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                                  6813--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 21, 2017
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ROSENTHAL  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental  Employees  --  committee  discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil service law,  in  relation  to  scheduling  an
   examination  for  any position or positions in the classified services
   that provides child protection services
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  4  of section 7 of the civil service law, as
 added by chapter 790 of the laws of 1958, is amended to read as follows:
   4. Subject to the provisions of this chapter and the rules established
 thereunder, he shall make regulations for and have control  of  examina-
 tions  for  the  service  of the state, and the civil divisions thereof,
 except civil divisions for which a municipal  commission  performs  such
 function,   and  shall  supervise  and  preserve  the  records  thereof.
 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, UPON  THE  WRITTEN
 REQUEST  OF A MUNICIPAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION OR PERSONNEL OFFICER AS
 APPLICABLE, WHERE SUCH LOCAL COMMISSION OR PERSONNEL  OFFICER  CERTIFIES
 THE NEED FOR THE IMMEDIATE SCHEDULING OF AN EXAMINATION FOR ANY POSITION
 OR  POSITIONS  IN THE CLASSIFIED SERVICES THAT PROVIDES CHILD PROTECTION
 SERVICES PURSUANT TO TITLE SIX OF ARTICLE SIX OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW
 BECAUSE NO PERSON ON THE CERTIFIED ELIGIBLE LIST IS WILLING TO ACCEPT AN
 APPOINTMENT OR PROMOTION FROM SUCH LIST TO BE EMPLOYED IN  SUCH  MUNICI-
 PALITY,  THE  PRESIDENT SHALL IMMEDIATELY ANNOUNCE, SCHEDULE, SCORE, AND
 CERTIFY THE RESULTS OF SUCH EXAMINATION.   THE RESULTS OF  SUCH  COMPET-
 ITIVE  EXAMINATION  SHALL  NOT BE MERGED WITH ANY EXISTING ELIGIBLE LIST
 FOR THE SAME TITLE AND SHALL BE AVAILABLE ONLY TO  THE  MUNICIPAL  CIVIL
 SERVICE COMMISSION OR PERSONNEL OFFICER THAT REQUESTED THE SCHEDULING OF
 THE  EXAMINATION THAT RESULTED IN SUCH ELIGIBLE LIST, PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
 THAT THE DURATION OF ANY SUCH ELIGIBLE LIST SHALL NOT  EXCEED  THE  TIME
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD06034-05-7

 A. 6813--A                          2
 
 LIMITATIONS DESCRIBED IN SECTION FIFTY-SIX OF THIS CHAPTER, AND PROVIDED
 FURTHER THAT SUCH ELIGIBLE LIST SHALL NEITHER SURVIVE NOR BE MERGED WITH
 ANY ELIGIBLE LIST CREATED THEREAFTER WHEN SUCH ELIGIBLE LIST WAS CREATED
 AS  A RESULT OF A STATE-WIDE COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR THE SAME TITLE.
 SUCH EXAMINATION SHALL BE ADMINISTERED IN AT LEAST TWO LOCATIONS  WITHIN
 THE  AFFECTED  MUNICIPALITY AND SHALL HAVE PRIORITY OVER ALL OTHER EXAM-
 INATIONS THAT HAVE BEEN REQUESTED OR ARE OTHERWISE BEING  SCHEDULED.  IN
 NO EVENT SHALL THE PROCESS OF OFFERING SUCH EXAMINATION TAKE LONGER THAN
 SIXTY DAYS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.