Authorizes Jonathan Myers to take the competitive civil service examination for the position of police officer and be placed on the eligible list for employment as a civil service police officer for the village of Chatham, notwithstanding certain age restrictions under law.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10254
IN SENATE
May 8, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. HINCHEY -- 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 Jonathan Myers to take the competitive
civil service examination for the position of police officer and be
placed on the eligible list for employment as a civil service police
officer for the village of Chatham
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, Jonathan Myers, who has been continuously employed by the
5 village of Chatham, in the county of Columbia, as a part-time police
6 officer, shall be eligible to take the competitive civil service exam-
7 ination for the position of police officer and shall, contingent upon
8 his score on such examination, be eligible to be placed on the eligible
9 list for appointment as a civil service police officer with the village
10 of Chatham police department.
11 § 2. Jonathan Myers shall otherwise be subject to the merit and
12 fitness provisions of the civil service law applicable to civil service
13 police officers.
14 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15518-02-6
