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N.Y. Military Law § 243-b: Civil service examinations by military personnel

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  1. Military Law
  2. Article 11. Privileges, Prohibitions and Penalties

* § 243-b. Civil service examinations by military personnel. 1.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or any other law,

any member of the armed forces of the United States of America who

having duly filed an application to compete in a scheduled competitive

examination for civil service employment by the state of New York or any

of its subdivisions and who due to active military duty is deprived of

the opportunity to compete in such examination shall be provided with an

opportunity to compete, under terms and conditions deemed appropriate by

the state department of civil service or municipal commission, by way of

a special military make-up examination.

2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or any other

law, any member of the force of the organized militia, as the term is

defined in subdivision nine of section one of this chapter or reserve

armed forces, as that term is defined in subdivision twenty-nine of

section two hundred ninety-two of the executive law or any member of the

armed forces of the United States who missed the application deadline

for a scheduled competitive examination for civil service employment by

the state of New York or any of its subdivisions due to military

service, as defined in subdivision one of section three hundred one of

this chapter or due to a call to active duty, pursuant to 10 USC 101 (d)

(1), and is deprived of the opportunity to compete in such examination

due to military service, as defined in subdivision one of section three

hundred one of this chapter or due to a call to active duty, pursuant to

10 USC 101 (d) (1), shall be provided with an opportunity to compete,

under terms and conditions deemed appropriate by the state department of

civil service or municipal commission, by way of a special military

make-up examination.

3. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or any other

law, any member of the force of the organized militia, as the term is

defined in subdivision nine of section one of this chapter or reserve

armed forces, as that term is defined in subdivision twenty-nine of

section two hundred ninety-two of the executive law or any member of the

armed forces of the United States who missed the application deadline

for a scheduled competitive examination for civil service employment by

the state of New York or any of its subdivisions due to military

service, as defined in subdivision one of section three hundred one of

this chapter or due to a call to active duty, pursuant to 10 USC 101 (d)

(1), and who returns from such duty prior to the administration of such

competitive examination shall be granted a waiver of the application

requirement and allowed to compete in such upcoming examination.

* NB There are 2 § 243-b's

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