New York S 4320: Extends the pilot program to examine the effects of waiving the state civil service examination fee

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S04320 Summary:

BILL NOS04320 

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SAME ASSAME AS A05437

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SPONSORJACKSON

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COSPNSRASHBY, CLEARE, PALUMBO

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §50, Civ Serv L; amd Part EE §2, Chap 55 of 2023

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Extends the pilot program to examine the effects of waiving the state civil service examination fee to December 31, 2027.

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02/04/2025REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 4320

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 4, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions

 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to extending the
 pilot program to examine the effects of waiving the state civil
 service examination fee; and to amend part EE of chapter 55 of the
 laws of 2023 amending the civil service law relating to waiving state
 civil service examination fees between July 1, 2023 and December 31,
 2025, in relation to the effectiveness thereof

 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

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07054-02-5

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 1 commission may, subject to the approval of the governing board or body
 2 of the city or county, as the case may be, or a regional commission or
 3 personnel officer, pursuant to governmental agreement, waive application
 4 fees for all examinations held between July first, two thousand twenty-
 5 three and December thirty-first, two thousand [twenty-five]
 6 twenty-seven. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for purposes
 7 of this section, the term "veteran" shall mean a person who has served
 8 in the armed forces of the United States or the reserves thereof, or in
 9 the army national guard, air national guard, New York guard, or the New
 10 York naval militia, and who (1) has been honorably discharged or
 11 released from such service under honorable conditions, or (2) has a
 12 qualifying condition, as defined in section one of the veterans'
 13 services law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or
 14 dishonorable from such service, or (3) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as
 15 defined in section one of the veterans' services law, and has received a
 16 discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service. The
 17 term "armed forces" shall mean the army, navy, air f