Assembly Bill A7631

Signed By Governor
2013-2014 Legislative Session

Provides additional credits allowed the children of police, firefighters, emergency medical technicians and paramedics killed in the line of duty

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A7631 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5585
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§85-a, 85-b & 85-c, Civ Rts L

2013-A7631 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides additional credits allowed to the children of police, firefighters, emergency medical technicians and paramedics having died in the performance of duty as the natural and proximate result of the World Trade Center attack on September eleventh, two thousand one or as the natural and proximate result of participation in the rescue effort that was conducted in response to such attack.

2013-A7631 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7631

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 29, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. ABBATE, MALLIOTAKIS -- read once and referred to
  the Committee on Governmental Employees

AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation  to  providing  addi-
  tional  credits  to  children  and  siblings of deceased firefighters,
  police officers, emergency medical technicians and  paramedics  killed
  in  the  line of duty or in the performance of duty as the natural and
  proximate result of the World Trade Center attack, or as a  result  of
  participation in the rescue effort

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 85-a of the civil service law, as added by  chapter
495  of  the  laws of 2002, paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 as amended by
chapter 75 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
  S 85-a. Additional credits allowed children AND SIBLINGS of firefight-
ers [and], police officers, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS AND PARAMEDICS
killed in the line of duty. 1. Additional credit authorized.  Additional
credits shall be allowed children AND SIBLINGS  of  firefighters  [and],
police  officers, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS AND PARAMEDICS killed in
the line of duty, as "child" AND "SIBLING" in this  section  in  compet-
itive  examinations  for original appointment. (a) On all eligible lists
resulting from competitive examinations, the names of  eligible  persons
shall  be  entered in the order of their respective final earned ratings
on examinations, with the name of the eligible person with  the  highest
final  earned  ratings at the head of such list, provided, however, that
for the purpose  of  determining  final  earned  ratings,  children  AND
SIBLINGS of firefighters [and], police officers, EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECH-
NICIANS  AND  PARAMEDICS killed in the line of duty shall be entitled to
receive an additional  ten  points  in  a  competitive  examination  for
original appointment in the same municipality in which his or her parent
OR  SIBLING  has  served.  For  the purposes of this paragraph, a police
officer or firefighter shall be deemed to have  "served"  in  a  munici-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11203-01-3
              

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