Senate Bill S5070

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to additional credits allowed children of firefighters and police officers killed in the line of duty

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


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-S5070 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7790
Current Committee:
Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง85-a, Civ Serv L

2013-S5070 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to additional credits allowed children of firefighters and police officers killed in the line of duty.

2013-S5070 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S5070 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  5070

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               May 7, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- 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 additional credits
  allowed children of firefighters and police  officers  killed  in  the
  line of duty

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 85-a of the civil
service law, as amended by chapter 75 of the laws of 2008, is amended to
read as follows:
  (a) On all eligible lists resulting from competitive examinations, the
names of eligible persons shall be entered in the order of their respec-
tive 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 firefighters and police officers 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 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. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "KILLED IN THE
LINE  OF  DUTY" SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, 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 SUCH ATTACK.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10713-02-3


              

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