New York A 5159: Relates to waiving application fees for individuals who certify they are unemployed

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A05159 Summary:

BILL NOA05159 

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Waives application fees for individuals who certify to the state civil service department that they are unemployed; removes provisions requiring an individual also be primarily responsible for the support of a household or receiving public assistance.

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BILL NOA05159 

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02/12/2025referred to governmental employees

01/07/2026referred to governmental employees

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5159

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 February 12, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. CHANG -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Governmental Employees

 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to waiving applica-
 tion fees for individuals who certify they are unemployed

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 5 of section 50 of the civil
 2 service law, as amended by section 1 of part EE of chapter 55 of the
 3 laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
 4 (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdivi-
 5 sion, the state civil service department, subject to the approval of the
 6 director of the budget, a municipal commission, subject to the approval
 7 of the governing board or body of the city or county, as the case may
 8 be, or a regional commission or personnel officer, pursuant to govern-
 9 mental agreement, may elect to waive application fees, or to abolish
 10 fees for specific classes of positions or types of examinations or
 11 candidates, or to establish a uniform schedule of reasonable fees
 12 different from those prescribed in paragraph (a) of this subdivision,
 13 specifying in such schedule the classes of positions or types of exam-
 14 inations or candidates to which such fees shall apply; provided, howev-
 15 er, that fees shall be waived for candidates who certify to the state
 16 civil service department, a municipal commission or a regional commis-
 17 sion that they are unemployed [and primarily responsible for the support
 18 of a household, or are receiving public assistance]. Provided further,
 19 the state civil service department shall waive the state application fee
 20 for examinations for original appointment for all veterans. Provided
 21 further, the state civil service department shall, and a municipal
 22 commission may, subject to the approval of the governing board or body
 23 of the city or county, as the case may be, or a regional commission or
 24 personnel officer, pursuant to governmental agreement, waive application
 25 fees for all examinations held between July first, two thousand twenty-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07652-01-5

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 1 three and December thirty-first, two thousand twenty-five. Notwithstand-
 2 ing any other provision of law, for purposes of this section, the term
 3 "veteran" shall mean a person who has served in the armed forces of the
 4 United States or the reserves thereof, or in the army national guard,
 5 air national guard, New York guard, or the New York naval militia, and
 6 who (1) has been honorably discharged or released from such service
 7 under honorable conditions, or (2) has a qualifying condition, as
 8 defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and has received a
 9 discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or
 10 (3) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section one of the
 11 veterans' services law, and has received a discharge other than bad
 12 conduct or dishonorable from such service. The term "armed forces" shall
 13 mean the army, navy, air force, marine corps, and coast guard.
 14 § 2. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 5 of section 50 of the civil service
 15 law, as amended by section 35 of part PP of chapter 56 of the laws of
 16 2022, is amended to read as follows:
 17 (b) Notwithstanding the p