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NY Civ Serv L § 19 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVS - Civil Service Article 2 - Civil Service Administration Title B - Organization and Functions of Municipal Civil Service Commissions 19 - Election by Certain Villages, School Districts, Special Districts and Public Agencies Located in Two or More Counties.

§ 19. Election   by   certain   villages,  school  districts,  special   districts and public agencies  located  in  two  or  more  counties. The   administration  of this chapter in a village, school district or special   district incorporated or established on or after the effective  date  of   this  act  and  comprising  territory  in  two or more counties, or in a   public agency established  on  or  after  the  effective  date  of  this   amendment  and maintained jointly by two or more counties or two or more   municipal  corporations  or  other  civil  divisions,  including  school   districts,   situated   in   different  counties,  shall  be  under  the   jurisdiction of the civil service commission or personnel officer having   jurisdiction over  the  classified  service  of  one  of  such  counties   selected  by  action  of  the  governing  board or body of such village,   school district or special district, or the appointing authority of such   public agency.  In the event that such board or body  of  such  a  newly   incorporated  village  or  newly  established school district or special   district or the appointing authority of such  newly  established  public   agency  fails  to  make  such  selection  within  ninety  days after the   effective date of such incorporation  or  establishment,  such  village,   school  district,  special district or public agency shall be subject to   the jurisdiction of the civil service commission  or  personnel  officer   having  jurisdiction  over the classified service of the county in which   the greater  or  greatest  territorial  area  of  such  village,  school   district, special district or public agency is located.
NY Civ Serv L § 21 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVS - Civil Service Article 2 - Civil Service Administration Title B - Organization and Functions of Municipal Civil Service Commissions 21 - Investigations.

§ 21. Investigations. A  municipal  commission,  a municipal personnel   officer, a regional commission or a regional personnel officer, for  the   purpose of investigating the enforcement and effect of the provisions of   this  chapter  and the rules established thereunder in the service under   the jurisdiction of such commission or personnel officer shall have  the   same  powers  which are granted to the state civil service commission by   the third and fourth subdivisions of section six of this chapter.
NY Civ Serv L § 22 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVS - Civil Service Article 2 - Civil Service Administration Title B - Organization and Functions of Municipal Civil Service Commissions 22 - Certification for Positions.

§ 22. Certification  for  positions.  Before  any  new position in the   service of a civil division shall be created or any existing position in   such service shall be reclassified, the proposal therefor,  including  a   statement  of  the  duties  of  the  position,  shall be referred to the   municipal commission  having  jurisdiction  and  such  commission  shall   furnish  a  certificate  stating the appropriate civil service title for   the proposed position or the position to be reclassified. Any  such  new   position  shall  be  created  or any such existing position reclassified   only with the title approved and certified by the commission.
NY Civ Serv L § 25 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVS - Civil Service Article 2 - Civil Service Administration Title B - Organization and Functions of Municipal Civil Service Commissions 25 - Powers of State Civil Service Commission With Respect to Local Rules; Appointments and Eligible Lists.

§ 25. Powers  of  state civil service commission with respect to local rules; appointments and eligible  lists.  1.  The  state  civil  service commission may, by unanimous vote of the three members  (a)   amend   or   rescind  any  rule,  regulation  or  jurisdictional classification prescribed by  a  municipal  commission,  but  shall  not exempt  from competitive examination any office or position in any civil division  without  the  consent  of  the  municipal  commission   having jurisdiction;  (b)  rescind  any  appointment  in  the  classified service of a civil division;  (c)  remove  from  any  eligible  list  established  by  a   municipal commission the name of any person thereon; and  (d)  rescind any examination or eligible list or cancel an appointment already made from a list so rescinded.   2. The state civil service commission, however, shall  not  take  such action  upon  any  ground other than that the provisions of this chapter are not properly or sufficiently carried out, nor without specifying  in writing  the  particulars  in which such provisions are not carried out. Before any such action is taken,  the  state  civil  service  commission shall  state the reasons for such action in writing and file a certified copy thereof in the office of the municipal commission concerned,  which shall  be  a  public document therein, and shall give to such commission and the person aggrieved thereby a  reasonable  opportunity  to  present facts in opposition to such action.
NY Civ Serv L § 26 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVS - Civil Service Article 2 - Civil Service Administration Title B - Organization and Functions of Municipal Civil Service Commissions 26 - Reports; Inspections.

