Sec. 5-224. Credit for military service on examinations held for original appointments.

Any veteran who served in time of war, if such veteran is not eligible for disability compensation or pension from the United States United States Department of Veterans Affairs, or the spouse of such veteran who by reason of such veteran's disability is unable to pursue gainful employment, or the unmarried surviving spouse of such veteran, and if such person has attained at least the minimum earned rating on any examination held for an original appointment for the purpose of establishing a candidate list to fill a vacancy in accordance with subsection (d) of section 5-228, shall have five points added to his or her earned rating. Any such veteran, or the spouse of such veteran who by reason of such veteran's disability is unable to pursue gainful employment, or the unmarried surviving spouse of such veteran, if such person is eligible for such disability compensation or pension and if such person has attained at least the minimum earned rating on any such examination held for an original appointment for the purpose of establishing a candidate list to fill a vacancy in accordance with subsection (d) of section 5-228, shall have ten points added to his or her earned rating. Any veteran who has served in a military action for which such person received or was entitled to receive a campaign badge or expeditionary medal, shall have five points added to his or her earned rating if such person has attained at least the minimum earned rating on any such examination held for an original appointment for the purpose of establishing a candidate list to fill a vacancy in accordance with subsection (d) of section 5-228 and such person is not otherwise eligible to receive additional points pursuant to this section. Any person who is a member of the armed forces, as defined in section 27-103, and who is in the final year of an enlistment contract with any branch of the armed forces shall have five points added to his or her earned rating if such person has attained at least the minimum earned rating on any such examination held for an original appointment for the purpose of establishing a candidate list to fill a vacancy in accordance with subsection (d) of section 5-228. Names of any such persons shall be placed upon the candidate lists in the order of such augmented ratings. Credits shall be based upon examinations with a possible rating of one hundred points.

(1967, P.A. 657, S. 33; P.A. 75-204; P.A. 87-155, S. 2; P.A. 92-165, S. 14, 32; P.A. 18-44, S. 1; 18-47, S. 4; 18-72, S. 18.)

History: P.A. 75-204 changed language to refer to both male and female veterans and replaced “wife” and “widow” with “spouse” and “surviving spouse”; P.A. 87-155 required the addition of five points to the earned rating of any person honorably discharged from active service in the U.S. armed forces who has received a campaign badge or expeditionary medal; P.A. 92-165 changed “employment list” to “candidate list”, added references to Sec. 5-228(d) and added language providing that credit applies to examinations held for original appointments; P.A. 18-44 added provision re member of armed forces in final year of enlistment contract and made a technical change; P.A. 18-47 replaced reference to Veterans' Administration with reference to Department of Veterans Affairs and replaced “person who has been honorably discharged from or released under honorable conditions from active service in the armed forces of the United States, and” with “veteran”; P.A. 18-72 replaced “Veterans' Administration” with “United States Department of Veterans Affairs”.