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Assembly Bill A5331

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Increases civil service credits given to veterans currently returning from service

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2021-A5331 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Veterans' Affairs
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §85, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A9234
2013-2014: A3270
2015-2016: A5702
2017-2018: A5525
2019-2020: A5535
2023-2024: A5466
2025-2026: A4767

2021-A5331 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases civil service credits given to veterans currently returning from service.

2021-A5331 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5331
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 12, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Veterans' Affairs
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the civil service law, in relation to increasing civil
   service credits given to veterans currently returning from service
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 85 of the civil
 service law is amended by adding two new subparagraphs 3 and 4  to  read
 as follows:
   (3) VETERANS HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOU-
 SAND  TWENTY-ONE,  SHALL  BE  ENTITLED  TO RECEIVE TEN POINTS ADDITIONAL
 CREDIT IN A COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR ORIGINAL  APPOINTMENT  AND  FIVE
 POINTS ADDITIONAL CREDIT IN A COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR PROMOTION.
   (4)  DISABLED VETERANS HONORABLY DISCHARGED ON OR AFTER JANUARY FIRST,
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-ONE, SHALL BE ENTITLED  TO  RECEIVE  FIFTEEN  POINTS
 ADDITIONAL  CREDIT IN A COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT
 AND TEN POINTS  ADDITIONAL  CREDIT  IN  A  COMPETITIVE  EXAMINATION  FOR
 PROMOTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07808-01-1

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