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                                   1623
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 10, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M.  of A. RAMOS, DINOWITZ, JACKSON, SANTABARBARA -- read
   once and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil service  law,  in  relation  to  veterans  and
   competitive civil service exam points
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 85 of  the  civil
 service  law,  as separately amended by section 37 of part PP of chapter
 56 and chapter 669 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   (a) The terms "veteran" and "non-disabled veteran" mean: (1) a  member
 of the armed forces of the United States who was honorably discharged or
 released  under  honorable circumstances from such service including (i)
 having a qualifying condition as defined in section one of the veterans'
 services law, and receiving  a  discharge  other  than  bad  conduct  or
 dishonorable from such service, or (ii) being a discharged LGBT veteran,
 as defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and receiving a
 discharge  other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, who
 is a citizen of the United States or a noncitizen lawfully admitted  for
 permanent  residence  in  the United States and who is a resident of the
 state of New  York  at  the  time  of  application  for  appointment  or
 promotion or at the time of retention, as the case may be; OR
   (2)  A  MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES WHO WAS HONOR-
 ABLY DISCHARGED OR RELEASED  UNDER  HONORABLE  CIRCUMSTANCES  FROM  SUCH
 SERVICE,  WHO IS A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES OR A NONCITIZEN LAWFULLY
 ADMITTED FOR PERMANENT RESIDENCE IN THE UNITED STATES, WHO IS A RESIDENT
 OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION FOR  APPOINTMENT  OR
 PROMOTION  OR  AT THE TIME OF RETENTION, AS THE CASE MAY BE, AND WHO WAS
 AWARDED EITHER A: (I) COMBAT  ACTION  RIBBON,  (II)  COMBAT  INFANTRYMAN
 BADGE,  (III) COMBAT MEDICAL BADGE, (IV) COMBAT ACTION BADGE, (V) COMBAT
 RECOGNITION RIBBON, OR (VI) AIR FORCE COMBAT ACTION MEDAL.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   § 2.  Subparagraph 1 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of  section  85
 of  the  civil service law, as added by chapter 790 of the laws of 1958,
 is amended to read as follows:
   (1)  Disabled  veterans  shall be entitled to receive ten points addi-
 tional CREDIT in a competitive examination for original appointment  and
 five   points   additional  credit  in  a  competitive  examination  for
 promotion, and
   § 3. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 85 of the civil service
 law, as amended by chapter 608 of the laws of 2021, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   (b)  The  term  "disabled veteran" means a veteran who is certified by
 the United States veterans' administration or a military  department  as
 entitled  to  receive disability payments upon the certification of such
 veterans' administration or  a  military  department  for  a  disability
 incurred by [him or her] SUCH VETERAN in the course of [his or her] SUCH
 VETERAN'S  service  and  in  existence  at  the  time of application for
 appointment or promotion or at the time of retention, as the case may be
 AND WHO WAS AWARDED EITHER A: (I)  COMBAT  ACTION  RIBBON,  (II)  COMBAT
 INFANTRYMAN BADGE, (III) COMBAT MEDICAL BADGE, (IV) COMBAT ACTION BADGE,
 (V)  COMBAT  RECOGNITION  RIBBON, OR (VI) AIR FORCE COMBAT ACTION MEDAL.
 Such disability shall be deemed to be in existence at the time of appli-
 cation for appointment or promotion or at the time of retention, as  the
 case  may  be, if the certificate of such veterans' administration shall
 state affirmatively that such veteran has been  examined  by  a  medical
 officer  of  such  veterans' administration on a date within one year of
 either the date of filing application for  competitive  examination  for
 original  appointment  or  promotion or the date of the establishment of
 the resulting eligible list or within one year of the time of retention,
 as the case may be; that at the time of such examination the  disability
 described in such certificate was found to exist; and that such disabil-
 ity  is  rated  at ten per centum or more. Such disability shall also be
 deemed to be in existence at such time if the certificate of such veter-
 ans' administration shall state affirmatively that  a  permanent  stabi-
 lized  condition  of disability exists to an extent of ten per centum or
 more, notwithstanding the fact that such veteran has not  been  examined
 by a medical officer of such veterans' administration within one year of
 either  the time of application for appointment or promotion or the date
 of filing application for competitive examination for original  appoint-
 ment  or  promotion, or within one year of the time of retention, as the
 case may be.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.