The New York City Council - File #: Int 0671-2018

• File #: Int 0671-2018
• Version: *
• Name: Establishing a task force on the cost of taking civil service exams for the first time.
• Type: Introduction
• Status: Committee
• File created: 3/7/2018
• In control: Committee on Civil Service and Labor
• On agenda: 3/7/2018
• Title: A Local Law in relation to establishing a task force on the cost of taking civil service exams for the first time
• Sponsors: Mark Treyger, Margaret S. Chin, I. Daneek Miller
• Indexes: Council Appointment Required, Other Appointment Required, Oversight, Report Required

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/7/2018	*	City Council	Referred to Comm by Council
3/7/2018	*	City Council	Introduced by Council

Int. No. 671

By Council Members Treyger, Chin and Miller

Title
A Local Law in relation to establishing a task force on the cost of taking civil service exams for the first time
Body

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:


Section 1. Civil service examination fee task force. a. Definitions. For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
City. The term "city" means the city of New York.
Commissioner. The term "commissioner" means the commissioner of the department of citywide administrative services.
Department. The term "department" means the department of citywide administrative services.
State. The term "state" means the state of New York.
b. There shall be a civil service examination fee task force consisting of the commissioner, who shall serve as chairperson; the director of management and budget for the city; one member to be appointed by the mayor, who is an appropriate department employee with experience in developing civil service examinations or setting civil service examination fees; and one member to be appointed by the speaker of the council, who is a representative of a labor union that represents civil service employees.
c. Each member of the task force shall serve without compensation for a term of 12 months, to commence after the final member of the task force is appointed. All members shall be appointed within 60 days after the effective date of this local law.
d. No appointed member of the task force shall be removed except for cause by the appointing authority. In the event of a vacancy on the task force during the term of an appointed member, a successor shall be selected in the same manner as the original appointment to serve the balance of the unexpired term.
e. The commissioner may designate a person to serve in the commissioner's place on the task force, and such designee shall be counted as a member for the purpose of determining the existence...