Assembly Bill A8927

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to definitions for purposes of the waiver of fees for examination applications

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S7314 - Signed by Governor

  • 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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2017-A8927 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7314
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §50, Civ Serv L; amd §2, Chap of 2017 (as proposed in S. 946-A and A. 1105-B)

2017-A8927 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides a definition for the term veteran and armed forces; amends the effectiveness thereof.

2017-A8927 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   8927
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 8, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Employees
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the civil service law, in relation to definitions for
   purposes of the waiver of fees for examination  applications;  and  to
   amend  a  chapter  of the laws of 2017, amending the civil service law
   relating to the waiver of application fees  for  honorably  discharged
   veterans,  as  proposed  in  legislative bills numbers S. 946-A and A.
   1105-B, in relation to the effectiveness thereof
 
   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 a chapter of the laws of 2017,  amending  the
 civil  service law relating to the waiver of application fees for honor-
 ably discharged veterans, as proposed in legislative  bills  numbers  S.
 946-A and A. 1105-B, 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  examinations  for  original  appointment for all veterans [who were
 honorably discharged or released under honorable circumstances from such
 service].  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, FOR  PURPOSES  OF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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