Relates to the promotion of civil service exams and requires the state civil service department to make efforts to utilize state university of New York educational opportunity centers when selecting testing sites.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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1235--A
Cal. No. 153
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 6, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
-- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second
report, ordered to a third reading, amended and ordered reprinted,
retaining its place in the order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to the promotion and
administration of scheduled exams
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 50 of the civil service law, as
2 amended by chapter 166 of the laws of 1978, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 2. Announcement of examination. The state civil service department and
5 municipal commissions shall issue an announcement of each competitive
6 examination, setting forth the minimum qualifications required, the
7 subjects of the examination, and such other information as they may deem
8 necessary, and shall advertise and promote such examination in such
9 manner as the nature of the examination may require. Such announcement
10 and advertisement shall each inform prospective applicants of the
11 options for religious observance provided in subdivision eight of this
12 section.
13 § 2. Section 50 of the civil service law is amended by adding a new
14 subdivision 5-a to read as follows:
15 5-a. Location of examinations. (a) The state civil service department
16 shall offer examinations at any location or locations that it deems
17 suitable.
18 (b) The state civil service department shall make efforts to utilize
19 state university of New York educational opportunity centers when
20 selecting testing sites.
21 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
22 have become a law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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