New York S 5300: Allows reservists who have served or who are currently serving in the United States armed forces to be eligible for 2.5 points on civil service examinations

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S05300 Summary:

BILL NOS05300 

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SAME ASSAME AS A02368

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SPONSORASHBY

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COSPNSRCHAN

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Amd §85, Civ Serv L

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Allows reservists who have served or who are currently serving in the United States armed forces to be eligible for 2.5 points on civil service examinations.

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BILL NOS05300 

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02/20/2025REFERRED 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
 ________________________________________________________________________

 5300

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 20, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. ASHBY -- 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 allowing reser-
 vists who have served or who are currently serving to be eligible for
 two and one-half points on civil service examinations

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

 1 Section 1. The section heading, paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision
 2 2, subdivisions 3, 4, 5 and 6 of section 85 of the civil service law, as
 3 added by chapter 790 of the laws of 1958 and paragraph (c) of subdivi-
 4 sion 4 as amended by chapter 15 of the laws of 1971, are amended and a
 5 new paragraph (b-1) is added to subdivision 1 to read as follows:
 6 Additional credit allowed veterans and reservists in competitive exam-
 7 inations; preference in retention upon abolition of positions.
 8 (b-1) The term "reservist" means a member of the reserve forces or
 9 reserve components of the armed forces of the United States who is
 10 currently in service or who was honorably discharged or released under
 11 honorable circumstances from such service, who is a citizen of the
 12 United States or noncitizen lawfully admitted for permanent residence in
 13 the United States and who is a resident of the state of New York at the
 14 time of application for appointment or promotion or at the time of
 15 retention, as the case may be.
 16 (a) On all eligible lists resulting from competitive examinations, the
 17 names of eligibles shall be entered in the order of their respective
 18 final earned ratings on examination, with the name of the eligible with
 19 the highest final earned rating at the head of such list, provided,
 20 however, that for the purpose of determining final earned ratings,
 21 (1) Disabled veterans shall be entitled to receive ten points addi-
 22 tional in a competitive examination for original appointment and five

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04550-01-5

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 1 points additional credit in a competitive examination for promotion,
 2 [and]
 3 (2) Non-disabled veterans shall be entitled to receive five points
 4 additional credit in a competitive examination for original appointment
 5 and two and one-half points additional credit in a competitive examina-
 6 tion for promotion[.], and
 7 (3) Reservists who have served or who are currently serving as members
 8 of a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States shall be
 9 entitled to receive two and one-half points additional credit in a
 10 competitive examination.
 11 (b) Such additional credit shall be added to the final earned rating
 12 of such disabled veteran or non-disabled veteran or reservist, as the
 13 case may be, after [he or she] such disabled veteran or non-disabled
 14 veteran or reservist has qualified in the competitive examination and
 15 shall be granted only at the time of establishment of the resulting
 16 eligible list.
 17 3. Application for additional credit; proof of eligibility; establish-
 18 ment of eligible list. Any candidate, believing [himself] themself enti-
 19 tled to additional credit in a competitive examination as provided here-
 20 in, may make application for such additional credit at any time between
 21 the date of [his] such candidate's application for examina