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Assembly Bill A8720

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the method of appointment and promotion from eligible lists

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2015-A8720 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง61, Civ Serv L

2015-A8720 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the method of appointment and promotion from eligible lists.

2015-A8720 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8720

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 13, 2016
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in  relation  to  the  method  of
  appointment and promotion from eligible lists

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 61 of the civil  service  law,  as
added by chapter 790 of the laws of 1958, is amended to read as follows:
  1. Appointment  or  promotion  from  eligible  lists.  Appointment  or
promotion from an eligible list to a position in the  competitive  class
shall  be made by the selection of one of the three persons certified by
the appropriate civil service commission as  standing  highest  on  such
eligible  list  who are willing to accept such appointment or promotion;
provided, however, that [the] SUCH PERSON'S TEST SCORE IS NO  MORE  THAN
TWENTY  PERCENT  LESS THAN THE TEST SCORE OF THE PERSON WITH THE HIGHEST
TEST SCORE ON SUCH  TEST.  THE  state  or  a  municipal  commission  may
provide,  by rule, that where it is necessary to break ties among eligi-
bles having the same final examination ratings  in  order  to  determine
their   respective  standings  on  the  eligible  list,  appointment  or
promotion may be made by the selection of any eligible whose final exam-
ination rating is equal to or higher than the final  examination  rating
of  the  third highest standing eligible willing to accept such appoint-
ment or promotion. Appointments and promotions shall be  made  from  the
eligible list most nearly appropriate for the position to be filled.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD13180-01-5

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