Bill Text: NY A05447 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to veterans' credits for civil service appointments and promotions; removes the time of war requirement for veterans to qualify for additional credit.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-06-03 - substituted by s763 [A05447 Detail]
Download: New_York-2021-A05447-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5447 2021-2022 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 16, 2021 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to veterans' credits for civil service appointments and promotions The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 85 of the civil service law, as 2 added by chapter 790 of the laws of 1958, paragraph (a) and subparagraph 3 2 of paragraph (b) as amended by chapter 490 of the laws of 2019, para- 4 graph (b) as amended by chapter 661 of the laws of 1983, subparagraph 3 5 of paragraph (b) and paragraph (c) as amended by chapter 467 of the laws 6 of 1991 and subparagraph 4 of paragraph (c) as amended by chapter 179 of 7 the laws of 2006, is amended to read as follows: 8 1. Definitions. (a) The terms "veteran" and "non-disabled veteran" 9 mean a member of the armed forces of the United States [who served ther-10ein in time of war,] who was honorably discharged or released under 11 honorable circumstances from such service including (i) having a quali- 12 fying condition as defined in section three hundred fifty of the execu- 13 tive law, and receiving a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonor- 14 able from such service, or (ii) being a discharged LGBT veteran, as 15 defined in section three hundred fifty of the executive law, and receiv- 16 ing a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such 17 service, who is a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully 18 admitted for permanent residence in the United States and who is a resi- 19 dent of the state of New York at the time of application for appointment 20 or promotion or at the time of retention, as the case may be. 21 (b) The term "disabled veteran" means a veteran who is certified by 22 the United States veterans' administration or a military department as 23 entitled to receive disability payments upon the certification of such 24 veterans' administration or a military department for a disability 25 incurred by him or her in [time of war] the course of his or her service EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD03096-01-1A. 5447 2 1 and in existence at the time of application for appointment or promotion 2 or at the time of retention, as the case may be. Such disability shall 3 be deemed to be in existence at the time of application for appointment 4 or promotion or at the time of retention, as the case may be, if the 5 certificate of such veterans' administration shall state affirmatively 6 that such veteran has been examined by a medical officer of such veter- 7 ans' administration on a date within one year of either the date of 8 filing application for competitive examination for original appointment 9 or promotion or the date of the establishment of the resulting eligible 10 list or within one year of the time of retention, as the case may be; 11 that at the time of such examination the [war-incurred] disability 12 described in such certificate was found to exist; and that such disabil- 13 ity is rated at ten per centum or more. Such disability shall also be 14 deemed to be in existence at such time if the certificate of such veter- 15 ans' administration shall state affirmatively that a permanent stabi- 16 lized condition of disability exists to an extent of ten per centum or 17 more, notwithstanding the fact that such veteran has not been examined 18 by a medical officer of such veterans' administration within one year of 19 either the time of application for appointment or promotion or the date 20 of filing application for competitive examination for original appoint- 21 ment or promotion, or within one year of the time of retention, as the 22 case may be. [The term "disabled veteran" shall also mean:23(1) A veteran who served in world war I, who continued to serve in the24armed forces of the United States after the eleventh day of November,25nineteen hundred eighteen, and who is certified, as hereinbefore26provided, by the United States veterans' administration as receiving27disability payments upon the certification of such veterans' adminis-28tration for a disability incurred by him in such service on or before29the second day of July, nineteen hundred twenty-one.30(2) A veteran who served in world war II, who continued to serve in31the armed forces of the United States after the second day of September,32nineteen hundred forty-five, or who was employed by the War Shipping33Administration or Office of Defense Transportation or their agents as a34merchant seaman documented by the United States Coast Guard or Depart-35ment of Commerce, or as a civil servant employed by the United States36Army Transport Service (later redesignated as the United States Army37Transportation Corps, Water Division) or the Naval Transportation38Service; and who served satisfactorily as a crew member during the peri-39od of armed conflict, December seventh, nineteen hundred forty-one, to40August fifteenth, nineteen hundred forty-five, aboard merchant vessels41in oceangoing, i.e., foreign, intercoastal, or coastwise service as such42terms are defined under federal law (46 USCA 10301 & 10501) and further43to include "near foreign" voyages between the United States and Canada,44Mexico, or the