§ 26. Reports;  inspections.  1. Reports. Each municipal civil service   commission shall submit a report to the state civil  service  commission   annually on or before the first day of March of the manner in which this   chapter   and  the  rules  established  thereunder  have  been  and  are   administered,  and  the  results  of  such  administration   under   the   jurisdiction  of  such  municipal commission and shall from time to time   submit to the state civil service commission such other  reports  as  to   such  other  matters as the commission may require. A copy of the roster   of  the  classified  civil  service  of  such  municipality   shall   be   transmitted  to  the  state  civil  service commission whenever it shall   request the same, and shall be filed in the office of  the  state  civil   service commission as a public record.2.  Inspections.  All  examinations  conducted  by  a  municipal civil   service commission shall be publicly announced and all  rules  governing   such  examinations  shall be made public. All the proceedings and papers   connected with such examinations or any of the functions  or  activities   of  such  municipal  commission  shall  be  at  all times subject to the   inspection of the state civil service commission and its agents.
NY Civ Serv L § 27 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVS - Civil Service Article 2 - Civil Service Administration Title B - Organization and Functions of Municipal Civil Service Commissions 27 - Prohibition Against Certain Public Employment and Political Activities.

§ 27. Prohibition  against  certain  public  employment  and political   activities. 1. A member of  a  municipal  civil  service  commission  or   personnel officer, appointed on or after the effective date of this act,   shall not hold any other public office or employment under the political   subdivisions  or  subdivision  over  which  such commission or personnel   officer exercises jurisdiction, for which he shall receive  compensation   other   than  necessary  travel  and  other  expenses  incurred  in  the   performance of the duties of such office or employment.2. A member of a  municipal  civil  service  commission  or  personnel   officer shall not serve as an officer of any political party.
NY Civ Serv L § 40 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVS - Civil Service Article 3 - Jurisdictional Classification Title B - Classified Service 40 - Classified Service; Classes of Positions.

§ 40. Classified service; classes of positions. The classified service   shall   comprise   all   offices  and  positions  not  included  in  the   unclassified service.   The offices  and  positions  in  the  classified   service  of  the  state and of its civil divisions shall be divided into   four classes, to be designated as the exempt class, the  non-competitive   class, the labor class, and the competitive class.
NY Civ Serv L § 41 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVS - Civil Service Article 3 - Jurisdictional Classification Title B - Classified Service 41 - Exempt Class.

§ 41. Exempt class. 1. The following offices and positions shall be in the exempt class:  (a)  one  secretary  of  each  state department or division, temporary state commission or other state officer authorized by law to  appoint  a secretary;  (b)  the deputies of principal executive officers authorized by law to act generally for and in place of their principals;  (c) one secretary of each municipal board or commission authorized  by law to appoint a secretary;  (d)  one  clerk  and  one  deputy  clerk if authorized by law, of each court, and one clerk of each elective judicial  officer,  and  also  one deputy clerk, if authorized by law, of any justice of the supreme court;  (e)  all  other  subordinate  offices  or positions for the filling of which competitive or non-competitive examination may be found to be  not practicable. Not more than one appointment shall be made to or under the title  of  any office or position placed in the exempt class pursuant to the  provisions  of  this  paragraph,  unless  a  different  number   is specifically prescribed in the rules.   2.  No  office  or  position shall be deemed to be in the exempt class unless it is specifically named in such class in  the  rules.  Upon  the occurrence  of  a vacancy in any position in the exempt class, the state or municipal civil service commission having  jurisdiction  shall  study and  evaluate such position and, within four months after the occurrence of  such  vacancy,  shall  determine  whether  such  position,  as  then constituted,  is  properly classified in the exempt class.  Pending such determination, said position shall not be filled, except on a  temporary basis.
NY Civ Serv L § 42 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVS - Civil Service Article 3 - Jurisdictional Classification Title B - Classified Service 42 - Non-Competitive Class.

