§ 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
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 examination 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 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 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 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
granted by this section after he or she has received one appointment,
either original entrance or promotion, from an eligible list on which he
or she 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 was allowed additional credit for military service and
subsequent to such appointment he or she 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.