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                                  6728

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 10, 2016
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Introduced  by  Sens. GALLIVAN, ADDABBO, AVELLA, CROCI, GOLDEN, KENNEDY,
  ORTT, PARKER, RANZENHOFER, SEWARD -- 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 granting addi-
  tional credit to volunteer firefighters and volunteer ambulance  work-
  ers in competitive examinations

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

  Section 1. The civil service law is amended by adding  a  new  section
85-d to read as follows:
  S 85-D. ADDITIONAL CREDIT ALLOWED VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS AND VOLUNTEER
AMBULANCE  WORKERS  IN COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS. 1. DEFINITIONS. AS USED
IN THIS SECTION, THE FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
  (A) THE TERM "VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS IS
ASCRIBED TO THE TERM "VOLUNTEER FIREMAN" IN SECTION THREE OF THE  VOLUN-
TEER FIREFIGHTERS' BENEFIT LAW.
  (B)  THE TERM "VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKER" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING
AS SUCH TERM IS USED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION THREE OF  THE  VOLUN-
TEER AMBULANCE WORKERS' BENEFIT LAW.
  2.   ADDITIONAL  CREDITS  IN  COMPETITIVE  EXAMINATIONS  FOR  ORIGINAL
APPOINTMENT OR PROMOTION.   (A) ON ALL  ELIGIBLE  LISTS  RESULTING  FROM
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS, THE NAMES OF ELIGIBLES SHALL BE ENTERED IN THE
ORDER  OF THEIR RESPECTIVE FINAL EARNED RATINGS ON EXAMINATION, WITH THE
NAME OF THE ELIGIBLE WITH THE HIGHEST FINAL EARNED RATING AT THE HEAD OF
SUCH LIST; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT, FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING FINAL
EARNED RATINGS, VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS AND VOLUNTEER  AMBULANCE  WORKERS
SHALL  BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE, IN A COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR ORIGINAL
APPOINTMENT, AN ADDITIONAL TWO AND ONE-HALF POINTS  FOR  FIVE  YEARS  OF
SERVICE  AS  A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER OR AS A VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKER,
AND IN A COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR PROMOTION, AN  ADDITIONAL  ONE  AND
ONE-QUARTER  POINTS FOR FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE AS A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER
OR AS A VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKER.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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  (B) SUCH ADDITIONAL CREDIT SHALL BE ADDED TO THE FINAL  EARNED  RATING
OF  SUCH VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER OR VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKER 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.
  3. APPLICATION FOR ADDITIONAL CREDIT; PROOF OF ELIGIBILITY; ESTABLISH-
MENT OF ELIGIBLE LIST. ANY CANDIDATE, BELIEVING HIMSELF OR HERSELF ENTI-
TLED  TO  ADDITIONAL  CREDIT IN A COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION AS PROVIDED IN
THIS SECTION, MAY MAKE APPLICATION FOR SUCH  ADDITIONAL  CREDIT  AT  ANY
TIME  BETWEEN THE DATE OF HIS OR HER APPLICATION FOR EXAMINATION AND THE
DATE OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE RESULTING ELIGIBLE  LIST.  A  CANDIDATE
SHALL  BE  ALLOWED A PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN TWO MONTHS FROM THE DATE OF
THE FILING OF HIS OR HER APPLICATION FOR EXAMINATION IN WHICH TO  ESTAB-
LISH,  BY  APPROPRIATE  DOCUMENTARY  PROOF,  HIS  OR  HER ELIGIBILITY TO
RECEIVE ADDITIONAL CREDIT UNDER THIS SECTION.  AT  ANY  TIME  AFTER  TWO
MONTHS  HAVE  ELAPSED SINCE THE FINAL DATE FOR FILING APPLICATIONS FOR A
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION  FOR  ORIGINAL  APPOINTMENT  OR  PROMOTION,  THE
ELIGIBLE  LIST  RESULTING  FROM  SUCH  EXAMINATION  MAY  BE ESTABLISHED,
NOTWITHSTANDING THE FACT THAT A VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER OR VOLUNTEER AMBU-
LANCE WORKER WHO HAS APPLIED FOR ADDITIONAL CREDIT HAS FAILED TO  ESTAB-
LISH  HIS OR HER ELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE SUCH ADDITIONAL CREDIT. A CANDI-
DATE WHO FAILS TO ESTABLISH, BY APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTARY  PROOF,  HIS  OR
HER  ELIGIBILITY  TO  RECEIVE  ADDITIONAL CREDIT BY THE TIME AN ELIGIBLE
LIST IS ESTABLISHED SHALL NOT THEREAFTER BE GRANTED ADDITIONAL CREDIT ON
SUCH ELIGIBLE LIST.
  4. ROSTER. THE STATE  CIVIL  SERVICE  DEPARTMENT  AND  EACH  MUNICIPAL
COMMISSION  SHALL  ESTABLISH  AND MAINTAIN IN ITS OFFICE A ROSTER OF ALL
VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTERS  OR  VOLUNTEER  AMBULANCE  WORKERS  APPOINTED  OR
PROMOTED  AS  A  RESULT OF ADDITIONAL CREDITS GRANTED BY THIS SECTION TO
POSITIONS UNDER ITS JURISDICTION. THE  APPOINTMENT  OR  PROMOTION  OF  A
VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER OR VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE WORKER AS A RESULT OF ADDI-
TIONAL  CREDITS SHALL BE VOID IF SUCH VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER OR VOLUNTEER
AMBULANCE WORKER, PRIOR TO  SUCH  APPOINTMENT  OR  PROMOTION,  HAD  BEEN
APPOINTED  OR PROMOTED AS A RESULT OF ADDITIONAL CREDITS GRANTED BY THIS
SECTION.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.