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New York Veterans' Civil Service Credits Amendment (2021)
| New York Veterans' Civil Service Credits Amendment | |
|---|---|
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| Election date November 2, 2021 | |
| Topic Veterans and Civil service | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
The New York Veterans' Civil Service Credits Amendment was not on the ballot in New York as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment on November 2, 2021.
The ballot measure would have removed the wartime service requirement for veterans to receive civil service credits.[1]
Text of measure
Constitutional changes
- See also: Article V, New York Constitution
The measure would have amended Section 6 of Article V of the New York Constitution. The following struck-through text would have been deleted:[1]
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Appointments and promotions in the civil service of the state and all of the civil divisions thereof, including cities and villages, shall be made according to merit and fitness to be ascertained, as far as practicable, by examination which, as far as practicable, shall be competitive; provided, however, that any member of the armed forces of the United States who served therein in time of war, and who, at the time of such member's appointment or promotion, is a citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence in the United States and a resident of this state and is honorably discharged or released under honorable circumstances from such service, 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 an examination for promotion or, if such member was disabled in the actual performance of duty in any war, and his or her disability is certified by the United States department of veterans affairs to be in existence at the time of application for appointment or promotion, he or she shall be entitled to receive ten points additional credit in a competitive examination for original appointment and five points additional credit in an examination for promotion. Such additional credit shall be added to the final earned rating of such member after he or she has qualified in an examination and shall be granted only at the time of establishment of an eligible list. No such member shall receive the additional credit granted by this section after he or she has received one appointment, either original entrance or promotion, from an eligible list on which he or she was allowed the additional credit granted by this section, except where a member has been appointed or promoted from an eligible list on which he or she was allowed additional credit for military service and subsequent to such appointment he or she is disabled as provided in this section, such member shall be entitled to ten points additional credit less the number of points of additional credit allowed for the prior appointment.[2]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the New York Constitution
In New York, a constitutional amendment requires a simple majority vote in each chamber of the New York State Legislature in two successive legislative sessions with an election for state legislators in between.
203rd New York State Legislature
The constitutional amendment was introduced into the 203rd New York State Legislature (2019-2020).[1]
On February 26, 2020, the New York State Senate passed the constitutional amendment as Senate Bill 3647 (S3647).[1]
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