Bill Text: NY S05877 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
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: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO VETERANS, HOMELAND SECURITY AND MILITARY AFFAIRS [S05877 Detail]
Download: New_York-2017-S05877-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5877--A 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 4, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi- ty and Military Affairs -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee 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) as amended by 3 chapter 333 of the laws of 1993, paragraph (b) as amended by chapter 661 4 of the laws of 1983, subparagraph 2 of paragraph (b) as amended by chap- 5 ter 616 of the laws of 1995, subparagraph 3 of paragraph (b) and para- 6 graph (c) as amended by chapter 467 of the laws of 1991 and subparagraph 7 4 of paragraph (c) as amended by chapter 179 of the laws of 2006, is 8 amended to read as follows: 9 1. Definitions. (a) The terms "veteran" and "non-disabled veteran" 10 mean a member of the armed forces of the United States [who served ther-11ein in time of war,] who was honorably discharged or released under 12 honorable circumstances from such service, who is a citizen of the 13 United States or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in 14 the United States and who is a resident of the state of New York at the 15 time of application for appointment or promotion or at the time of 16 retention, as the case may be. 17 (b) The term "disabled veteran" means a veteran who is certified by 18 the United States veterans' administration or a military department as 19 entitled to receive disability payments upon the certification of such 20 veterans' administration or a military department for a disability 21 incurred by him or her in [time of war] the course of his or her service 22 and in existence at the time of application for appointment or promotion 23 or at the time of retention, as the case may be. Such disability shall EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD09469-04-7S. 5877--A 2 1 be deemed to be in existence at the time of application for appointment 2 or promotion or at the time of retention, as the case may be, if the 3 certificate of such veterans' administration shall state affirmatively 4 that such veteran has been examined by a medical officer of such veter- 5 ans' administration on a date within one year of either the date of 6 filing application for competitive examination for original appointment 7 or promotion or the date of the establishment of the resulting eligible 8 list or within one year of the time of retention, as the case may be; 9 that at the time of such examination the [war-incurred] disability 10 described in such certificate was found to exist; and that such disabil- 11 ity is rated at ten per centum or more. Such disability shall also be 12 deemed to be in existence at such time if the certificate of such veter- 13 ans' administration shall state affirmatively that a permanent stabi- 14 lized condition of disability exists to an extent of ten per centum or 15 more, notwithstanding the fact that such veteran has not been examined 16 by a medical officer of such veterans' administration within one year of 17 either the time of application for appointment or promotion or the date 18 of filing application for competitive examination for original appoint- 19 ment or promotion, or within one year of the time of retention, as the 20 case may be. [The term "disabled veteran" shall also mean:21(1) A veteran who served in world war I, who continued to serve in the22armed forces of the United States after the eleventh day of November,23nineteen hundred eighteen, and who is certified, as hereinbefore24provided, by the United States veterans' administration as receiving25disability payments upon the certification of such veterans' adminis-26tration for a disability incurred by him in such service on or before27the second day of July, nineteen hundred twenty-one.28(2) A veteran who served in world war II, who continued to serve in29the armed forces of the United States after the second day of September,30nineteen hundred forty-five, or who was employed by the War Shipping31Administration or Office of Defense Transportation or their agents as a32merchant seaman documented by the United States Coast Guard or Depart-33ment of Commerce, or as a civil servant employed by the United States34Army Transport Service (later redesignated as the United States Army35Transportation Corps, Water Division) or the Naval Transportation36Service; and who served satisfactorily as a crew member during the peri-37od of armed conflict, December seventh, nineteen hundred forty-one, to38August fifteenth, nineteen hundred forty-five, aboard merchant vessels39in oceangoing, i.e., foreign, intercoastal, or coastwise service as such40terms are defined under federal law (46 USCA 