New York A 5760: Relates to certain veterans and competitive civil service exam points

Bill Text

STATE OF NEW YORK
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5760
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 24, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. RAMOS -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Veterans' Affairs
AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to veterans and
competitive civil service exam points
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 85 of the civil
2 service law, as amended by chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, is amended
3 to read as follows:
4 (a) The terms "veteran" and "non-disabled veteran" mean:
5 a member of the armed forces of the United States who served ther-(1)
6 ein in time of war, who was honorably discharged or released under
7 honorable circumstances from such service including (i) having a quali-
8 fying condition as defined in section three hundred fifty of the execu-
9 tive law, and receiving a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonor-
10 able from such service, or (ii) being a discharged LGBT veteran, as
11 defined in section three hundred fifty of the executive law, and receiv-
12 ing a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such
13 service, who is a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully
14 admitted for permanent residence in the United States and who is a resi-
15 dent of the state of New York at the time of application for appointment
16 or promotion or at the time of retention, as the case may be; or
17 (2) a member of the armed forces of the United States who was honor-
18 ably discharged or released under honorable circumstances from such
19 service, who is a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully
20 admitted for permanent residence in the United States, who is a resident
21 of the state of New York at the time of application for appointment or
22 promotion or at the time of retention, as the case may be, and who was
23 awarded either a: (i) Combat Action Ribbon, (ii) Combat Infantryman
24 Badge, (iii) Combat Medical Badge, (iv) Combat Action Badge, (v) Combat
25 .Recognition Ribbon, or (vi) Air Force Combat Action medal
EXPLANATION--Matter in (underscored) is new; matter in bracketsitalics
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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A. 5760 2
1 § 2. Subparagraph 1 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 85
2 of the civil service law, as added by chapter 790 of the laws of 1958,
3 is amended to read as follows:
4 (1) Disabled veterans shall be entitled to receive ten points addi-
5 tional in a competitive examination for original appointment andcredit
6 five points additional credit in a competitive examination for
7 promotion, and
8 § 3. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 85 of the civil service
9 law is amended by adding a new subparagraph 4 to read as follows:
10 (4) A veteran who is certified by the United States veterans' adminis-
11 tration or a military department as entitled to receive disability
12 payments upon certification of such veterans' administration or a mili-
13 tary department for a disability incurred by him or her in the course of
14 his or her time of service and in existence at the time of application
15 for appointment or promotion or at the time of retention, as the case
16 may be, and who was awarded either a: (i) Combat Action Ribbon, (ii)
17 Combat Infantryman Badge, (iii) Combat Medical Badge, (iv) Combat Action
18 Badge, (v) Combat Recognition Ribbon, or (vi) Air Force Combat Action
19 medal.
20 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.