Grants a waiver of the civil service examination fee to persons who have completed the displaced homemakers program or job training program; allows a waiver for a maximum of two examination applications duly filed within a one year period from the date of completion of the displaced homemaker program or job training program.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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5202
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 27, 2009
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Introduced by Sen. SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to granting a waiver of the
civil service examination fee to displaced homemakers
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section 827-a to
2 read as follows:
3 § 827-a. Civil service examination fee; waiver for displaced homemak-
4 ers. 1. The commissioner, in consultation with the state civil service
5 department, shall establish a program waiving the civil service examina-
6 tion fee for (a) persons who have successfully completed the displaced
7 homemakers program, or (b) for persons who have successfully completed
8 any public and private job training program or opportunity provided by
9 the multipurpose service center as established pursuant to section eight
10 hundred twenty-five of this article.
11 2. The waiver, granted pursuant to subdivision one of this section,
12 shall be administered by the commissioner, in conjunction with the state
13 civil service department. Each such person shall be granted a waiver for
14 a maximum of two applications filed, in accordance with the provisions
15 of title A of article four of the civil service law, to compete in an
16 examination for a position in a competitive or non-competitive class of
17 civil service employment in the state of New York or any of its subdivi-
18 sions, or in a labor class when examination for appointment is required;
19 provided, however that such applications are duly filed within a one
20 year period from the date of completion of the displaced homemakers
21 program or job training program.
22 3. Any person who has successfully completed the displaced homemakers
23 program or who has successfully completed any public and private job
24 training program or opportunity provided by the multipurpose service
25 center shall be entitled to the waiver, granted pursuant to this
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 section, and shall be entitled to compete, under the terms and condi-
2 tions deemed appropriate by the state department of civil service or
3 municipal commission, in such examination for which the application was
4 duly filed.
5 4. The commissioner shall establish and promulgate rules and regu-
6 lations for the purpose of establishing and carrying out such civil
7 service examination fee waiver program.
8 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
9 it shall have become a law.
