S 8423

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                                   8423
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
                             I N  S E N A T E
                               June 10, 2025
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 Introduced  by Sen. SCARCELLA-SPANTON -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 AN ACT to amend the civil  service  law,  in  relation  to  providing  a
   service  credit to military spouses and to surviving spouses of veter-
   ans in competitive examinations
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
   Section  1.  Subdivision  1  of section 85 of the civil service law is
 amended by adding two  new paragraphs (e) and (f) to read as follows:
   (E) THE TERM "MILITARY SPOUSE" SHALL MEAN THE SPOUSE OF A  VETERAN  OR
 NON-DISABLED VETERAN.
   (F)  THE  TERM "SURVIVING SPOUSE" SHALL MEAN THE SPOUSE OF A MEMBER OF
 ANY BRANCH OF THE ARMED FORCES OF  THE  UNITED  STATES  WHO  SERVED  AND
 SUBSEQUENTLY DIED DUE TO A CAUSE ATTRIBUTED TO THEIR MILITARY SERVICE.
   § 2. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 85 of the civil service
 law,  as added by chapter 790 of the laws of 1958, is amended to read as
 follows:
   (a) On all eligible lists resulting from competitive examinations, the
 names of eligibles shall be entered in the  order  of  their  respective
 final  earned ratings on examination, with the name of the eligible with
 the highest final earned rating at the  head  of  such  list,  provided,
 however, that for the purpose of determining final earned ratings,
   (1)  Disabled  veterans  shall be entitled to receive ten points addi-
 tional in a competitive examination for original  appointment  and  five
 points  additional  credit  in  a competitive examination for promotion,
 [and]
   (2) Non-disabled veterans shall be entitled  to  receive  five  points
 additional  credit in a competitive examination for original appointment
 and two and one-half points additional credit in a competitive  examina-
 tion for promotion[.],
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (3)  MILITARY  SPOUSES SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE THREE POINTS ADDI-
 TIONAL CREDIT FOR BOTH A COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR  ORIGINAL  APPOINT-
 MENT AND A COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR PROMOTION, AND
   (4)  SURVIVING  SPOUSES  SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RECEIVE SIX POINTS ADDI-
 TIONAL CREDIT FOR BOTH A COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR  ORIGINAL  APPOINT-
 MENT AND A COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR PROMOTION.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.