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- Referred to governmental employees
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BILL NUMBER:A10524
Title of bill
An act to amend the civil service law, in relation to the employment of veterans with disabilities by municipalities
Purpose or general idea of bill
To allow local governments by adoption of a local law to designate up to one percent of competitive civil service positions as non-competitive for the purpose of offering those positions to disabled veterans of the united States Armed Forces.
Summary of specific provisions
Section one creates a new Section 55-d of the Civil Service Law, which would allow any local government entity to adopt a local law designating no more than one percent, but not less than one, of its competitive civil service positions as noncompetitive if those positions are then filled by disabled veterans, and specifies that such veterans remain eligible for the opportunity to take promotional exams.
Section two contains the effective date.
Justification
Section 55-c of the Civil service Law authorizes up to 300 state compet- itive civil service positions to be classified as noncompetitive for the purpose of offering those positions specifically to disabled veterans. This bill will allow local governments to adopt a similar approach towards helping provide employment opportunities to what is perhaps the most deserving group of all New Yorkers. The threshold is both flexible enough to be usable for localities of any size, and is set low enough as not to compromise the competitive civil service system. This legislation will offer an opportunity for localities to demonstrate their commitment to and appreciation of our disabled veterans, and will hopefully increase the number of opportunities across the state for these veter- ans.
Prior legislative history
2008: A.5664; Held for consideration in Governmental Employees 2007: A. 5664; Referred to Governmental Employees 2006: A.10551; Referred to Governmental Employees
Fiscal implications for state and local governments
None.
Effective date
Immediate upon enactment.
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