10301 & 10501) and further41to include "near foreign" voyages between the United States and Canada,42Mexico, or the West Indies via ocean routes, or public vessels in ocean-43going service or foreign waters and who has received a Certificate of44Release or Discharge from Active Duty and a discharge certificate, or an45Honorable Service Certificate/Report of Casualty, from the Department of46Defense, or who served as a United States civilian employed by the Amer-47ican Field Service and served overseas under United States Armies and48United States Army Groups in world war II during the period of armed49conflict, December seventh, nineteen hundred forty-one through May50eighth, nineteen hundred forty-five, and who was discharged or released51therefrom under honorable conditions, or who served as a United States52civilian Flight Crew and Aviation Ground Support Employee of Pan Ameri-53can World Airways or one of its subsidiaries or its affiliates and54served overseas as a result of Pan American's contract with Air Trans-55port Command or Naval Air Transport Service during the period of armed56conflict, December fourteenth, nineteen hundred forty-one through AugustS. 5877--A 3 1fourteenth, nineteen hundred forty-five, and who was discharged or2released therefrom under honorable conditions, and who is certified, as3hereinbefore provided, by the United States veterans' administration as4receiving disability payments upon the certification of such veterans'5administration for a disability incurred by him in such service on or6before the date that world war II is declared terminated.7(3) A veteran who served during hostilities participated in by the8military forces of the United States subsequent to June twenty-seventh,9nineteen hundred fifty, and who continued to serve in the armed forces10of the United States after the thirty-first day of January, nineteen11hundred fifty-five, and who is certified, as hereinbefore provided, by12the United States veterans' administration as receiving disability13payments upon the certification of such veterans' administration for a14disability incurred by him in such service.15(c) The term "time of war" shall include the following wars and16hostilities for the periods and based upon the evidence herein set17forth:18(1) World war I, from the sixth day of April, nineteen hundred seven-19teen, to and including the eleventh day of November, nineteen hundred20eighteen.21(2) World war II, from the seventh day of December, nineteen hundred22forty-one, to and including the thirty-first day of December, nineteen23hundred forty-six.24(3) Hostilities participated in by the military forces of the United25States, from the twenty-seventh day of June, nineteen hundred fifty, to26and including the thirty-first day of January, nineteen hundred fifty-27five.28(4) Hostilities participated in by the military forces of the United29States, from the twenty-eighth day of February, nineteen hundred sixty-30one to the seventh day of May, nineteen hundred seventy-five.31(5) Hostilities participated in by the military forces of the United32States in Lebanon, from the first day of June, nineteen hundred eighty-33three to the first day of December, nineteen hundred eighty-seven, as34established by receipt of the armed forces expeditionary medal, the navy35expeditionary medal, or the marine corps expeditionary medal.36(6) Hostilities participated in by the military forces of the United37States in Grenada, from the twenty-third day of October, nineteen38hundred eighty-three to the twenty-first day of November, nineteen39hundred eighty-three, as established by receipt of the armed forces40expeditionary medal, the navy expeditionary medal, or the marine corps41expeditionary medal.42(7) Hostilities participated in by the military forces of the United43States in Panama, from the twentieth day of December, nineteen hundred44eighty-nine to the thirty-first day of January, nineteen hundred ninety,45as established by receipt of the armed forces expeditionary medal, the46navy expeditionary medal, or the marine corps expeditionary medal.47(8) Hostilities participated in by the military forces of the United48States in the Persian Gulf, from the second day of August, nineteen49hundred ninety to the end of such hostilities.50(d)] (c) The term "time of application for original appointment or 51 promotion" shall mean the date of the establishment of an eligible list 52 resulting from a competitive examination for original appointment or 53 promotion, as the case may be, which date shall be the date on which the 54 term of such eligible list commences. 55 [(e)] (d) The term "time of retention" shall mean the time of aboli- 56 tion or elimination of positions.S. 5877--A 4 1 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided however, such 2 additional point shall only apply to competitive examinations for 3 original appointment and for promotion created after the effective date 4 of this act.