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                                    935
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              January 5, 2017
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 Introduced  by  Sens.  CROCI,  LARKIN,  SEWARD -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on  Judici-
   ary
 
             CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
 
 Proposing an amendment to section 6 of article 5 of the constitution, in
   relation to appointments and promotions in civil service

   Section 1. Resolved, (if the Assembly concur), That section 6 of arti-
 cle 5 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
   § 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] TEN points additional credit in  a  competitive  examination  for
 original appointment and [two and one-half] FIVE points additional cred-
 it  in  an  examination 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] FIFTEEN points additional  credit
 in  a  competitive examination for original appointment and [five] SEVEN
 AND ONE-HALF 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 be
 granted only at the time of establishment of an eligible list.  No  such
 member shall receive the additional credit granted by this section after
 he  or  she  has  received  one appointment, either original entrance or
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD89019-01-7

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 promotion, from an eligible list on which he  or  she  was  allowed  the
 additional  credit  granted  by  this section, except where a member has
 been appointed or promoted from an eligible list on which he or she  was
 allowed  additional  credit  for military service and subsequent to such
 appointment he or she is disabled as  provided  in  this  section,  such
 member shall be entitled to ten points additional credit less the number
 of points of additional credit allowed for the prior appointment.
   §  2.  Resolved (if the Assembly concur), That the foregoing amendment
 be referred to the first regular legislative session convening after the
 next succeeding general election of members of  the  assembly,  and,  in
 conformity  with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution, be
 published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.