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Senate Bill S6327

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Waives civil service examination application fees for veterans

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2011-S6327 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4227
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง50, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A5847
2013-2014: S372, A4287
2015-2016: S1549, A3422
2017-2018: S1822, A3566
2019-2020: A5897

2011-S6327 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Waives civil service examination application fees for veterans.

2011-S6327 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S6327 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6327

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 26, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
  ty and Military Affairs

AN ACT to amend the civil service law,  in  relation  to  waiving  civil
  service examination application fees for veterans

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

  Section 1. Paragraphs (c) and (d) of subdivision 5 of  section  50  of
the  civil  service  law are relettered paragraphs (d) and (e) and a new
paragraph (c) is added to read as follows:
  (C) NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF PARAGRAPH (A) OF  THIS  SUBDIVI-
SION, THE CIVIL SERVICE DEPARTMENT, A MUNICIPAL COMMISSION OR A REGIONAL
COMMISSION  SHALL WAIVE THE APPLICATION FEE OF ANY CANDIDATE WHO PROVES,
BY APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTARY PROOF, TO THE  CIVIL  SERVICE  DEPARTMENT,  A
MUNICIPAL COMMISSION OR A REGIONAL COMMISSION THAT HE OR SHE IS A VETER-
AN.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS  PARAGRAPH, THE TERM "VETERAN" MEANS A
MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES WHO  SERVED  THEREIN  IN
TIME  OF  WAR,  WHO WAS HONORABLY 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 AND WHO IS A RESIDENT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK  AT  THE  TIME  OF
APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT.
  S  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08702-01-1

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