New York S 4965: Requires individuals who perform compliance functions, duties or tasks to obtain a compliance officer or compliance practitioner license

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S04965 Summary:

BILL NOS04965 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORBAILEY

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Amd §50, Civ Serv L

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Waives the state application fee for all civil service examinations for all veterans.

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BILL NOS04965 

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02/14/2025REFERRED 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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 4965

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 14, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. BAILEY -- 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 waiving the state
 application fee for all civil service examinations for all veterans

 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 all examinations [for original appointment] for all veterans.
 21 Provided further, the state civil service department shall, and a munic-
 22 ipal commission may, subject to the approval of the governing board or
 23 body of the city or county, as the case may be, or a regional commission
 24 or personnel officer, pursuant to governmental agreement, waive applica-
 25 tion fees for all examinations held between July first, two thousand

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09061-01-5

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