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Jan 29, 2019 |
referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs |
Senate Bill S2830
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs 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
co-Sponsors
(D) 15th Senate District
2019-S2830 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
- Law Section:
- Civil Service Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §55-c, Civ Serv L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2015-2016:
S7126
2017-2018: S939
2019-S2830 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S2830 SPONSOR: BROOKS TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the civil service law, in relation to positions for disabled veterans and veterans with disabilities PURPOSE: This bill provides that the civil service program, setting aside state employment opportunities for disabled veterans, shall be a mandatory program, not a discretionary program. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends section 55-C of the civil service law to provide that the 55-C program be renamed the 55-D program, and that it shall be a mandatory program. Section 2 of the bill provides that this act shall take effect 90 days
2019-S2830 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2830 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 29, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BROOKS -- 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 positions for disabled veterans and veterans with disabilities THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Section 55-c of the civil service law, as amended by chap- ter 603 of the laws of 1995, subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 340 of the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows: § [55-c] 55-D. Employment of veterans with disabilities by the state. 1. The commission [may] SHALL determine [up to] five hundred positions with duties such as can 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, the said 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. Prior- ity 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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