§ 42. Non-competitive   class. 1. The   non-competitive   class  shall   include all positions that are not in the  exempt  class  or  the  labor   class and for which it is found by the commission having jurisdiction to   be  not  practicable to ascertain the merit and fitness of applicants by   competitive   examination.      Appointments   to   positions   in   the   non-competitive   class   shall   be  made  after  such  non-competitive   examination as is prescribed by the state civil  service  department  or   municipal  commission  having jurisdiction.  No position shall be deemed   to be in the non-competitive class unless it is  specifically  named  in   such  class in the rules. Not more than one appointment shall be made to   or  under  the  title  of  any  office  or  position   placed   in   the   non-competitive class pursuant to the provisions of this section, unless   a  different  or  an  unlimited number is specifically prescribed in the   rules.2. With respect to civil divisions of  the  state  whose  populations,   according  to  the  latest  federal  decennial  census or latest federal   special population census, are less than five thousand and, with respect   to those civil divisions whose populations are not determined as such by   the federal bureau of the census, whose  populations  are  estimated  by   their  respective  governing  bodies  to be less than five thousand, the   state commission shall,  on  or  before  July  first,  nineteen  hundred   sixty-one,  promulgate  standards  for  determining  the practicality of   examination, which it may from time to time thereafter amend, and  shall   also  provide information and advice to municipal commissions, to enable   such commissions  to  utilize  the  provisions  of  this  section,  when   appropriate,  in  order to enable such civil subdivisions to recruit and   retain in their employ competent and qualified persons.2-a. The state or municipal civil service  commission  by  appropriate   amendments   to  its  rules  shall  designate  among  positions  in  the   non-competitive class in its  jurisdiction  those  positions  which  are   confidential or require the performance of functions influencing policy.
NY Civ Serv L § 43 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVS - Civil Service Article 3 - Jurisdictional Classification Title B - Classified Service 43 - Labor Class.

§ 43. Labor  class. 1. The  labor  class  shall comprise all unskilled   laborers in the service of the state and each  of  its  civil  divisions   except those whose positions can be examined for competitively.2. The  state  or  municipal  commission  may  require  applicants for   employment in the labor class to qualify in such examinations  of  their   fitness for employment as may be deemed practicable.
NY Civ Serv L § 44 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVS - Civil Service Article 3 - Jurisdictional Classification Title B - Classified Service 44 - Competitive Class.

§ 44. Competitive  class.  The  competitive  class  shall  include all   positions for which it is practicable to determine the merit and fitness   of  applicants  by  competitive  examination,  and  shall  include   all   positions  now  existing  or  hereafter  created, of whatever functions,   designations or compensation, in each and every branch of the classified   service,  except  such  positions  as  are  in  the  exempt  class,  the   non-competitive class or the labor class.
NY Civ Serv L § 45 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVS - Civil Service Article 3 - Jurisdictional Classification Title B - Classified Service 45 - Status of Employees Upon Acquisition of Private Institution or Enterprise by Government.

§ 45. Status  of  employees upon acquisition of private institution or   enterprise by government. 1. Whenever the state or any civil division or   public agency shall acquire a private institution or enterprise, for the   purpose of operating it as a public function, such  civil  division,  or   public  agency,  as  the case may be, may continue the employment of all   officers or employees thereof deemed necessary, who shall have  been  in   the  employ  of  such private institution or enterprise for at least one   year prior to such acquisition. The positions so held by such  employees   shall  be  in  the  non-competitive class, pending the classification or   reclassification of such positions as  hereinafter  directed,  and  such   employees  shall  continue  to  be  employed in similar or corresponding   positions and shall have the seniority theretofore held by them as among   themselves. The state civil service department or  municipal  commission   having  jurisdiction, however, after notice to any such employee, of the   reasons therefor, and after  according  such  employee  a  hearing,  may   exclude  him  from  further  employment  if  found by such department or   municipal  commission  not  to  be   a   person   of   good   character.   Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  this  section,  no person shall be   continued in employment in a  position  classified  in  the  competitive   class  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of this subdivision unless he is a   citizen or an alien lawfully admitted for  permanent  residence  in  the   United States.2.  Not  later  than  one  year  after the acquisition of such private   institution  or  enterprise,  the  state  or  municipal  civil   service   commission  having  jurisdiction  shall determine for which positions or   class of positions competitive examinations are  practicable  and  shall   adopt  rules  classifying  and  reclassifying the various positions. The   then incumbents of such positions who are employed therein at  the  time   of the acquisition of the private institution or enterprise and who were   so  employed  for  at  least  one  year  prior to such acquisition shall   continue to hold their positions without further examination  and  shall   have  all the rights and privileges of the jurisdictional class to which   such positions may be  allocated;  provided,  however  that  after  such   acquisition all new positions thereafter created and vacancies occurring   in  positions already established shall be filled in accordance with the   provisions of this chapter and the rules adopted thereunder.
NY Civ Serv L § 50-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVS - Civil Service Article 4 - Recruitment of Personnel Title A - Examinations and Eligible Lists 50-C - Discrimination Based Upon History of Cancerous Condition Prohibited.

