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Assembly Bill A7228

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Allows N.Y. city to amend point credits on the open competitive firefighter examination

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2025-A7228 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §58-a, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A8369
2013-2014: A5640
2015-2016: A3211
2017-2018: A3548
2019-2020: A6890
2021-2022: A4284
2023-2024: A5962

2025-A7228 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows cities with a population of one million or more to amend point credits on the open competitive firefighter examination.

2025-A7228 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7228
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 21, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M. of A. COOK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Employees
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation  to  allowing  cities
   with a population of one million or more to amend point credits on the
   open competitive fire fighter examination

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 58-a of the civil service law is amended by  adding
 a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
   2-A.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS LAW OR ANY GENERAL,
 SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW TO THE CONTRARY, CITIES WITH A  POPULATION  OF  ONE
 MILLION  OR  MORE  MAY BY LOCAL LAW ESTABLISH A POINT CREDIT ON THE OPEN
 COMPETITIVE FIRE FIGHTER EXAMINATION BASED ON APPLICANTS'  RESIDENCY  IN
 SUCH  CITY  AND TO DETERMINE THE CRITERIA FOR ELIGIBILITY FOR SUCH POINT
 CREDIT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09343-01-5

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