STATE OF NEW YORK
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8972
IN ASSEMBLY
January 6, 2020
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Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Governmental Employees
AN ACT to amend the military law, in relation to age requirements appli-
cable to appointments or promotions of public employees who have been
absent on military duty
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 10-a of section 243 of the military law, as
2 separately amended by chapter 484 of the laws of 2019 and a chapter of
3 the laws of 2019, amending the military law relating to age requirements
4 applicable to appointments or promotions of public employees who have
5 been absent on military duty, as proposed in legislative bills numbers
6 S. 6483 and A. 8348, is amended to read as follows:
7 10-a. Age requirements. If maximum age requirements are established by
8 law, or rule or by action of a civil commission for examination for, or
9 for appointment or promotion to, any position in the public service, the
10 period of military duty as hereinbefore defined, the period of service
11 after June twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred fifty, voluntarily entered
12 upon between January first, nineteen hundred forty-seven, and June twen-
13 ty-seventh, nineteen hundred fifty, if such service otherwise falls
14 within the definition of military duty, and the period of terminal leave
15 granted by the military authorities of a candidate or eligible shall not
16 be included in computing the age of such candidate or eligible for the
17 purposes of such examination or appointment or promotion; provided,
18 however, that neither shall the total time deducted hereunder in comput-
19 ing the age of a candidate or eligible exceed seven years[, except that]
20 for any position including, but not limited to, in cities with a popu-
21 lation of one million or more[, the total time deducted shall not exceed
22 seven years].
23 § 2. This act shall take effect on the same date and in the same
24 manner as a chapter of the laws of 2019, amending the military law in
25 relation to age requirements applicable to appointments or promotions of
26 public employees who have been absent on military duty, as proposed in
27 legislative bills numbers S. 6483 and A. 8348, takes effect.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13348-02-0
