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                                   2936
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 18, 2017
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 Introduced  by  Sens.  GALLIVAN, AKSHAR, AVELLA, CROCI, GOLDEN, KENNEDY,
   ORTT, RANZENHOFER, SERINO, SEWARD -- read twice and  ordered  printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and
   Pensions
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the civil service law, in relation to granting addi-
   tional credit to volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance  work-
   ers in competitive examinations
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The civil service law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 85-d to read as follows:
   § 85-D. ADDITIONAL CREDIT ALLOWED VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS AND VOLUNTEER
 AMBULANCE  WORKERS  IN COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS. 1. DEFINITIONS. AS USED
 IN THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) THE TERM "VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS IS
 ASCRIBED TO THE TERM "VOLUNTEER FIREMAN" IN SECTION THREE OF THE  VOLUN-
 TEER FIREFIGHTERS' BENEFIT LAW.
   (B)  THE TERM "VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKER" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING
 AS SUCH TERM IS USED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THREE OF  THE  VOLUN-
 TEER AMBULANCE WORKERS' BENEFIT LAW.
   2.   ADDITIONAL  CREDITS  IN  COMPETITIVE  EXAMINATIONS  FOR  ORIGINAL
 APPOINTMENT OR PROMOTION.   (A) ON ALL  ELIGIBLE  LISTS  RESULTING  FROM
 COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS, THE NAMES OF ELIGIBLES SHALL BE ENTERED IN THE
 ORDER  OF THEIR RESPECTIVE FINAL EARNED RATINGS ON EXAMINATION, WITH THE
 NAME OF THE ELIGIBLE WITH THE HIGHEST FINAL EARNED RATING AT THE HEAD OF
 SUCH LIST; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT, FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING FINAL
 EARNED RATINGS, VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS AND VOLUNTEER  AMBULANCE  WORKERS
 SHALL  BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE, IN A COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR ORIGINAL
 APPOINTMENT, AN ADDITIONAL TWO AND ONE-HALF POINTS  FOR  FIVE  YEARS  OF
 SERVICE  AS  A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER OR AS A VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKER,
 AND IN A COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR PROMOTION, AN  ADDITIONAL  ONE  AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 ONE-QUARTER  POINTS FOR FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE AS A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER
 OR AS A VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKER.
   (B)  SUCH  ADDITIONAL CREDIT SHALL BE ADDED TO THE FINAL EARNED RATING
 OF SUCH VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER OR VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKER AFTER HE  OR
 SHE  HAS  QUALIFIED  IN THE COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION AND SHALL BE GRANTED
 ONLY AT THE TIME OF ESTABLISHMENT OF THE RESULTING ELIGIBLE LIST.
   3. APPLICATION FOR ADDITIONAL CREDIT; PROOF OF ELIGIBILITY; ESTABLISH-
 MENT OF ELIGIBLE LIST. ANY CANDIDATE, BELIEVING HIMSELF OR HERSELF ENTI-
 TLED TO ADDITIONAL CREDIT IN A COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION  AS  PROVIDED  IN
 THIS  SECTION,  MAY  MAKE  APPLICATION FOR SUCH ADDITIONAL CREDIT AT ANY
 TIME BETWEEN THE DATE OF HIS OR HER APPLICATION FOR EXAMINATION AND  THE
 DATE  OF  THE  ESTABLISHMENT OF THE RESULTING ELIGIBLE LIST. A CANDIDATE
 SHALL BE ALLOWED A PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN TWO MONTHS FROM THE  DATE  OF
 THE  FILING OF HIS OR HER APPLICATION FOR EXAMINATION IN WHICH TO ESTAB-
 LISH, BY APPROPRIATE  DOCUMENTARY  PROOF,  HIS  OR  HER  ELIGIBILITY  TO
 RECEIVE  ADDITIONAL  CREDIT  UNDER  THIS  SECTION. AT ANY TIME AFTER TWO
 MONTHS HAVE ELAPSED SINCE THE FINAL DATE FOR FILING APPLICATIONS  FOR  A
 COMPETITIVE  EXAMINATION  FOR  ORIGINAL  APPOINTMENT  OR  PROMOTION, THE
 ELIGIBLE LIST  RESULTING  FROM  SUCH  EXAMINATION  MAY  BE  ESTABLISHED,
 NOTWITHSTANDING THE FACT THAT A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER OR VOLUNTEER AMBU-
 LANCE  WORKER WHO HAS APPLIED FOR ADDITIONAL CREDIT HAS FAILED TO ESTAB-
 LISH HIS OR HER ELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE SUCH ADDITIONAL CREDIT. A  CANDI-
 DATE  WHO  FAILS  TO ESTABLISH, BY APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTARY PROOF, HIS OR
 HER ELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL CREDIT BY  THE  TIME  AN  ELIGIBLE
 LIST IS ESTABLISHED SHALL NOT THEREAFTER BE GRANTED ADDITIONAL CREDIT ON
 SUCH ELIGIBLE LIST.
   4.  ROSTER.  THE  STATE  CIVIL  SERVICE  DEPARTMENT AND EACH MUNICIPAL
 COMMISSION SHALL ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN IN ITS OFFICE A  ROSTER  OF  ALL
 VOLUNTEER  FIREFIGHTERS  OR  VOLUNTEER  AMBULANCE  WORKERS  APPOINTED OR
 PROMOTED AS A RESULT OF ADDITIONAL CREDITS GRANTED BY  THIS  SECTION  TO
 POSITIONS  UNDER  ITS  JURISDICTION.  THE  APPOINTMENT OR PROMOTION OF A
 VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER OR VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKER AS A RESULT OF ADDI-
 TIONAL CREDITS SHALL BE VOID IF SUCH VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER OR  VOLUNTEER
 AMBULANCE  WORKER,  PRIOR  TO  SUCH  APPOINTMENT  OR PROMOTION, HAD BEEN
 APPOINTED OR PROMOTED AS A RESULT OF ADDITIONAL CREDITS GRANTED BY  THIS
 SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.