Allows Steven Kobie Jackson to be eligible to take the civil service exam for the position of police officer for the town of Woodstock police department.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A10704
SPONSOR: Shrestha TITLE OF BILL:
An act to allow Steven Kobie Jackson to be eligible to take the civil
service exam for the position of police officer for the town of Wood-
stock police department
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
Authorizes Steven Kobie Jackson to take the competitive exam for the
position of full-time police officer and be placed on the eligible list
for such position.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS:
Section 1: Authorizes Steven Kobie Jackson to sit for the civil service
exam and be placed on the eligibility list for full-time police officer.
Section 2: Steven Kobie Jackson is subject to the merit and fitness
provisions of the Civil Service Law applicable to full-time police offi-
cers.
Section 3 states the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION:
Under the Civil Service Law, as prescribed under Section 58, no individ-
ual may take the civil service examination, nor be eligible for a civil
service appointment as a police officer, at the age of 43 or older. Due
to this limitation, the Town of Woodstock Police Department has
requested legislation to permit one of their part-time officers, Steven
Kobie Jackson, to be eligible to take the civil service examination
since he is currently older than 43 years old.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
This is a new bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
None.
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10704
IN ASSEMBLY
March 20, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. SHRESTHA -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Governmental Employees
AN ACT to allow Steven Kobie Jackson to be eligible to take the civil
service exam for the position of police officer for the town of Wood-
stock police department
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 58 of the civil
2 service law or any other provision of law to the contrary, Steven Kobie
3 Jackson, who has been continuously employed by the town of Woodstock
4 police department, in the county of Ulster, as a part-time police offi-
5 cer, shall be eligible to take the competitive civil service examination
6 for the position of police officer and shall, contingent upon his score
7 on such examination, be eligible to be placed on the eligible list for
8 appointment as a full-time police officer for the town of Woodstock
9 police department.
10 § 2. Steven Kobie Jackson shall otherwise be subject to the merit and
11 fitness provisions of the civil service law applicable to full-time
12 police officers.
13 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15229-01-6
