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Senate Bill S4351

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to the employment of veterans with disabilities by municipalities

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

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2017-S4351 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §55-d, Civ Serv L

2017-S4351 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes that by enactment of a local law, any county, city, town or village may determine a number of positions that may be performed by disabled veterans and veterans with disabilities who are found otherwise qualified to perform satisfactorily the duties of any such position.

2017-S4351 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4351 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4351
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 10, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. TEDISCO -- 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 employment  of
   veterans with disabilities by municipalities

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The civil service law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 55-d to read as follows:
   § 55-D. EMPLOYMENT OF VETERANS WITH DISABILITIES BY MUNICIPALITIES. 1.
 BY  ENACTMENT  OF  A  LOCAL  LAW,  ANY COUNTY, CITY, TOWN OR VILLAGE MAY
 DETERMINE A NUMBER OF POSITIONS AS DETERMINED BY  SUBDIVISION  THREE  OF
 THIS  SECTION  THAT  MAY  BE PERFORMED BY DISABLED VETERANS AND VETERANS
 WITH DISABILITIES WHO ARE FOUND OTHERWISE QUALIFIED TO PERFORM SATISFAC-
 TORILY THE DUTIES OF ANY SUCH POSITION.  UPON SUCH  DETERMINATION,  SUCH
 POSITIONS  SHALL  BE  CLASSIFIED IN THE NONCOMPETITIVE CLASS, AND MAY BE
 FILLED ONLY BY VETERANS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  WHO
 SERVED THEREIN DURING TIME OF WAR, AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (C) OF SUBDI-
 VISION ONE OF SECTION EIGHTY-FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER, AND (A) WHO ESTABLISH
 BY  APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE THAT THEY ARE DISABLED VETERANS, AS
 DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF  SECTION  EIGHTY-FIVE  OF
 THIS  CHAPTER,  OR (B) BY THOSE VETERANS, AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (A) OF
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION EIGHTY-FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER, WHO  SHALL  HAVE
 BEEN CERTIFIED BY THE EMPLOYEE HEALTH SERVICE OF THE DEPARTMENT AS BEING
 DISABLED BUT CAPABLE OF PERFORMING THE DUTIES OF SAID POSITIONS. PRIORI-
 TY  IN  CERTIFICATION  AND  REFERRAL  OF BOTH SUCH DISABLED VETERANS AND
 CERTIFIED DISABLED BUT CAPABLE VETERANS SHALL BE GIVEN TO THOSE VETERANS
 WHO RECEIVED A WOUND IN COMBAT, AS DOCUMENTED BY  THE  AWARDING  OF  THE
 PURPLE  HEART, AS AUTHORIZED BY THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE,
 AND THAT WOUND IS THE CAUSE OF, OR A SUBSTANTIALLY  CONTRIBUTING  FACTOR
 TO,  THE  DEGREE  OF  IMPAIRMENT, WHO OTHERWISE MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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