war] and [his or her] SUCH
 MEMBER'S disability is certified by  the  United  States  department  of
 veterans  affairs  to  be  in  existence  at the time of application for
 appointment or promotion, [he or she] SUCH MEMBER shall be  entitled  to
 receive  ten  points  additional credit in a competitive examination for
 original appointment and five points additional credit in an examination
 for promotion. Such additional credit shall be added to the final earned
 rating of such member after [he or she] SUCH MEMBER has qualified in  an
 examination and shall be granted only at the time of establishment of an
 eligible list. No such member shall receive the additional credit grant-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 ed  by  this  section  after  [he  or  she] SUCH MEMBER has received one
 appointment, either original entrance or  promotion,  from  an  eligible
 list  on which [he or she] SUCH MEMBER was allowed the additional credit
 granted  by  this  section,  except where a member has been appointed or
 promoted from an eligible list on which [he  or  she]  SUCH  MEMBER  was
 allowed  additional  credit  for military service and subsequent to such
 appointment [he or she] SUCH MEMBER is  disabled  as  provided  in  this
 section,  such  member shall be entitled to ten points additional credit
 less the number of points of additional credit  allowed  for  the  prior
 appointment.
   §  2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendment be
 referred to the first regular legislative session  convening  after  the
 next  succeeding  general  election  of members of the assembly, and, in
 conformity with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution,  be
 published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.