New York A 3155: Allows reservists with twenty years service to be eligible for 2.5 points on entrance exams and 1 point on promotional exams

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A03155 Summary:

BILL NOA03155 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORColton (MS)

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSRMcDonough

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Amd §85, Civ Serv L

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Allows reservists with twenty years of service to be eligible for 2.5 points on entrance exams and 1 point on promotional exams.

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BILL NOA03155 

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01/23/2025referred to local governments

01/29/2025reference changed to governmental employees

01/07/2026referred to governmental employees

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3155

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 23, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. COLTON -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. McDO-
 NOUGH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental
 Employees

 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to allowing reser-
 vists with twenty years service to be eligible for two and one-half
 points on entrance exams and one point on promotional exams

 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 was
 10 honorably discharged or released under honorable circumstances from such
 11 service, who is a citizen of the United States or a noncitizen lawfully
 12 admitted for permanent residence in the United States and who is a resi-
 13 dent of the state of New York at the time of application for appointment
 14 or promotion or at the time of retention, as the case may be.
 15 (a) On all eligible lists resulting from competitive examinations, the
 16 names of eligibles shall be entered in the order of their respective
 17 final earned ratings on examination, with the name of the eligible with
 18 the highest final earned rating at the head of such list, provided,
 19 however, that for the purpose of determining final earned ratings,
 20 (1) Disabled veterans shall be entitled to receive ten points addi-
 21 tional in a competitive examination for original appointment and five
 22 points additional credit in a competitive examination for promotion, and

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 A LBD06501-01-5

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