New York S 6709: Increases civil service credits given to veterans currently returning from service

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S06709 Summary:

BILL NOS06709 

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Increases civil service credits given to veterans currently returning from service.

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03/20/2025REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6709

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 20, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. WEBER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
 ty and Military Affairs

 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to increasing civil
 service credits given to veterans currently returning from service

 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 2 of section 85 of the civil
 2 service law is amended by adding two new subparagraphs 3 and 4 to read
 3 as follows:
 4 (3) Veterans honorably discharged on or after January first, two thou-
 5 sand twenty-five, shall be entitled to receive ten points additional
 6 credit in a competitive examination for original appointment and five
 7 points additional credit in a competitive examination for promotion.
 8 (4) Disabled veterans honorably discharged on or after January first,
 9 two thousand twenty-five, shall be entitled to receive fifteen points
 10 additional credit in a competitive examination for original appointment
 11 and ten points additional credit in a competitive examination for
 12 promotion.
 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04057-01-5

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