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Jun 02, 2016 |
referred to governmental employees delivered to assembly passed senate |
Jun 01, 2016 |
advanced to third reading |
May 25, 2016 |
2nd report cal. |
May 24, 2016 |
1st report cal.1128 |
Apr 06, 2016 |
opinion referred to judiciary |
Mar 14, 2016 |
to attorney-general for opinion |
Jan 06, 2016 |
referred to judiciary returned to senate died in assembly |
Mar 26, 2015 |
referred to governmental employees delivered to assembly passed senate |
Mar 02, 2015 |
advanced to third reading |
Feb 26, 2015 |
2nd report cal. |
Feb 25, 2015 |
1st report cal.113 |
Feb 23, 2015 |
opinion referred to judiciary |
Jan 26, 2015 |
to attorney-general for opinion |
Jan 22, 2015 |
referred to judiciary |
Senate Bill S2209
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D) 15th Senate District
(D) Senate District
(R, C, IP) Senate District
(D) Senate District
2015-S2209 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A6468
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Governmental Employees
- Law Section:
- Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
- Laws Affected:
- Amd Art 5 §6, Constn
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2011-2012:
S3406, A7700
2013-2014: S280, A148
2017-2018: S2387, A4361
2015-S2209 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S2209 TITLE OF BILL: CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY proposing an amendment to section 6 of article 5 of the constitution, in relation to the application of veterans' credits to civil service examinations PURPOSE: This bill would allow qualified veterans to add veterans' credits to civil service competitive examination scores at any point prior to the expiration of the eligible list, including those examinations for appointments and promotions to the state police. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends section 6 of article 5 of the constitution to allow for additional credit to be added to the final earned rating of an applicant after the establishment of an eligible list, if the applicant was placed on such list without such additional credit and subsequent to such placement he or she was ordered to active military duty, other than training, to a combat theater or combat zone of operations that qualifies the applicant for additional credit as a veteran or disabled veteran, provided the eligible list has not expired and the applicant makes application for the additional credit within two months after receiving an honorable discharge or being
2015-S2209 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2209 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 22, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sens. LARKIN, ADDABBO, AVELLA, BONACIC, CARLUCCI, CROCI, KENNEDY, MARCHIONE, O'MARA, RANZENHOFER, SEWARD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Judiciary CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY proposing an amendment to section 6 of article 5 of the constitution, in relation to the application of veterans' credits to civil service examinations Section 1. Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That section 6 of arti- cle 5 of the constitution be amended to read as follows: S 6. Appointments and promotions in the civil service of the state and all of the civil divisions thereof, including cities and villages, shall be made according to merit and fitness to be ascertained, as far as practicable, by examination which, as far as practicable, shall be competitive; provided, however, that any member of the armed forces of the United States who served therein in time of war, and who, at the time of such member's appointment or promotion, is a citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States and a resident of this state and is honorably discharged or released under honorable circumstances from such service, shall be entitled to receive five points additional credit in a competitive examination for original appointment and two and one-half points additional credit in an examina- tion for promotion or, if such member was disabled in the actual performance of duty in any war and his or her disability is certified by the United States department of veterans affairs to be in existence at the time of application for appointment or promotion, he or she shall be entitled to receive ten points additional credit in a competitive exam- ination for original appointment and five points additional credit in an examination for promotion. Such additional credit shall be added to the final earned rating of such member after he or she has qualified in an examination and [shall] MAY be granted [only at] AFTER the [time of] establishment of an eligible list, IF AN APPLICANT WAS PLACED ON SUCH EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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