Senate Bill S7749

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Relates to the promotion and administration of scheduled civil service exams

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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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2015-S7749 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8042
Current Committee:
Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §50, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S1235, A1316
2019-2020: S4328, A2235
2021-2022: S2057, A7465

2015-S7749 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the promotion of civil service exams and requires the state civil service department to administer certain civil service exams at educational opportunity centers.

2015-S7749 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S7749 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7749

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 12, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. VALESKY -- 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 the promotion  and
  administration of scheduled exams

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 50 of the civil  service  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  166  of  the  laws  of 1978, is amended to read as
follows:
  2. Announcement of examination. The state civil service department and
municipal commissions shall issue an announcement  of  each  competitive
examination,  setting  forth  the  minimum  qualifications required, the
subjects of the examination, and such other information as they may deem
necessary, and shall advertise AND  PROMOTE  such  examination  in  such
manner  as  the nature of the examination may require. Such announcement
and advertisement  shall  each  inform  prospective  applicants  of  the
options  for  religious observance provided in subdivision eight of this
section.
  S 2. Section 50 of the civil service law is amended by  adding  a  new
subdivision 5-a to read as follows:
  5-A. LOCATION OF EXAMINATIONS. ALL COMPETITIVE AND CONTINUOUS RECRUIT-
MENT  EXAMINATIONS  ADMINISTERED  BY  THE STATE CIVIL SERVICE DEPARTMENT
SHALL BE HELD AT A STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK EDUCATIONAL  OPPORTUNITY
CENTER.
  S  3.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11452-01-5

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