Relates to veterans' credits for civil service appointments and promotions; increases the credit preference for wartime and disabled wartime veterans by five points for a competitive examination for original appointment and by two and one-half points for a competitive examination for promotion.

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S718-2013 Actions

• Feb 6, 2013: OPINION REFERRED TO JUDICIARY
• Jan 11, 2013: TO ATTORNEY-GENERAL FOR OPINION
• Jan 9, 2013: REFERRED TO JUDICIARY

S718-2013 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S718

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 veterans' credits for civil service appointments and
promotions

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This legislation increases the point of credit for veterans and
disabled veterans with regard to civil service appointments and
promotions.

SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends section 85 of the civil service law to
increase from 10 to 15 additional points on an appointment
exam for disabled veterans, and 7.5 points on a promotional
exam.  Also increases from 5 to 10 additional credit for
non-disabled veterans for original exams, and from 2.5 points
to 5 on a promotional exam.

JUSTIFICATION:
Veterans across New York State are struggling
to find employment in private-sector industries hit hard by
the recession. Unemployment among all veterans in New York is
over 7 percent. Unemployment has reached a staggering 20 percent
for veterans under the age of 30 who recently returned from Iraq
and Afghanistan. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics,
a significant number of recently returned veterans have reported
service-connected disabilities.

Our servicemen and women put their lives on the line to
protect our freedom. We are therefore responsible for
enhancing their economic opportunities to provide for themselves
and for their families when they return home. This bill will
achieve this by providing tax relief to businesses that hire
returning and wounded veterans.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
S.6081 of 2011-2012

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:

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 conformity with
section 1 of article 19 of the constitution, be published for 3 months
previous to the time of such election.

S718-2013 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                     718

                         2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                                 (PREFILED)

                               January 9, 2013
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by Sen. GRISANTI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
    printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

              CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

  proposing an amendment to section 6 of article 5 of the constitution, in
    relation to veterans'  credits  for  civil  service  appointments  and
    promotions

    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]  TEN  points  additional  credit in a competitive examination for
  original appointment and [two and one-half] FIVE points additional cred-
  it in an examination 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] FIFTEEN points additional credit
  in a competitive examination for original appointment and  [five]  SEVEN
  AND  ONE-HALF  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  be
  granted  only  at the time of establishment of an eligible list. No such
  member shall receive the additional credit granted by this section after

   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD89054-01-3

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  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 amendment
  be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the
  next succeeding general election of members of  the  assembly,  and,  in
  conformity  with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution, be
  published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.