Authorizes Justin Finkle to take the competitive civil service examination for the position of police officer and be placed on the eligible list for employment as a full-time police officer for the town of Bethlehem; requires that Justin Finkle be otherwise subject to the merit and fitness provisions of the civil service law applicable to full-time police officers.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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772
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 8, 2025
___________
Introduced by M. of A. BENDETT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Governmental Employees
AN ACT in relation to authorizing Justin Finkle to take the competitive
civil service examination for the position of police officer and be
placed on the eligible list for employment as a full-time police offi-
cer for the town of Bethlehem
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, Justin Finkle, who is a resident of the town of Bethlehem, in
the county of Albany, shall be eligible to take the competitive civil
service examination 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 full-time police officer with
the Bethlehem police department in the town of Bethlehem, county of
Albany.
§ 2. Justin Finkle shall otherwise be subject to the merit and fitness
provisions of the civil service law applicable to full-time police offi-
cers.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD00026-01-5
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