Senate Bill S712

                             
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                                    712
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 8, 2025
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  RHOADS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation  to  providing  addi-
   tional credits to Nassau county law enforcement explorers

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "Nassau future protectors act".
   §  2.  The civil service law is amended by adding a new article 6-A to
 read as follows:
                                ARTICLE 6-A
        SPECIAL RIGHTS FOR NASSAU COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPLORERS
 SECTION 89. ADDITIONAL CREDIT ALLOWED FOR NASSAU COUNTY LAW  ENFORCEMENT
               EXPLORERS   IN  COMPETITIVE  EXAMINATIONS;  PREFERENCE  IN
               RETENTION UPON ABOLITION OF POSITIONS.
   § 89. ADDITIONAL CREDIT ALLOWED  FOR  NASSAU  COUNTY  LAW  ENFORCEMENT
 EXPLORERS  IN  COMPETITIVE  EXAMINATIONS;  PREFERENCE  IN RETENTION UPON
 ABOLITION OF POSITIONS. 1.  ADDITIONAL  CREDITS  SHALL  BE  ALLOWED  FOR
 PARTICIPANTS  OF  THE NASSAU COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPLORING PROGRAM IN
 COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS FOR ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT. THE NASSAU COUNTY LAW
 ENFORCEMENT EXPLORING PROGRAM SHALL BE DEFINED AS A YOUTH POLICE  TRAIN-
 ING PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDES YOUTHS BETWEEN THE AGES OF FOURTEEN AND TWEN-
 TY  WITH  TRAINING  AND  ON  THE  PURPOSE, MISSION AND OBJECTIVES OF THE
 NASSAU COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC SAFETY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.
   (A) ON ALL ELIGIBLE LISTS RESULTING FROM COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS, THE
 NAMES OF ELIGIBLE PERSONS SHALL BE ENTERED IN THE  ORDER  OF  RESPECTIVE
 FINAL  EARNED  RATINGS  ON  EXAMINATIONS,  WITH THE NAME OF THE ELIGIBLE
 PERSON WITH THE HIGHEST FINAL EARNED RATINGS AT THE HEAD OF  SUCH  LIST,
 PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  FOR  THE  PURPOSE OF DETERMINING FINAL EARNED
 RATINGS, NASSAU COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPLORERS SHALL  BE  ENTITLED  TO
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD02650-01-5
 S. 712                              2
 
