NY State Senate Bill 2009-S4638

Senate Bill S4638

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Grants additional credit on competitive exams to children and siblings of members of the uniformed force of the department of sanitation killed in line of duty

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Civil Service And Pensions Committee

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- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
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Delivered to Governor
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Jan 06, 2010	referred to civil service and pensions
Apr 27, 2009	referred to civil service and pensions

2009-S4638 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A4104
Current Committee:: Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:: Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §§85-a & 85-b, Civ Serv L

2009-S4638 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Grants additional credit on competitive exams to children and siblings of members of the uniformed force of the department of sanitation killed in line of duty.

2009-S4638 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S4638

 TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the civil service law, in relation to special rights
for children and siblings of members of the uniformed force of the
department of sanitation


 PURPOSE :
Provides civil service examination credits to children and siblings of
uniformed sanitation workers killed in the line of duty.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
This legislation would provide an additional ten points in competitive
examinations to (1) children of the uniformed force of the department
of sanitation killed in the line of duty and (2) siblings of members
of the uniformed force of the department of sanitation killed in the
line of duty in connection with the September 11th attacks.
Specifically, the bill adds members of the uniformed force of the
department of sanitation to Section 85-a of the Civil Service Law,
providing additional credits to children of members of the uniformed
force of the department of sanitation killed in the line of duty.
Currently Section 85-a provides this credit to children of
firefighters and police officers. In Addition, Section 85-b of the
Civil Service Law would be amended to include members of the uniformed
force of the department of sanitation. In this section, "killed in the

line of duty" means having died in the performance of duty as the
natural and proximate result of the World Trade Center attack on
September eleventh, two thousand one or as the natural and proximate
result of participation in the rescue effort that was conducted in
response to the attack.  currently Section 85-b provides this credit
to siblings of fire fighters and police officers. The legislation
takes into consideration all recent amendments to the legislation
affording the benefit to firefighters and police officers.

 JUSTIFICATION :
The members of the Uniformed Sanitationmen's Association perform an
essential service for the residents of the City of New York and risk
grave physical injury as they provide this service.  Furthermore, the
care and devotion the members display for every neighborhood in the
City can be seen every working hour of every day.  This legislation
asks you to recognize the importance of their work and provide
sanitation workers with protection for their families in the event of
the worker's untimely death.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :
2008 - Vetoed by Governor (32)

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :
None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

2009-S4638 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  4638

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 27, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- 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 special rights for
  children and siblings of members of the uniformed force of the depart-
  ment of sanitation

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  The  section heading and subdivision 1 of section 85-a of
the civil service law, as added by chapter 495  of  the  laws  of  2002,
paragraph  (a)  of subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 75 of the laws of
2008, are amended to read as follows:
  Additional credits allowed  children  of  firefighters  [and],  police
officers AND MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED FORCE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SANITA-
TION killed in the line of duty. 1. Additional credit authorized.  Addi-
tional  credits  shall be allowed children of firefighters [and], police
officers AND MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED FORCE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SANITA-
TION killed in the line of duty, as "child" in this section  in  compet-
itive  examinations for original appointment.  (a) On all eligible lists
resulting from competitive examinations, the names of  eligible  persons
shall  be  entered in the order of their respective final earned ratings
on examinations, with the name of the eligible person with  the  highest
final  earned  ratings at the head of such list, provided, however, that
for the purpose of determining final earned ratings, children  of  fire-
fighters  [and],  police  officers AND MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED FORCE OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF SANITATION killed in the line of duty shall  be  enti-
tled  to  receive  an additional ten points in a competitive examination
for original appointment in the same municipality in which  his  or  her
parent  has served. For the purposes of this paragraph, a police officer
or firefighter shall be deemed to have "served" in a municipality if  he
or she was employed by, or worked primarily in, that municipality.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07387-01-9

S. 4638                             2

  (b)  Such  additional credit shall be added to the final earned rating
of such child, as the case may be, after he or she has qualified in  the
competitive  examination and shall be granted only at the time of estab-
lishment of the resulting eligible list.
  S  2.  The  section  heading  and subdivision 2 of section 85-b of the
civil service law, as added by chapter 500 of  the  laws  of  2003,  are
amended to read as follows:
  Additional  credits  allowed  siblings  of  firefighters [and], police
officers AND MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED FORCE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SANITA-
TION killed in the line of duty.
  2. Additional credit authorized. Additional credits shall  be  allowed
siblings  of  firefighters  [and],  police  officers  AND MEMBERS OF THE
UNIFORMED FORCE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SANITATION killed in  the  line  of
duty  in  competitive  examinations for original appointment. (a) On all
eligible lists resulting from competitive  examinations,  the  names  of
eligible persons shall be entered in the order of their respective final
earned  ratings  on  examinations,  with the name of the eligible person
with the highest  final  earned  ratings  at  the  head  of  such  list,
provided,  however,  that  for  the  purpose of determining final earned
ratings, siblings of firefighters [and], police officers AND MEMBERS  OF
THE  UNIFORMED  FORCE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SANITATION killed in the line
of duty shall be entitled to receive  an  additional  ten  points  in  a
competitive  examination  for  original  appointment in the same munici-
pality in which his or her sibling has served.
  (b) Such additional credit shall be added to the final  earned  rating
of  such  sibling,  as the case may be, 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.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

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