NY State Senate Bill 2025-S8194

Senate Bill S8194

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes Heath A. Wadhams, a part-time police officer, with the village of Palmyra police department to take the civil service examination

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Civil Service And Pensions Committee

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May 20, 2025	referred to civil service and pensions

2025-S8194 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:: Civil Service

2025-S8194 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes Heath A. Wadhams, a part-time police officer, with the village of Warsaw police department to take the civil service examination and be eligible for appointment as a full time police officer for the village of Palmyra, in the county of Wayne.

2025-S8194 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S8194

SPONSOR: HELMING
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act in relation to authorizing Heath A. Wadhams to take the compet-
itive 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 village of Palmyra

 
PURPOSE:

To provide the Village of Palmyra with the opportunity to offer Heath A.
Wadhams a full-time position with the village police department upon his
satisfactory performance on the relevant civil service examination.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Deems Mr. Wadhams eligible to sit for the competitive civil
service examination for police officer and provides that, contingent on
his score, he shall be eligible to be placed on the list for appointment
as a full-time police officer for the Village of Palmyra.

Section 2: Requires the candidate to be subject to all other relevant
provisions of the civil service law regarding police officers.

Section 3: Provides the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Heath A. Wadhams currently serves as a part-time police officer for the
Palmyra Police Department. Mr. Wadhams has expressed interest in transi-
tioning to a new role as a full-time police officer but is currently
unable to do so due to the age limit provided by the civil service law.
Despite the change to the maximum age limit included in the FY2026 budg-
et, Mr. Wadhams will continue to be ineligible to sit for the required
civil service exam as he is over the age of 43 years old. This legis-
lation has been requested by the Village of Palmyra Police Chief and
would allow Mr. Wadhams to test for the full-time position.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

None

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately

2025-S8194 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8194
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 20, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HELMING -- 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 Heath A. Wadhams to take  the  compet-
   itive 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 village of Palmyra
 
   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, Heath A. Wadhams, who has been continuously  employed  by  the
 village  of Palmyra, in the county of Wayne, as a part-time police offi-
 cer, 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  village  of  Palmyra
 police department.
   §  2.  Heath  A.  Wadhams  shall otherwise be subject to the merit and
 fitness provisions of the civil  service  law  applicable  to  full-time
 police officers.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13164-01-5

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