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Home/Bills/A 772New York · 2025–2026 Legislative Session
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A 772: Authorizes Justin Finkle 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 Bethlehem; requires that Justin Finkle be otherwise subject to the merit and fitness provisions of the civil service law applicable to full-time police officers.

New York · Assembly · 2025–2026 Legislative Session · last verified January 17, 2026

What A 772 does, verified January 17, 2026

The bill allows a resident of the town of Bethlehem 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, despite the age requirements under the civil service law. This eligibility is contingent upon the individual's score on the examination. The bill also subjects the individual to the merit and fitness provisions of the civil service law applicable to full-time police officers. The act takes effect immediately.

Bill journey
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5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: enacting clause stricken (2026-01-16)Alert me
Recent actions3 total · showing 3
Jan. 16, 2026enacting clause stricken
Jan. 07, 2026referred to governmental employees
Jan. 08, 2025referred to governmental employees
Latest bill textIntroduced version, January 8, 2025 · 270 words
  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 772 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY (Prefiled) January 8, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. BENDETT -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Governmental Employees AN ACT in relation to authorizing Justin Finkle 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 Bethlehem 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, Justin Finkle, who is a resident of the town of Bethlehem, in 5 the county of Albany, shall be eligible to take the competitive civil 6 service examination for the position of police officer and shall, 7 contingent upon his score on such examination, be eligible to be placed 8 on the eligible list for appointment as a full-time police officer with 9 the Bethlehem police department in the town of Bethlehem, county of 10 Albany. 11 § 2. Justin Finkle 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. LBD00026-01-5 
Text of A 772 as introduced, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions
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