Relates to certain veterans; entitles them to 10 additional competitive civil service exam points if they are disabled; entitles them to 5 additional competitive civil service exam points if they are non-disabled and if they received certain medals or ribbons.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1623
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 10, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. RAMOS, DINOWITZ, JACKSON, SANTABARBARA -- read
once and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to veterans and
competitive civil service exam points
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 85 of the civil
2 service law, as separately amended by section 37 of part PP of chapter
3 56 and chapter 669 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
4 (a) The terms "veteran" and "non-disabled veteran" mean: (1) a member
5 of the armed forces of the United States who was honorably discharged or
6 released under honorable circumstances from such service including (i)
7 having a qualifying condition as defined in section one of the veterans'
8 services law, and receiving a discharge other than bad conduct or
9 dishonorable from such service, or (ii) being a discharged LGBT veteran,
10 as defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and receiving a
11 discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, who
12 is a citizen of the United States or a noncitizen lawfully admitted for
13 permanent residence in the United States and who is a resident of the
14 state of New York at the time of application for appointment or
15 promotion or at the time of retention, as the case may be; or
16 (2) a member of the armed forces of the United States who was honor-
17 ably discharged or released under honorable circumstances from such
18 service, who is a citizen of the United States or a noncitizen lawfully
19 admitted for permanent residence in the United States, who is a resident
20 of the state of New York at the time of application for appointment or
21 promotion or at the time of retention, as the case may be, and who was
22 awarded either a: (i) Combat Action Ribbon, (ii) Combat Infantryman
23 Badge, (iii) Combat Medical Badge, (iv) Combat Action Badge, (v) Combat
24 Recognition Ribbon, or (vi) Air Force Combat Action medal.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 § 2. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 85
2 of the civil service law, as added by chapter 790 of the laws of 1958,
3 is amended to read as follows:
4 (1) Disabled veterans shall be entitled to receive ten points addi-
5 tional credit in a competitive examination for original appointment and
6 five points additional credit in a competitive examination for
7 promotion, and
8 § 3. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 85 of the civil service
9 law, as amended by chapter 608 of the laws of 2021, is amended to read
10 as follows:
11 (b) The term "disabled veteran" means a veteran who is certified by
12 the United States veterans' administration or a military department as
13 entitled to receive disability payments upon the certification of such
14 veterans' administration or a military department for a disability
15 incurred by [him or her] such veteran in the course of [his or her] such
16 veteran's service and in existence at the time of application for
17 appointment or promotion or at the time of retention, as the case may be
18 and who was awarded either a: (i) Combat Action Ribbon, (ii) Combat
19 Infantryman Badge, (iii) Combat Medical Badge, (iv) Combat Action Badge,
20 (v) Combat Recognition Ribbon, or (vi) Air Force Combat Action medal.
21 Such disability shall be deemed to be in existence at the time of appli-
22 cation for appointment or promotion or at the time of retention, as the
23 case may be, if the certificate of such veterans' administration shall
24 state affirmatively that such veteran has been examined by a medical
25 officer of such veterans' administration on a date within one year of
26 either the date of filing application for competitive examination for
27 original appointment or promotion or the date of the establishment of
28 the resulting eligible list or within one year of the time of retention,
29 as the case may be; that at the time of such examination the disability
30 described in such certificate was found to exist; and that such disabil-
31 ity is rated at ten per centum or more. Such disability shall also be
32 deemed to be in existence at such time if the certificate of such veter-
33 ans' administration shall state affirmatively that a permanent stabi-
34 lized condition of disability exists to an extent of ten per centum or
35 more, notwithstanding the fact that such veteran has not been examined
36 by a medical officer of such veterans' administration within one year of
37 either the time of application for appointment or promotion or the date
38 of filing application for competitive examination for original appoint-
39 ment or promotion, or within one year of the time of retention, as the
40 case may be.
41 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