§ 50-c. Discrimination  based  upon  history  of  cancerous  condition   prohibited. 1. Neither  the  state  civil  service  department  nor  any   municipal  commission  may  refuse  to  examine  an  applicant or, after   examination, to certify an individual who has been placed on a certified   eligible list, nor shall such person be  deemed  to  be  unfit  for  the   performance of the duties of a position solely because such person has a   history  of  cancer,  provided  such  person  is  able  to  perform in a   reasonable manner the activities involved  in  the  position  sought  or   held.2.  Nothing  contained in this section shall be construed to limit the   scope of section two hundred ninety-six of the executive law.3. A violation  of  this  section  shall  be  considered  an  unlawful   discriminatory practice and, notwithstanding any other provision of law,   any  complaint  about  such violation shall be subject to the procedures   set forth in section two hundred ninety-seven of the executive law.
NY Civ Serv L § 51 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVS - Civil Service Article 4 - Recruitment of Personnel Title A - Examinations and Eligible Lists 51 - Filling Vacancies by Open Competitive Examination.

§ 51. Filling  vacancies by open competitive examination. 1.  Upon the   written request of the appointing officer stating his reasons  therefor,   or  on  its  own  initiative,  the  state  civil  service  department or   appropriate municipal  commission  may  determine  to  conduct  an  open   competitive  examination for filling a vacancy or vacancies instead of a   promotion examination.2. Except where the state  civil  service  department  or  appropriate   municipal  commission  finds  that  there  are  less  than three persons   eligible for promotion in the promotion unit where the  vacancy  exists,   or  in  the  department,  if such vacancy is not in a separate promotion   unit, and except where the department or municipal commission determines   to  conduct  an   open   competitive   and   a   promotion   examination   simultaneously,  a  notice of intention to conduct such open competitive   examination or a copy of  the  appointing  officer's  request  for  open   competitive  examination,  as  the  case  may  be, shall be publicly and   conspicuously posted in the offices of both the appointing  officer  and   the  state  civil service department or appropriate municipal commission   and such request shall not be acted upon  until  said  notice  has  been   posted as aforesaid for a period of not less than fifteen days.3. Any  employee  who  believes that a promotion examination should be   held for filling such vacancy may submit  to  the  state  civil  service   department  or appropriate municipal commission his request, in writing,   for a promotion examination rather than an open competitive examination,   stating the reasons why he believes it to  be  practicable  and  in  the   public interest to fill the vacancy by promotion examination.
NY Civ Serv L § 53 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVS - Civil Service Article 4 - Recruitment of Personnel Title A - Examinations and Eligible Lists 53 - Alienage.

§ 53. Alienage. Except as otherwise provided by law, no alien lawfully   admitted  for  permanent  residence in the United States shall be denied   appointment to a position in the competitive class of civil service  for   reasons of alienage.
NY Civ Serv L § 54 (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVS - Civil Service Article 4 - Recruitment of Personnel Title A - Examinations and Eligible Lists 54 - Age Requirements.

§ 54. Age  requirements.  Notwithstanding  any provision of law to the   contrary, except as herein provided, neither  the  state  civil  service   department  nor  the  state  civil service commission, nor any municipal   civil  service  commission  shall  prohibit,  prevent,  disqualify,   or   discriminate   against,  any  person  who  is  physically  and  mentally   qualified, from participating in a civil  service  examination  or  from   qualifying  for  a position in the classified civil service, or penalize   any such person in a final rating by reason of his or her age;  and  any   such  rule, requirement, resolution, regulation or penalization shall be   void. Nothing herein contained, however, shall prevent the  adoption  of   reasonable  minimum  or  maximum  age  requirements for open competitive   examinations for positions where it is determined by the department  and   approved   by  the  commission  that  such  age  requirements  would  be   reasonable  minimum  qualification  for  such  position.   Minimum   age   requirements  shall  in  no case prohibit an applicant who is within six   months of the  minimum  age  requirement  from  taking  any  competitive   examination. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prohibit the   disqualification, on account of age, of any applicant for a position who   has  reached  the  mandatory  retirement  age  applicable by law to such   position.
NY Civ Serv L § 55-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws CVS - Civil Service Article 4 - Recruitment of Personnel Title A - Examinations and Eligible Lists 55-B - Employment of Persons With Disabilities by the State.

§ 55-b. Employment  of persons with disabilities by the state.  1. The   commission may determine up to twelve hundred positions with duties such   as can be performed by persons with a physical or mental disability  who   are  found  otherwise  qualified to perform satisfactorily the duties of   any such position. Upon such determination the said positions  shall  be   classified  in  the  noncompetitive  class,  and  may  be filled only by   persons who shall have been certified by the employee health service  of   the  department  as  being  a  person  with  either a physical or mental   disability.  The number of persons appointed pursuant  to  this  section   shall not exceed twelve hundred.2.  Those employees hired under subdivision one of this section, shall   be afforded the same opportunity to  take  promotional  examinations  as   provided to employees in the competitive class.