 RECEIVE  ADDITIONAL  POINTS  IN  A  COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR ORIGINAL
 APPOINTMENT IN NASSAU COUNTY. AN ELIGIBLE PERSON WHO SERVED AS A  NASSAU
 COUNTY  LAW  ENFORCEMENT  EXPLORER  FOR  A  MINIMUM  OF FOUR YEARS SHALL
 RECEIVE  AN  ADDITIONAL  FIVE POINTS. AN ELIGIBLE PERSON WHO SERVED AS A
 NASSAU COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPLORER FOR LESS THAN  FOUR  YEARS  SHALL
 RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL TWO POINTS.
   (B)  SUCH  ADDITIONAL CREDIT SHALL BE ADDED TO THE FINAL EARNED RATING
 OF SUCH NASSAU COUNTY LAW  ENFORCEMENT  EXPLORER,  AFTER  SUCH  EXPLORER
 QUALIFIED  IN  THE  COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION AND SHALL BE GRANTED ONLY AT
 THE TIME OF ESTABLISHMENT OF THE RESULTING ELIGIBLE LIST.
   2. ANY CANDIDATE, BELIEVING THEMSELVES TO BE  ENTITLED  TO  ADDITIONAL
 CREDIT  IN  A  COMPETITIVE  EXAMINATION AS PROVIDED IN THIS SECTION, MAY
 MAKE APPLICATION FOR SUCH ADDITIONAL CREDIT AT ANY TIME BETWEEN THE DATE
 OF APPLICATION FOR EXAMINATION 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 THE  APPLICATION
 FOR  EXAMINATION  IN WHICH TO ESTABLISH BY APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTARY PROOF
 THE ELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE ADDITIONAL CREDIT UNDER THIS SECTION. AT  ANY
 TIME  AFTER  TWO  MONTHS  HAVE  ELAPSED  SINCE THE FINAL DATE FOR FILING
 APPLICATIONS FOR A COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT, THE
 ELIGIBLE LIST  RESULTING  FROM  SUCH  EXAMINATION  MAY  BE  ESTABLISHED,
 NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  FACT THAT A NASSAU COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPLORER
 WHO HAS APPLIED FOR ADDITIONAL CREDIT HAS FAILED TO ESTABLISH THE ELIGI-
 BILITY TO RECEIVE SUCH ADDITIONAL  CREDIT.  A  CANDIDATE  WHO  FAILS  TO
 ESTABLISH,  BY APPROPRIATE DOCUMENTARY PROOF, THE ELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE
 ADDITIONAL CREDIT BY THE TIME AN ELIGIBLE LIST IS ESTABLISHED SHALL  NOT
 THEREAFTER BE GRANTED ADDITIONAL CREDIT ON SUCH ELIGIBLE LIST.
   3. (A) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, NO PERSON WHO
 HAS  RECEIVED  A  PERMANENT ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT IN THE CIVIL SERVICE OF
 NASSAU COUNTY THEREOF FROM AN ELIGIBLE LIST ON  WHICH  SUCH  PERSON  WAS
 ALLOWED THE ADDITIONAL CREDIT GRANTED BY THIS SECTION AS A NASSAU COUNTY
 LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPLORER, SHALL THEREAFTER BE ENTITLED TO ANY ADDITIONAL
 CREDIT UNDER THIS SECTION.
   (B) WHERE, AT THE TIME OF ESTABLISHMENT OF AN ELIGIBLE LIST, THE POSI-
 TION  OF  A  NASSAU COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPLORER ON SUCH LIST HAS NOT
 BEEN AFFECTED BY THE ADDITION OF CREDITS GRANTED UNDER THIS SECTION, THE
 APPOINTMENT OF SUCH NASSAU COUNTY LAW  ENFORCEMENT  EXPLORER  FROM  SUCH
 ELIGIBLE  LIST  SHALL  NOT  BE DEEMED TO HAVE BEEN MADE FROM AN ELIGIBLE
 LIST ON WHICH THEY WERE ALLOWED THE ADDITIONAL CREDIT  GRANTED  BY  THIS
 SECTION.
   (C)  IF,  AT  THE  TIME OF APPOINTMENT FROM AN ELIGIBLE LIST, A NASSAU
 COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPLORER IS IN THE SAME RELATIVE  STANDING  AMONG
 THE  ELIGIBLE  PERSONS  WHO ARE WILLING TO ACCEPT APPOINTMENT AS IF SUCH
 EXPLORER HAD NOT BEEN GRANTED THE ADDITIONAL CREDITS AS PROVIDED BY THIS
 SECTION, THE APPOINTMENT FROM SUCH ELIGIBLE PERSONS SHALL NOT BE  DEEMED
 TO  HAVE BEEN MADE FROM AN ELIGIBLE LIST ON WHICH THEY WERE ALLOWED SUCH
 ADDITIONAL CREDITS.
   (D) WHERE A NASSAU COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPLORER HAS BEEN ORIGINALLY
 APPOINTED FROM AN ELIGIBLE LIST ON WHICH SUCH EXPLORER WAS ALLOWED  SUCH
 ADDITIONAL  CREDIT, BUT SUCH APPOINTMENT IS THEREAFTER TERMINATED EITHER
 AT THE END OF THE PROBATIONARY TERM OR BY RESIGNATION AT OR  BEFORE  THE
 END  OF THE PROBATIONARY TERM, SUCH EXPLORER SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO HAVE
 BEEN APPOINTED, AS THE CASE MAY BE, FROM AN ELIGIBLE LIST ON WHICH  SUCH
 EXPLORER  IS  ALLOWED  ADDITIONAL CREDIT, AND SUCH APPOINTMENT SHALL NOT
 AFFECT SUCH EXPLORER'S ELIGIBILITY FOR ADDITIONAL CREDIT IN OTHER  EXAM-
 INATIONS.
 S. 712                              3

   4.  AN  APPLICATION FOR ADDITIONAL CREDIT IN A COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION
 UNDER THIS SECTION MAY BE WITHDRAWN BY THE APPLICANT AT ANY  TIME  PRIOR
 TO  THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE RESULTING ELIGIBLE LIST. AT ANY TIME DURING
 THE TERM OF EXISTENCE OF AN ELIGIBLE LIST RESULTING FROM  A  COMPETITIVE
 EXAMINATION  IN  WHICH  A  NASSAU  COUNTY  LAW  ENFORCEMENT EXPLORER HAS
 RECEIVED THE ADDITIONAL CREDIT GRANTED  BY  THIS  SECTION,  SUCH  NASSAU
 COUNTY  LAW  ENFORCEMENT EXPLORER MAY ELECT, PRIOR TO PERMANENT ORIGINAL
 APPOINTMENT, TO RELINQUISH THE ADDITIONAL CREDIT GRANTED AND ACCEPT  THE
 LOWER POSITION ON SUCH ELIGIBLE LIST TO WHICH SUCH EXPLORER WOULD OTHER-
 WISE  HAVE  BEEN  ENTITLED;  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH ELECTION SHALL
 THEREAFTER BE IRREVOCABLE. SUCH ELECTION SHALL BE IN WRITING AND  SIGNED
 BY  THE  NASSAU  COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPLORER, AND TRANSMITTED TO THE
 DEPARTMENT OR THE APPROPRIATE MUNICIPAL CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.
   5. THE DEPARTMENT AND EACH MUNICIPAL COMMISSION  SHALL  ESTABLISH  AND
 MAINTAIN  IN  ITS OFFICE A ROSTER OF ALL SUCH NASSAU COUNTY LAW ENFORCE-
 MENT EXPLORERS APPOINTED AS A RESULT OF ADDITIONAL  CREDITS  GRANTED  BY
 THIS  SECTION  TO POSITIONS UNDER ITS JURISDICTION. THE APPOINTMENT OF A
 NASSAU COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPLORER AS A RESULT OF ADDITIONAL CREDITS
 SHALL BE VOID IF SUCH NASSAU COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT EXPLORER,  PRIOR  TO
 SUCH  APPOINTMENT,  HAD BEEN APPOINTED AS A RESULT OF ADDITIONAL CREDITS
 GRANTED BY THIS SECTION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.