Bill Text: NY A00572 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to veterans' preferences with respect to civil service promotions; removes requirement of service during a time of war for additional points on civil service examinations for veterans.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-29 - opinion referred to judiciary [A00572 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-A00572-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           572

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       (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

     1    Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 6 of  article
     2  5 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
     3    § 6. Appointments and promotions in the civil service of the state and
     4  all of the civil divisions thereof, including cities and villages, shall
     5  be  made  according  to  merit  and fitness to be ascertained, as far as
     6  practicable, by examination which,  as  far  as  practicable,  shall  be
     7  competitive;  provided,  however, that any member of the armed forces of
     8  the United States [who served therein in time of war, and] who,  at  the
     9  time  of  such  member's  appointment  or  promotion, is a citizen or an
    10  [alien] immigrant lawfully  admitted  for  permanent  residence  in  the
    11  United  States  and a resident of this state and is honorably discharged
    12  or released under honorable circumstances from such  service,  shall  be
    13  entitled to receive five points additional credit in a competitive exam-
    14  ination  for original appointment and two and one-half points additional
    15  credit in an examination for promotion or, if such member  was  disabled
    16  in  the  actual  performance  of duty [in any war] and [his or her] such
    17  member's disability is certified by  the  United  States  department  of
    18  veterans  affairs  to  be  in  existence  at the time of application for
    19  appointment or promotion, [he or she] such member shall be  entitled  to
    20  receive  ten  points  additional credit in a competitive examination for
    21  original appointment and five points additional credit in an examination
    22  for promotion. Such additional credit shall be added to the final earned
    23  rating of such member after [he or she] such member has qualified in  an
    24  examination and shall be granted only at the time of establishment of an
    25  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.
                                                                   LBD89034-01-5
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     1  ed  by  this  section  after  [he  or  she] such member has received one
     2  appointment, either original entrance or  promotion,  from  an  eligible
     3  list  on which [he or she] such member was allowed the additional credit
     4  granted  by  this  section,  except where a member has been appointed or
     5  promoted from an eligible list on which [he  or  she]  such  member  was
     6  allowed  additional  credit  for military service and subsequent to such
     7  appointment [he or she] such member is  disabled  as  provided  in  this
     8  section,  such  member shall be entitled to ten points additional credit
     9  less the number of points of additional credit  allowed  for  the  prior
    10  appointment.
    11    §  2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendment be
    12  referred to the first regular legislative session  convening  after  the
    13  next  succeeding  general  election  of members of the assembly, and, in
    14  conformity with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution,  be
    15  published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.