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Assembly Bill A6364

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Proposes constitutional amendment to remove wartime service as condition for entitlement to civil service exam credit for disabled members of armed forces

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2009-A6364 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 5 ยง6, Constn
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A5404

2009-A6364 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Proposes an amendment to the New York state constitution which would expand the entitlement to civil service exam credit of certain members of the United States armed forces who were disabled during service by eliminating the requirement that the service be wartime service and allowing the credit regardless of dates of service; changes the reference to the veterans administration to the department of veterans affairs; grants entitlement to such credit to such disabled members if they are eligible for disability payments from the department of veterans affairs (currently the disabled members must be actually receiving disability payments).

2009-A6364 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6364

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              March 2, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  TOWNS, COLTON, SCHROEDER, ERRIGO, ESPAILLAT,
  McKEVITT -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BURLING,  CALHOUN,  CROUCH,
  DIAZ,  HIKIND,  JOHN,  MARKEY, PERRY, PHEFFER, TOWNSEND, WEISENBERG --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees

            CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY

proposing an amendment to section 6 of article 5 of the constitution, in
  relation to additional civil service credit for members of  the  armed
  forces of the United States

  Section  1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 6 of article
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] ANY member [was] OF THE ARMED FORCES OF
THE UNITED STATES IS disabled in the actual performance of duty [in  any
war]  REGARDLESS  OF  DATES  OF SERVICE, is receiving OR IS ELIGIBLE FOR
disability payments therefor from the United States  [veterans  adminis-
tration]  DEPARTMENT  OF  VETERANS AFFAIRS, and his or her disability is
certified by such [administration] DEPARTMENT 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

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

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