PRINTER'S NO. 1199
No. 1045 Session of 1975
INTRODUCED BY D. S. HAYES, MISCEVICH, LEHR, SALVATORE,
CUMBERLAND, LEVI, McCUE, ZELLER, DOMBROWSKI, REED AND
HOPKINS, APRIL 16, 1975
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON MILITARY AND VETERANS AFFAIRS,
APRIL 21, 1975
AN ACT
1 Amending the act of May 22, 1945 (P.L.837, No.337), entitled, as
2 amended, "An act providing for and requiring in certain cases
3 preference in appointments to and retention in public
4 position or on public works for honorably discharged persons
5 who served in the military or naval service during any war or
6 armed conflict in which the United States engaged or served
7 therein since July 27, 1953, or hereafter so serves including
8 service in Vietnam; and in certain cases for the widows and
9 wives of such persons," further providing for the number of
10 points to be added to veterans' scores.
11 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
12 hereby enacts as follows:
13 Section 1. Section 3, act of May 22, 1945 (P.L.837, No.337),
14 entitled, as amended, "An act providing for and requiring in
15 certain cases preference in appointments to and retention in
16 public position or on public works for honorably discharged
17 persons who served in the military or naval service during any
18 war or armed conflict in which the United States engaged or
19 served therein since July 27, 1953, or hereafter so serves
20 including service in Vietnam; and in certain cases for the
21 widows and wives of such persons," is amended to read:
1 Section 3. Whenever any soldier shall successfully pass a
2 civil service appointment or promotional examination for a
3 public position under the Commonwealth, or any political
4 subdivision thereof, and shall thus establish that he possesses
5 the qualifications required by law for appointment to or
6 promotion in such public position, such soldier's examination
7 shall be marked or graded an additional ten points above the
8 mark or grade credited for the examination if he is disabled, or
9 seven and one-half points if he served on hazardous duty, or
10 five points if he is not disabled and did not serve on hazardous
11 duty, and the total mark or grade thus obtained shall represent
12 the final mark or grade of such soldier, and shall determine his
13 standing on any eligible or promotional list, certified or
14 furnished to the appointing or promoting power.
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