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Assembly Bill A10945

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes Jonathan Myers to take the civil service examination for the position of police officer and be placed on the eligible list for employment as a civil service police officer for the village of Chatham

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2025-A10945 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Civil Service

2025-A10945 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes Jonathan Myers to take the competitive civil service examination for the position of police officer and be placed on the eligible list for employment as a civil service police officer for the village of Chatham, notwithstanding certain age restrictions under law.

2025-A10945 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10945
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 14, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BENDETT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Employees
 
 AN ACT in relation to authorizing Jonathan Myers to take the competitive
   civil service examination for the position of police  officer  and  be
   placed  on  the eligible list for employment as a civil service police
   officer for the village of Chatham

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Notwithstanding the provisions of section 58 of the civil
 service law, including the  age  requirements  under  paragraph  (a)  of
 subdivision  1  of  such  section,  or any other provision of law to the
 contrary, Jonathan Myers, who has  been  continuously  employed  by  the
 village  of  Chatham,  in  the county of Columbia, as a part-time police
 officer, shall be eligible to take the competitive civil  service  exam-
 ination  for  the  position of police officer and shall, contingent upon
 his score on such examination, be eligible to be placed on the  eligible
 list  for appointment as a civil service police officer with the village
 of Chatham police department.
   § 2. Jonathan Myers shall  otherwise  be  subject  to  the  merit  and
 fitness  provisions of the civil service law applicable to civil service
 police officers.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD15518-02-6

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