Grants additional credit on competitive civil service exams for appointments as police officers and firefighters who are residents of cities with a population between 250,000 and one million upon enactment of a local law.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1157
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 26, 2009
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Introduced by Sens. THOMPSON, ONORATO, PARKER, SAVINO -- read twice and
ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
Civil Service and Pensions
AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to civil service exam
credits for police officers and firefighters in certain cities
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 58 of the civil service law is amended by adding a
2 new subdivision 7 to read as follows:
3 7. (a) A city with a population between two hundred fifty thousand and
4 one million is authorized to adopt a local law which would grant resi-
5 dents of such city additional credits in competitive examinations for
6 original appointment as a police officer or firefighter pursuant to this
7 section.
8 (b) In the event of the enactment of a local law pursuant to paragraph
9 (a) of this subdivision, on an eligible list resulting from a compet-
10 itive examination for original appointment as a police officer or fire-
11 fighter, the names of eligibles shall be entered in the order of their
12 respective final earned ratings on examination, with the name of the
13 eligible with the highest final earned rating at the head of such list,
14 provided however, that for the purposes of determining final earned
15 ratings, a person who is a resident of such city shall be entitled to
16 receive five points additional credit. Such additional credit shall be
17 added to the final earned rating after such person has qualified in the
18 competitive examination and shall be granted only at the time of estab-
19 lishment of the resulting eligible list.
20 (c) Any candidate who believes that he or she is entitled to addi-
21 tional credit as provided in this section, may make an application for
22 such additional credit at any time between the date of application for
23 the examination and the date of the establishment of the eligible list.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 Such candidate shall provide appropriate documentary proof of residency
2 as required by such city of residency.
3 (d) The additional credit provided by this section shall be in addi-
4 tion to any additional credit that may be granted pursuant to any gener-
5 al, special or local law.
6 (e) Any local law adopted pursuant to this section shall be applicable
7 only to competitive examinations for original appointment as a police
8 officer or firefighter of such city which are held at least thirty days
9 after the adoption of such local law.
10 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
