Bill Text: NY S05118 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to the appointment and promotion of supervisors of the emergency medical service.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-12-21 - APPROVAL MEMO.17 [S05118 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S05118-Amended.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         5118--A
            Cal. No. 565
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      March 8, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
          -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second
          report, ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate and delivered  to
          the  Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered, restored to third reading,
          amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place  in  the  order  of
          third reading
        AN  ACT  to  amend the civil service law, in relation to the appointment
          and promotion of supervisors of the emergency medical service
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The  civil service law is amended by adding a new section
     2  59-b to read as follows:
     3    § 59-b. Promotions of supervisory personnel of the  emergency  medical
     4  service.  1.  The legislature hereby finds and declares that the contin-
     5  ued,  uninterrupted,  adequate  and  efficient  operation  of  emergency
     6  medical  services  is  necessary  for the general welfare of the people;
     7  that such adequate operation involves and requires personnel with highly
     8  specialized ability, skill, training and  knowledge,  which  necessitate
     9  that  vacancies  in  the  emergency medical services in the positions of
    10  Supervising Emergency Medical Service Specialist  Level  II  (Captains),
    11  Deputy Chief, Division Chief, and Division Commander, shall be filled as
    12  far  as  practicable by promotion from among persons holding competitive
    13  class positions in a lower grade in the department in which the  vacancy
    14  exists,  provided  that such lower grade positions are in direct line of
    15  promotion, as determined by the department or municipal commission.
    16    2. Promotion shall be based on merit  and  fitness  as  determined  by
    17  competitive  examination  where  available,  due  weight  being given to
    18  seniority. The previous training and experience of the  candidates,  and
    19  performance  ratings  where  available,  may be considered and given due
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10402-02-7

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     1  weight as factors in determining  the  relative  merit  and  fitness  of
     2  candidates for promotion.
     3    3.  Any employee holding a provisional or discretionary appointment in
     4  the  affected  supervisory  titles  of  the  emergency  medical  service
     5  described in subdivision one of this section shall be given the opportu-
     6  nity  to  participate  in  a competitive promotional examination for the
     7  next higher level title.
     8    4. Except as provided above, the  provisions  of  this  chapter  shall
     9  apply to employees covered by this section.
    10    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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