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                                   4826
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 23, 2023
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 Introduced  by  M.  of A. RAMOS, SANTABARBARA, DINOWITZ, JACKSON, AUBRY,
   DARLING -- read once  and  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Veterans'
   Affairs
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  civil  service law, in relation to veterans and
   competitive civil service exam points
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 85 of the civil
 service law, as separately amended by section 37 of part PP  of  chapter
 56 and chapter 669 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   (a)  The terms "veteran" and "non-disabled veteran" mean: (1) a member
 of the armed forces of the United States who was honorably discharged or
 released under honorable circumstances from such service  including  (i)
 having a qualifying condition as defined in section one of the veterans'
 services  law,  and  receiving  a  discharge  other  than bad conduct or
 dishonorable from such service, or (ii) being a discharged LGBT veteran,
 as defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and receiving a
 discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service,  who
 is  a citizen of the United States or a noncitizen lawfully admitted for
 permanent residence in the United States and who is a  resident  of  the
 state  of  New  York  at  the  time  of  application  for appointment or
 promotion or at the time of retention, as the case may be; OR
   (2) A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES WHO  WAS  HONOR-
 ABLY  DISCHARGED  OR  RELEASED  UNDER  HONORABLE CIRCUMSTANCES FROM SUCH
 SERVICE, WHO IS A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED  STATES  OR  AN  ALIEN  LAWFULLY
 ADMITTED FOR PERMANENT RESIDENCE IN THE UNITED STATES, WHO IS A RESIDENT
 OF  THE  STATE OF NEW YORK AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT OR
 PROMOTION OR AT THE TIME OF RETENTION, AS THE CASE MAY BE, AND  WHO  WAS
 AWARDED  EITHER  A:  (I)  COMBAT  ACTION RIBBON, (II) COMBAT INFANTRYMAN
 BADGE, (III) COMBAT MEDICAL BADGE, (IV) COMBAT ACTION BADGE, (V)  COMBAT
 RECOGNITION RIBBON, OR (VI) AIR FORCE COMBAT ACTION MEDAL.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   §  2.   Subparagraph 1 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 85
 of the civil service law, as added by chapter 790 of the laws  of  1958,
 is amended to read as follows:
   (1)  Disabled  veterans  shall be entitled to receive ten points addi-
 tional CREDIT in a competitive examination for original appointment  and
 five   points   additional  credit  in  a  competitive  examination  for
 promotion, and
   § 3. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 85 of the civil service
 law, as amended by chapter 608 of the laws of 2021, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   (b)  The  term  "disabled veteran" means a veteran who is certified by
 the United States veterans' administration or a military  department  as
 entitled  to  receive disability payments upon the certification of such
 veterans' administration or  a  military  department  for  a  disability
 incurred by him or her in the course of his or her service and in exist-
 ence  at  the time of application for appointment or promotion or at the
 time of retention, as the case may be AND WHO WAS AWARDED EITHER A:  (I)
 COMBAT  ACTION  RIBBON,  (II)  COMBAT  INFANTRYMAN  BADGE,  (III) COMBAT
 MEDICAL BADGE, (IV) COMBAT ACTION BADGE, (V) COMBAT RECOGNITION  RIBBON,
 OR  (VI)  AIR FORCE COMBAT ACTION MEDAL. Such disability shall be deemed
 to be in existence  at  the  time  of  application  for  appointment  or
 promotion  or  at  the  time  of  retention,  as the case may be, if the
 certificate of such veterans' administration shall  state  affirmatively
 that  such veteran has been examined by a medical officer of such veter-
 ans' administration on a date within one year  of  either  the  date  of
 filing  application for competitive examination for original appointment
 or promotion or the date of the establishment of the resulting  eligible
 list  or  within  one year of the time of retention, as the case may be;
 that at the time of such examination the disability  described  in  such
 certificate was found to exist; and that such disability is rated at ten
 per centum or more. Such disability shall also be deemed to be in exist-
 ence  at  such  time if the certificate of such veterans' administration
 shall state affirmatively that a permanent stabilized condition of disa-
 bility exists to an extent of ten per centum  or  more,  notwithstanding
 the fact that such veteran has not been examined by a medical officer of
 such  veterans'  administration  within  one  year of either the time of
 application for appointment or promotion or the date of filing  applica-
 tion  for competitive examination for original appointment or promotion,
 or within one year of the time of retention, as the case may be.
   § 4. This act shall take effect  immediately,  provided  that  if  the
 provisions  of  part  PP of chapter 56 of the laws of 2022 shall not yet
 have taken effect on or before such effective date then this  act  shall
 take  effect  on  the  same  date and in the same manner as such part PP
 takes effect.