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Senate Bill S7473

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Waives application fees for honorably discharged veterans

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2015-S7473 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10596
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง50, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
S946, A1105

2015-S7473 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Waives New York state application fees for honorably discharged veterans.

2015-S7473 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S7473 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7473

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               May 4, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  CROCI  -- 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  the  waiver  of
  application fees for honorably discharged veterans

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 5 of section 50 of  the  civil
service  law,  as amended by chapter 449 of the laws of 2006, is amended
to read as follows:
  (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of  this  subdivi-
sion, the state civil service department, subject to the approval of the
director  of the budget, a municipal commission, subject to the approval
of the governing board or body of the city or county, as  the  case  may
be,  or  a regional commission or personnel officer, pursuant to govern-
mental agreement, may elect to waive application  fees,  or  to  abolish
fees  for  specific  classes  of  positions  or types of examinations or
candidates, or to  establish  a  uniform  schedule  of  reasonable  fees
different  from  those  prescribed in paragraph (a) of this subdivision,
specifying in such schedule the classes of positions or types  of  exam-
inations  or candidates to which such fees shall apply; provided, howev-
er, that fees shall be waived for candidates who certify  to  the  state
civil  service  department, a municipal commission or a regional commis-
sion that they are unemployed and primarily responsible for the  support
of  a  household,  or are receiving public assistance. PROVIDED FURTHER,
THE STATE CIVIL SERVICE DEPARTMENT SHALL WAIVE THE STATE APPLICATION FEE
FOR ALL CANDIDATES WHO ARE HONORABLY DISCHARGED VETERANS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
have become a law.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14977-03-6

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