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Senate Bill S9831

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes Christopher Walser to take the competitive civil service examination for the position of police officer in the village of Chittenango and be placed on the eligible list for employment as such

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2025-S9831 (ACTIVE) - Details

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

2025-S9831 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes Christopher Walser 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 village of Chittenango police department.

2025-S9831 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S9831 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9831
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 7, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
 
 AN ACT to authorize Christopher Walser 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 village of Chittenango police department

   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, Christopher Walser, employed by the village of Chittenango, in
 the  county of Madison, as a part-time police officer, 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 Chittenango police department.
   §  2.  Christopher  Walser 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.
                                                            LBD15477-01-6

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