Senate Bill S8685

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to the appointment and promotion of supervisors of the fire alarm dispatcher service

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A9133 - Passed Senate

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-S8685 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9133
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §59-d, Civ Serv L

2021-S8685 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the appointment and promotion of supervisors of the fire alarm dispatcher service; requires that a promotion be based on merit and fitness as determined by competitive examination, due weight being given to seniority.

2021-S8685 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S8685 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8685
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 30, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation  to  the  appointment
   and promotion of supervisors of the fire alarm dispatcher service
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. The civil service law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 59-d to read as follows:
   §  59-D.  PROMOTIONS  OF  SUPERVISORY  PERSONNEL  OF  THE  FIRE  ALARM
 DISPATCHER SERVICE. 1. THE LEGISLATURE HEREBY FINDS  AND  DECLARES  THAT
 THE  CONTINUED,  UNINTERRUPTED, ADEQUATE AND EFFICIENT OPERATION OF FIRE
 AND EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES IS NECESSARY FOR THE GENERAL  WELFARE  OF
 THE  PEOPLE  AND  THAT  SUCH  ADEQUATE  OPERATION  INVOLVES AND REQUIRES
 PERSONNEL WITH HIGHLY SPECIALIZED ABILITY,  SKILL,  TRAINING  AND  KNOW-
 LEDGE,  WHICH  NECESSITATES  THAT VACANCIES IN THE FIRE ALARM DISPATCHER
 SERVICE IN THE POSITION OF SUPERVISING FIRE ALARM  DISPATCHER  LEVEL  II
 SHALL  BE  FILLED  AS FAR AS PRACTICABLE BY PROMOTION FROM AMONG PERSONS
 HOLDING COMPETITIVE CLASS POSITIONS IN A LOWER GRADE IN  THE  DEPARTMENT
 IN  WHICH  THE  VACANCY EXISTS, PROVIDED THAT SUCH LOWER GRADE POSITIONS
 ARE IN DIRECT LINE OF PROMOTION, AS  DETERMINED  BY  THE  DEPARTMENT  OR
 MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
   2.  PROMOTION  SHALL  BE  BASED  ON MERIT AND FITNESS AS DETERMINED BY
 COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION, DUE WEIGHT BEING GIVEN TO SENIORITY. THE PREVI-
 OUS TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE OF THE CANDIDATES, AND  PERFORMANCE  RATINGS
 WHERE  AVAILABLE,  MAY  BE CONSIDERED AND GIVEN DUE WEIGHT AS FACTORS IN
 DETERMINING THE RELATIVE MERIT AND FITNESS OF CANDIDATES FOR PROMOTION.
   3. ANY PERMANENT COMPETITIVE EMPLOYEE HOLDING A PROVISIONAL OR DISCRE-
 TIONARY APPOINTMENT IN THE AFFECTED SUPERVISORY TITLE OF THE FIRE  ALARM
 DISPATCHER SERVICE DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE
 GIVEN  THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN A COMPETITIVE PROMOTIONAL EXAM-
 INATION FOR THE NEXT HIGHER LEVEL TITLE.
   4. EXCEPT AS PROVIDED ABOVE, THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  CHAPTER  SHALL
 APPLY TO EMPLOYEES COVERED BY THIS SECTION.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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