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Senate Bill S8365

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Provides for a preference for activated members of the New York army national guard or the New York air national guard for competitive examinations

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2025-S8365 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §85, Civ Serv L

2025-S8365 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for a preference for activated members of the New York army national guard or the New York air national guard serving during declared state disaster emergencies for competitive examinations for original appointment or promotion.

2025-S8365 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8365 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8365
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 5, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  SCARCELLA-SPANTON, ORTT -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to  providing  for  a
   preference  for  activated members of the New York army national guard
   or the New York air national guard for  competitive  examinations  for
   original appointment or promotion
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The section heading of section 85 of the civil service law,
 as added by chapter 790 of the laws of  1958,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   Additional  credit allowed veterans in competitive examinations; pref-
 erence in retention upon abolition of positions;  PREFERENCE  FOR  ACTI-
 VATED  MEMBERS  OF  THE NEW YORK ARMY NATIONAL GUARD OR THE NEW YORK AIR
 NATIONAL GUARD SERVING UNDER ORDERS PURSUANT TO SECTION SIX OF THE MILI-
 TARY LAW OR DURING DECLARED STATE DISASTER EMERGENCIES.
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 85 of the civil service law  is  amended
 by adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows:
   (E) THE TERM "STATE DISASTER EMERGENCY" SHALL HAVE THE SAME MEANING AS
 DEFINED IN SECTION TWENTY OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
   §  3.  Subdivision 2 of section 85 of the civil service law is amended
 by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows:
   (C) A MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK ARMY  NATIONAL  GUARD  OR  NEW  YORK  AIR
 NATIONAL  GUARD  WHO  HAS  BEEN ACTIVATED PURSUANT TO SECTION SIX OF THE
 MILITARY LAW OR SECTION TWENTY-EIGHT OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW FOR A  CUMULA-
 TIVE  PERIOD  OF SIXTY DAYS OR MORE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE TWO AND
 ONE-HALF POINTS ADDITIONAL  CREDIT  IN  A  COMPETITIVE  EXAMINATION  FOR
 ORIGINAL  APPOINTMENT  OR  PROMOTION,  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT: (I) SUCH
 ACTIVATION SHALL BE DOCUMENTED BY ORDERS ISSUED PURSUANT TO SECTION  SIX
 OF  THE  MILITARY  LAW;  (II) SUCH MEMBER SHALL NOT HAVE PREVIOUSLY BEEN
 GRANTED ADDITIONAL CREDIT UNDER PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION  AS  A
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11936-03-5

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