Relates to certain veterans and entitles them to 10 additional competitive civil service exam points if they are disabled and entitles them to 5 additional competitive civil service exam points if they are non-disabled and if they received certain medals or ribbons.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4262--A
Cal. No. 82
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 25, 2011
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Introduced by Sens. ZELDIN, AVELLA, DeFRANCISCO, GOLDEN, LARKIN,
MAZIARZ, McDONALD, NOZZOLIO, O'MARA, RANZENHOFER -- read twice and
ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on
Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs -- recommitted to the
Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs in
accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said
committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third
reading, passed by Senate and delivered to the Assembly, recalled,
vote reconsidered, restored to 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 veterans and
competitive civil service exam points
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 85 of the civil
2 service law, as amended by chapter 333 of the laws of 1993, is amended
3 to read as follows:
4 (a) The terms "veteran" and "non-disabled veteran" mean:
5 (1) a member of the armed forces of the United States who served ther-
6 ein in time of war, who was honorably discharged or released under
7 honorable circumstances from such service, who is a citizen of the
8 United States or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in
9 the United States and who is a resident of the state of New York at the
10 time of application for appointment or promotion or at the time of
11 retention, as the case may be; or
12 (2) a member of the armed forces of the United States who was honor-
13 ably discharged or released under honorable circumstances from such
14 service, who is a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully
15 admitted for permanent residence in the United States, who is a resident
16 of the state of New York at the time of application for appointment or
17 promotion or at the time of retention, as the case may be, and who was
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 awarded either a: (i) Combat Action Ribbon, (ii) Combat Infantryman
2 Badge, (iii) Combat Medical Badge, (iv) Combat Action Badge, (v) Combat
3 Recognition Ribbon, (vi) Air Force Combat Action medal, or (vii) Purple
4 Heart.
5 § 2. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 85
6 of the civil service law, as added by chapter 790 of the laws of 1958,
7 is amended to read as follows:
8 (1) Disabled veterans shall be entitled to receive ten points addi-
9 tional credit in a competitive examination for original appointment and
10 five points additional credit in a competitive examination for
11 promotion, and
12 § 3. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 85 of the civil service
13 law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 4 to read as follows:
14 (4) A veteran who is certified by the United States veterans' adminis-
15 tration or a military department as entitled to receive disability
16 payments upon certification of such veterans' administration or a mili-
17 tary department for a disability incurred by him or her in the course of
18 his or her time of service and in existence at the time of application
19 for appointment or promotion or at the time of retention, as the case
20 may be, and who was awarded either a: (i) Combat Action Ribbon, (ii)
21 Combat Infantryman Badge, (iii) Combat Medical Badge, (iv) Combat Action
22 Badge, (v) Combat Recognition Ribbon, (vi) Air Force Combat Action
23 medal, or (vii) Purple Heart.
24 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
