Authorizes John Raftery to take the competitive civil service exam for the position of police officer and be placed on the eligible civil service list for employment as a full-time police officer for the town of Shawangunk.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A10941
SPONSOR: Maher TITLE OF BILL:
An act in relation to authorizing John Raftery to take the competitive
civil service examination for the position of police officer and be
placed on the eligible list for employment as a full-time police officer
for the town of Shawangunk
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL::
Authorizes John Raftery to take the competitive civil service exam and
be placed on the eligible civil service list for employment as a police
officer in the town of Shawangunk
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS::
Section on the bill authorizes John Raftery to take the civil service
test and be placed on the eligible list for the town of Shawangunk
police department.
Section two of the bill requires John Raftery to otherwise be subject to
the merit and fitness requirements.
Section three of the bill is the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION::
Mr. Raftery along with the town of Shawangunk have requested this bill,
so that the town can hire Mr. Raftery as a full-time police officer, as
he is currently working for the town part-time.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY::
New bill.
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS::
None.
EFFECTIVE DATE::
This bill takes effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10941
IN ASSEMBLY
April 14, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. MAHER -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Governmental Employees
AN ACT in relation to authorizing John Raftery to take the competitive
civil service examination for the position of police officer and be
placed on the eligible list for employment as a full-time police offi-
cer for the town of Shawangunk
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, including the age requirements under paragraph (a) of
3 subdivision 1 of such section, or any other provision of law to the
4 contrary, John Raftery, who has been continuously employed by the town
5 of Shawangunk, in the county of Ulster, as a part-time police officer,
6 shall be eligible to take the competitive civil service examination for
7 the position of police officer and shall, contingent upon his score on
8 such examination, be eligible to be placed on the eligible list for
9 appointment as a full-time police officer with the town of Shawangunk
10 police department.
11 § 2. John Raftery shall otherwise be subject to the merit and fitness
12 provisions of the civil service law applicable to full-time police offi-
13 cers.
14 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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