Bill Text: NY S04499 | 2025-2026 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes Justin Finkle to take the competitive civil service examination for the position of police officer and be placed on the eligible list for employment as a full-time police officer for the town of Bethlehem; requires that Justin Finkle be otherwise subject to the merit and fitness provisions of the civil service law applicable to full-time police officers.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-06 - REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS [S04499 Detail]

Download: New_York-2025-S04499-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4499

                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 6, 2025
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  FAHY  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions

        AN ACT in relation to authorizing Justin Finkle to take the  competitive
          civil  service  examination  for the position of police officer and be
          placed on the eligible list for employment as a full-time police offi-
          cer for the town of Bethlehem

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Notwithstanding the provisions of section 58 of the civil
     2  service law, including the  age  requirements  under  paragraph  (a)  of
     3  subdivision  1  of  such  section,  or any other provision of law to the
     4  contrary, Justin Finkle, who is a resident of the town of Bethlehem,  in
     5  the  county  of  Albany, shall be eligible to take the competitive civil
     6  service examination for  the  position  of  police  officer  and  shall,
     7  contingent  upon his score on such examination, be eligible to be placed
     8  on the eligible list for appointment as a full-time police officer  with
     9  the  Bethlehem  police  department  in  the town of Bethlehem, county of
    10  Albany.
    11    § 2. Justin Finkle shall otherwise be subject to the merit and fitness
    12  provisions of the civil service law applicable to full-time police offi-
    13  cers.
    14    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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