West Indies via ocean routes, or public vessels in ocean-45going service or foreign waters and who has received a Certificate of46Release or Discharge from Active Duty and a discharge certificate, or an47Honorable Service Certificate/Report of Casualty, from the Department of48Defense, or who served as a United States civilian employed by the Amer-49ican Field Service and served overseas under United States Armies and50United States Army Groups in world war II during the period of armed51conflict, December seventh, nineteen hundred forty-one through May52eighth, nineteen hundred forty-five, and who (i) was discharged or53released therefrom under honorable circumstances or (ii) has a qualify-54ing condition, as defined in section three hundred fifty of the execu-55tive law, and has received a discharge other than bad conduct or56dishonorable from such service, or (iii) is a discharged LGBT veteran,A. 5447 3 1as defined in section three hundred fifty of the executive law, and has2received a discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such3service, or who served as a United States civilian Flight Crew and4Aviation Ground Support Employee of Pan American World Airways or one of5its subsidiaries or its affiliates and served overseas as a result of6Pan American's contract with Air Transport Command or Naval Air Trans-7port Service during the period of armed conflict, December fourteenth,8nineteen hundred forty-one through August fourteenth, nineteen hundred9forty-five, and who (iv) was discharged or released therefrom under10honorable circumstances or (v) has a qualifying condition, as defined in11section three hundred fifty of the executive law, and has received a12discharge other than bad conduct or dishonorable from such service, or13(vi) is a discharged LGBT veteran, as defined in section three hundred14fifty of the executive law, and has received a discharge other than bad15conduct or dishonorable from such service, and who is certified, as16hereinbefore provided, by the United States veterans' administration as17receiving disability payments upon the certification of such veterans'18administration for a disability incurred by him in such service on or19before the date that world war II is declared terminated.20(3) A veteran who served during hostilities participated in by the21military forces of the United States subsequent to June twenty-seventh,22nineteen hundred fifty, and who continued to serve in the armed forces23of the United States after the thirty-first day of January, nineteen24hundred fifty-five, and who is certified, as hereinbefore provided, by25the United States veterans' administration as receiving disability26payments upon the certification of such veterans' administration for a27disability incurred by him in such service.28(c) The term "time of war" shall include the following wars and29hostilities for the periods and based upon the evidence herein set30forth:31(1) World war I, from the sixth day of April, nineteen hundred seven-32teen, to and including the eleventh day of November, nineteen hundred33eighteen.34(2) World war II, from the seventh day of December, nineteen hundred35forty-one, to and including the thirty-first day of December, nineteen36hundred forty-six.37(3) Hostilities participated in by the military forces of the United38States, from the twenty-seventh day of June, nineteen hundred fifty, to39and including the thirty-first day of January, nineteen hundred fifty-40five.41(4) Hostilities participated in by the military forces of the United42States, from the twenty-eighth day of February, nineteen hundred sixty-43one to the seventh day of May, nineteen hundred seventy-five.44(5) Hostilities participated in by the military forces of the United45States in Lebanon, from the first day of June, nineteen hundred eighty-46three to the first day of December, nineteen hundred eighty-seven, as47established by receipt of the armed forces expeditionary medal, the navy48expeditionary medal, or the marine corps expeditionary medal.49(6) Hostilities participated in by the military forces of the United50States in Grenada, from the twenty-third day of October, nineteen51hundred eighty-three to the twenty-first day of November, nineteen52hundred eighty-three, as established by receipt of the armed forces53expeditionary medal, the navy expeditionary medal, or the marine corps54expeditionary medal.55(7) Hostilities participated in by the military forces of the United56States in Panama, from the twentieth day of December, nineteen hundredA. 5447 4 1eighty-nine to the thirty-first day of January, nineteen hundred ninety,2as established by receipt of the armed forces expeditionary medal, the3navy expeditionary medal, or the marine corps expeditionary medal.4(8) Hostilities participated in by the military forces of the United5States in the Persian Gulf, from the second day of August, nineteen6hundred ninety to the end of such hostilities.7(d)] (c) The term "time of application for original appointment or 8 promotion" shall mean the date of the establishment of an eligible list 9 resulting from a competitive examination for original appointment or 10 promotion, as the case may be, which date shall be the date on which the 11 term of such eligible list commences. 12 [(e)] (d) The term "time of retention" shall mean the time of aboli- 13 tion or elimination of positions. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided however, such 15 additional point shall only apply to competitive examinations for 16 original appointment and for promotion created after the effective date 17 of this act.