Relates to the age requirements applicable to certain appointments or promotions of public employees in cities with a population of one million or more who have been absent on military duty.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6474
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
June 12, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- (at request of the Citywide Administra-
tive Services) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to
be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the military law, in relation to age requirements appli-
cable to appointments or promotions of public employees in cities with
a population of one million or more who have been absent on military
duty
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 10-a of section 243 of the military law, as
2 amended by chapter 278 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 10-a. Age requirements. If maximum age requirements are established by
5 law, or rule or by action of a civil commission for examination for, or
6 for appointment or promotion to, any position in the public service, the
7 period of military duty as hereinbefore defined, the period of service
8 after June twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred fifty, voluntarily entered
9 upon between January first, nineteen hundred forty-seven, and June twen-
10 ty-seventh, nineteen hundred fifty, if such service otherwise falls
11 within the definition of military duty, and the period of terminal leave
12 granted by the military authorities of a candidate or eligible shall not
13 be included in computing the age of such candidate or eligible for the
14 purposes of such examination or appointment or promotion; provided,
15 however, that neither shall the total time deducted hereunder in comput-
16 ing the age of a candidate or eligible exceed six years, except that in
17 cities with a population of one million or more, the total time deducted
18 shall not exceed seven years.
19 § 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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