Defines a "veteran" and "non-disabled veteran" to mean an active member of the armed forces of the United States, or member who has retired or was honorably discharged or released under honorable circumstances from such service, who is a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States and who is a resident of the state of New York at the time of application for appointment or promotion or at the time of retention, as the case may be.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5094
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 9, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
ty and Military Affairs
AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to additional credits
allowed to veterans in competitive examinations
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 [a] an active
5 member of the armed forces of the United States [who served therein in
6 time of war], or a member who has retired or was honorably discharged or
7 released under honorable circumstances from such service, who is a citi-
8 zen of the United States or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent
9 residence in the United States and who is a resident of the state of New
10 York at the time of application for appointment or promotion or at the
11 time of retention, as the case may be.
12 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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