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                                   6158
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 26, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. BRABENEC -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Employees
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  civil  service law, in relation to the award of
   competitive civil service status for the spouse or children  of  mili-
   tary service persons killed in the line of duty

   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
 85-d to read as follows:
   §  85-D.  AWARD  OF COMPETITIVE CIVIL SERVICE STATUS FOR THE SPOUSE OR
 CHILDREN OF MILITARY SERVICE PERSONS KILLED IN  THE  LINE  OF  DUTY.  1.
 DEFINITION.  AS USED IN THIS SECTION, "KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY" SHALL
 MEAN A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES  HAVING  DIED  IN
 THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTY IN TIME OF WAR.
   2.  AWARD  AUTHORIZED.  AN  AWARD  OF COMPETITIVE CIVIL SERVICE STATUS
 SHALL BE ALLOWED FOR THE SPOUSE OR CHILDREN OF MILITARY  PERSONS  KILLED
 IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
   3. APPLICATION FOR AWARD; PROOF OF ELIGIBILITY. ANY CANDIDATE, BELIEV-
 ING  THEMSELF  ENTITLED TO THE AWARD OF COMPETITIVE CIVIL SERVICE STATUS
 AS PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION, MAY MAKE APPLICATION FOR SUCH STATUS AT ANY
 TIME BETWEEN THE DATE OF THEIR APPLICATION FOR SUCH STATUS AND THE  DATE
 OF  THE  ESTABLISHMENT  OF  THE RESULTING ELIGIBLE LIST. SUCH CANDIDATES
 SHALL BE ALLOWED A PERIOD OF NOT LESS THAN TWO MONTHS FROM THE  DATE  OF
 THE FILING OF THEIR APPLICATION FOR SUCH STATUS IN WHICH TO ESTABLISH BY
 APPROPRIATE  DOCUMENTARY  PROOF THEIR ELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE SUCH STATUS
 UNDER THIS SECTION. AT ANY TIME AFTER TWO MONTHS HAVE ELAPSED SINCE  THE
 FINAL DATE FOR FILING APPLICATIONS FOR SUCH STATUS FOR ORIGINAL APPOINT-
 MENT,  THE  ELIGIBLE  LIST RESULTING FROM SUCH EXAMINATION MAY BE ESTAB-
 LISHED, NOTWITHSTANDING THE FACT THAT A SPOUSE OR CHILD WHO HAS  APPLIED
 FOR  SUCH  STATUS  HAS  FAILED TO ESTABLISH THEIR ELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE
 SUCH STATUS. A CANDIDATE WHO FAILS TO ESTABLISH, BY APPROPRIATE DOCUMEN-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04045-01-5
              

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 TARY PROOF, THEIR ELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE SUCH  STATUS  BY  THE  TIME  AN
 ELIGIBLE LIST IS ESTABLISHED SHALL NOT THEREAFTER BE GRANTED SUCH STATUS
 ON SUCH ELIGIBLE LIST.
   4.  USE  OF  ADDITIONAL CREDIT. NO PERSON WHO HAS RECEIVED A PERMANENT
 ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT IN THE CIVIL SERVICE OF THE STATE OR OF ANY CITY OR
 CIVIL DIVISION THEREOF FROM AN ELIGIBLE LIST ON WHICH THEY WERE  ALLOWED
 THE STATUS GRANTED BY THIS SECTION AS A SPOUSE OR CHILD, SHALL THEREAFT-
 ER  BE  ENTITLED TO ANY ADDITIONAL CREDIT UNDER THIS SECTION AS A SPOUSE
 OR CHILD.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.