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Senate Bill S4499

2025-2026 Legislative Session

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 police officer for the town of Bethlehem

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2025-S4499 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A772
Current Committee:
Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:
Civil Service

2025-S4499 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

2025-S4499 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S4499 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4499
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 6, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  FAHY  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
 
 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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