Authorizes veteran's and disabled veteran's credits to be added to an individual's civil service examination after the establishment of the appropriate eligible list.

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S280-2013 Actions

• Apr 24, 2013: referred to governmental employees
• Apr 24, 2013: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• Apr 24, 2013: PASSED SENATE
• Apr 22, 2013: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• Apr 17, 2013: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• Apr 16, 2013: 1ST REPORT CAL.294
• Feb 6, 2013: OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
• Jan 11, 2013: TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION
• Jan 9, 2013: REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

S280-2013 Meetings

Judiciary: Apr 16, 2013

S280-2013 Calendars

Active List: Apr 24, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Apr 17, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Apr 22, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Apr 23, 2013 , Floor Calendar: Apr 24, 2013

S280-2013 Votes

S280-2013 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S280

TITLE OF BILL:
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
proposing an amendment to section 6 of article 5 of the constitution, in
relation to the application of veterans' credits to civil service
examinations

PURPOSE:
This bill would allow qualified veterans to add veterans' credits to
civil service competitive examination scores at any point prior to
the expiration of the eligible list, including those examinations for
appointments and promotions to the state police.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends section 6 of article 5 of the constitution to allow
for additional credit to be added to the final earned rating of an
applicant after the establishment of an eligible list, if the
applicant was placed on such list without such additional credit and
subsequent to such placement he or she was ordered to active military
duty, other than training, to a combat theater or combat zone of
operations that qualifies the applicant for additional credit as a
veteran or disabled veteran, provided the eligible list has not
expired and the applicant makes application for the additional credit
within two months after receiving an honorable discharge or being
released under honorable circumstances.

JUSTIFICATION:
Under current law, an individual who is not qualified for veterans'
credits at the time of the application, but becomes qualified for
these credits during the life of the eligible list, cannot add these
credits to their civil service examination score. This bill seeks to
correct this situation so that qualified veterans receive the credits
they rightly deserve.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
Similar to Senate Bill 5845 of 2010

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That tile foregoing amendment be
referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the
next succeeding general election of Members of tile Assembly, and, in
conformity with � 1 of Article 19 of the Constitution, be published
for 3 months previous to the time of such election.

S280-2013 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                     280

                         2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                                 (PREFILED)

                               January 9, 2013
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sens.  LARKIN,  O'MARA, ZELDIN -- read twice and ordered
    printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on  Judici-
    ary

              CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

  proposing an amendment to section 6 of article 5 of the constitution, in
    relation  to  the  application  of  veterans' credits to civil service
    examinations

    Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 6 of  arti-
  cle 5 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:

    S 6. Appointments and promotions in the civil service of the state and
  all of the civil divisions thereof, including cities and villages, shall
  be  made  according  to  merit  and fitness to be ascertained, as far as
  practicable, by examination which,  as  far  as  practicable,  shall  be
  competitive;  provided,  however, that any member of the armed forces of
  the United States who served therein in time of war,  and  who,  at  the
  time of such member's appointment or promotion, is a citizen or an alien
  lawfully  admitted  for  permanent  residence in the United States and a
  resident of this state and is honorably  discharged  or  released  under
  honorable  circumstances from such service, shall be entitled to receive
  five points additional credit in a competitive examination for  original
  appointment and two and one-half points additional credit in an examina-
  tion  for  promotion  or,  if  such  member  was  disabled in the actual
  performance of duty in any war and his or her disability is certified by
  the United States department of veterans affairs to be in  existence  at
  the time of application for appointment or promotion, he or she shall be
  entitled  to receive ten points additional credit in a competitive exam-
  ination for original appointment and five points additional credit in an
  examination for promotion. Such additional credit shall be added to  the
  final  earned  rating of such member after he or she has qualified in an
  examination and [shall] MAY be granted [only at]  AFTER  the  [time  of]
  establishment  of  an  eligible list, IF AN APPLICANT WAS PLACED ON SUCH

   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD89007-01-3

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  LIST WITHOUT SUCH ADDITIONAL CREDIT AND SUBSEQUENT TO SUCH PLACEMENT  HE
  OR  SHE  WAS  ORDERED TO ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY, OTHER THAN TRAINING, TO A
  COMBAT THEATER OR COMBAT ZONE OF OPERATIONS THAT QUALIFIES THE APPLICANT
  FOR  ADDITIONAL  CREDIT  AS  A VETERAN OR DISABLED VETERAN, PROVIDED THE
  ELIGIBLE LIST HAS NOT EXPIRED AND THE APPLICANT  MAKES  APPLICATION  FOR
  THE  ADDITIONAL  CREDIT  WITHIN  TWO MONTHS AFTER RECEIVING AN HONORABLE
  DISCHARGE OR BEING RELEASED UNDER  HONORABLE  CIRCUMSTANCES.    No  such
  member shall receive the additional credit granted by this section after
  he  or  she  has  received  one appointment, either original entrance or
  promotion, from an eligible list on which he  or  she  was  allowed  the
  additional credit granted by this section.
    S 2. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing be referred
  to  the  first  regular  legislative  session  convening  after the next
  succeeding general election of members of the assembly, and, in conform-
  ity with section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be published for 3
  months previous to the time of such election.