STATE OF NEW YORK
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5897
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 20, 2019
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Introduced by M. of A. BARCLAY, BLANKENBUSH, COLTON, CROUCH, FINCH,
GIGLIO, GOODELL, HAWLEY, McDONOUGH, PALMESANO, PERRY, RAIA, STEC,
MANKTELOW, MORINELLO, REILLY, BYRNES, DeSTEFANO, SALKA -- Multi-Spon-
sored by -- M. of A. DiPIETRO -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Governmental Employees
AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to waiving civil
service examination application fees for veterans
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraphs (c) and (d) of subdivision 5 of section 50 of
2 the civil service law are relettered paragraphs (d) and (e) and a new
3 paragraph (c) is added to read as follows:
4 (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdivi-
5 sion, the civil service department, a municipal commission or a regional
6 commission shall waive the application fee of any candidate who proves,
7 by appropriate documentary proof, to the civil service department, a
8 municipal commission or a regional commission that he or she is a veter-
9 an. For the purposes of this paragraph, the term "veteran" means a
10 member of the armed forces of the United States who served therein in
11 time of war, who was honorably discharged or released under honorable
12 circumstances from such service, who is a citizen of the United States
13 or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United
14 States and who is a resident of the state of New York at the time of
15 application for appointment.
16 § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
17 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD02433-01-9
