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Assembly Bill A8582

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the existing special eligible list for public employees

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2021-A8582 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Military Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §243, Mil L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2023-2024: A7259
2025-2026: A2062

2021-A8582 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that the governmental agency shall notify any person on a special eligible list, in writing, that their name will remain on such list for two years after the termination of military duty and shall be removed at the end of the two year period unless such person requests to remain on such list.

2021-A8582 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8582
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             December 13, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Employees
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the military law, in relation to the existing special
   eligible list for public employees
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Subdivision  7  of  section  243  of the military law, as
 amended by chapter 616 of the laws  of  1999,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   7.  Status of existing lists. Any person whose name is on any eligible
 list shall, while in military duty, retain his OR HER rights and  status
 on  such  list.  If  the  name of any such person is reached for certif-
 ication during his OR HER military duty, it shall be placed on a special
 eligible list in the order of his OR HER original standing, provided  he
 OR  SHE makes request therefor following termination of his OR HER mili-
 tary duty and during the period of his OR HER eligibility on such  list.
 Such  list  shall be certified before certification shall be made from a
 subsequent open competitive or promotion  eligible  list  for  the  same
 position  or  from  the  original eligible list for such position. [Such
 names shall remain on such special eligible list for  a  period  of  two
 years  after  the  termination of such military duty.] UPON BEING PLACED
 UPON SUCH SPECIAL ELIGIBLE LIST, THE GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR  SUBDIVISION
 SHALL NOTIFY SUCH PERSON, IN WRITING, THAT THEIR NAME WILL REMAIN ON THE
 LIST FOR TWO YEARS AFTER THE TERMINATION OF SUCH MILITARY DUTY, AND THAT
 UNLESS  SUCH  PERSON  MAKES  A REQUEST TO BE PLACED AND REMAIN UPON SUCH
 LIST DURING THIS TWO YEAR PERIOD, THEIR NAME WILL BE REMOVED.  Any  such
 person  thus  appointed  shall,  for  the purpose of computing seniority
 credit and training and experience credit  for  promotion  and  date  of
 membership  in  the  retirement  system  and  seniority  in the event of
 suspension or demotion, be deemed to have been appointed on the earliest
 date upon which any eligible, who was the lower on such original  eligi-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10774-01-1

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