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Assembly Bill A5406

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Provides members of the merchant marine the opportunity to compete in civil service examinations

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2011-A5406 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Military Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง243-b, Mil L
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A6366

2011-A5406 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides members of the merchant marine, who due to active duty were deprived the opportunity to compete in a civil service examination, the opportunity to compete in such civil service examination by way of a make-up examination.

2011-A5406 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5406

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 18, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. TOWNS -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the military law, in relation to  providing  members  of
  the  merchant  marine opportunity to compete in civil service examina-
  tions

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

  Section  1.  Section  243-b of the military law, as amended by chapter
425 of the laws of 2005, subdivisions 2 and 3 as amended by chapter  192
of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
  S 243-b. Civil  service  examinations  by military AND MERCHANT MARINE
personnel. 1.  Notwithstanding any other provision of  this  chapter  or
any  other law, any member of the armed forces OR MERCHANT MARINE of the
United States of America who having duly filed an application to compete
in a scheduled competitive examination for civil service  employment  by
the  state  of New York or any of its subdivisions and who due to active
military duty OR MERCHANT MARINE SERVICE is deprived of the  opportunity
to  compete in such examination shall be provided with an opportunity to
compete, under terms and conditions  deemed  appropriate  by  the  state
department of civil service or municipal commission, by way of a special
military OR MERCHANT MARINE make-up examination.
  2.  Notwithstanding  any  other provision of this chapter or any other
law, any member of the force of the organized militia, as  the  term  is
defined  in  subdivision  nine of section one of this chapter or reserve
armed forces, as that term is  defined  in  subdivision  twenty-nine  of
section  two hundred ninety-two of the executive law, MERCHANT MARINE or
any member of the armed forces of  the  United  States  who  missed  the
application  deadline  for a scheduled competitive examination for civil
service employment by the state of New York or any of  its  subdivisions
due  to military service, as defined in subdivision one of section three
hundred one of this chapter or due to a call to active duty  other  than

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09587-01-1

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