Bill Text: NY A05897 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Waives civil service examination application fees for veterans.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 21-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-16 - held for consideration in governmental employees [A05897 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A05897-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          5897
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 20, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BARCLAY, BLANKENBUSH, COLTON, CROUCH, FINCH,
          GIGLIO, GOODELL, HAWLEY,  McDONOUGH,  PALMESANO,  PERRY,  RAIA,  STEC,
          MANKTELOW,  MORINELLO, REILLY, BYRNES, DeSTEFANO, SALKA -- Multi-Spon-
          sored by -- M. of A.   DiPIETRO --  read  once  and  referred  to  the
          Committee on Governmental Employees
        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  civil service law, in relation to waiving civil
          service examination application fees for veterans
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Paragraphs  (c) and (d) of subdivision 5 of section 50 of
     2  the civil service law are relettered paragraphs (d) and (e)  and  a  new
     3  paragraph (c) is added to read as follows:
     4    (c)  Notwithstanding  the provisions of paragraph (a) of this subdivi-
     5  sion, the civil service department, a municipal commission or a regional
     6  commission shall waive the application fee of any candidate who  proves,
     7  by  appropriate  documentary  proof,  to the civil service department, a
     8  municipal commission or a regional commission that he or she is a veter-
     9  an. For the purposes of this  paragraph,  the  term  "veteran"  means  a
    10  member  of  the  armed forces of the United States who served therein in
    11  time of war, who was honorably discharged or  released  under  honorable
    12  circumstances  from  such service, who is a citizen of the United States
    13  or an alien lawfully admitted for  permanent  residence  in  the  United
    14  States  and  who  is  a resident of the state of New York at the time of
    15  application for appointment.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect on the sixtieth  day  after  it  shall
    17  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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