A09122 Summary:

BILL NOA09122
 
SAME ASSAME AS S06462
 
SPONSORThiele
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd Art 5 S6, Constn
 
Amends the constitution relating to veterans with disabilities; provides that where a veteran has been appointed or promoted from an eligible list on which he or she was allowed additional credit as a veteran and he or she is subsequently classified as a disabled veteran, he or she shall thereafter be entitled to credits due a disabled veteran less the number of credits allowed for the prior appointment.
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A09122 Actions:

BILL NOA09122
 
09/04/2009referred to governmental employees
09/08/2009to attorney-general for opinion
10/07/2009opinion referred to judiciary
01/06/2010referred to governmental employees
03/26/2010enacting clause stricken
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A09122 Floor Votes:

There are no votes for this bill in this legislative session.
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A09122 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          9122
 
                               2009-2010 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    September 4, 2009
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- 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 of veterans
 

     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 alien
    10  lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the  United  States  and  a
    11  resident  of  this  state  and is honorably discharged or released under
    12  honorable circumstances from such service, shall be entitled to  receive

    13  five  points additional credit in a competitive examination for original
    14  appointment and two and one-half points additional credit in an examina-
    15  tion for promotion or,  if  such  member  was  disabled  in  the  actual
    16  performance  of duty in any war, is receiving disability payments there-
    17  for from the United States veterans administration, and his or her disa-
    18  bility is certified by such administration to be  in  existence  at  the
    19  time  of  application  for  appointment or promotion, he or she shall be
    20  entitled to receive ten points additional credit in a competitive  exam-
    21  ination for original appointment and five points additional credit in an
    22  examination  for promotion. Such additional credit shall be added to the
    23  final earned rating of such member after he or she 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-
    26  ed  by this section after he or she has received one appointment, either
    27  original entrance or promotion, from an eligible list on which he or she
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD89157-02-9

        A. 9122                             2
 
     1  was allowed the additional credit  granted  by  this  section.  Where  a
     2  veteran has been appointed or promoted from an eligible list on which he
     3  or  she  was  allowed  additional  credit  as a veteran and he or she is
     4  subsequently classified as a disabled veteran, he or she shall thereaft-

     5  er  be  entitled  to  credits  due a disabled veteran less the number of
     6  credits allowed for the prior appointment.
     7    § 2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendment  be
     8  referred  to  the  first regular legislative session convening after the
     9  next succeeding general election of members of  the  assembly,  and,  in
    10  conformity  with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution, be
    11  published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.
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