§ 1543. Preferences in appointment to State positions

In certification for appointment, in appointment, in employing, in retention of employment position, whether in classified or unclassified civil service, whether for temporary or for extended time, wherever State funds furnish the payroll, preference shall be given to:

(1) ex-service personnel who served on active duty in any branch of the U.S. Armed Forces and have been separated from active duty under honorable conditions and who have established the present existence of a service-connected disability or who are receiving compensation or disability retirement benefits by reason of public laws administered by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, or the U.S. Department of Defense;

(2) spouses of service-connected disabled ex-service personnel who have themselves been unable to qualify for any civil service appointment by reason of their disability;

(3) unmarried widows or widowers of deceased ex-service personnel who served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces during any war, or in any campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized, or during the period specified in subdivision (5) of this section and who were separated from active duty under honorable conditions;

(4) ex-service personnel who served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces, during any war, or in any campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized, and have been separated from active duty under honorable conditions; and

(5) ex-service personnel who have served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces during the period beginning July 1, 1955, and have been separated from the U.S. Armed Forces under honorable conditions. (Amended 1967, No. 268 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. March 7, 1968; 1987, No. 174 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 2021, No. 20, § 146; 2021, No. 105 (Adj. Sess.), § 377, eff. July 1, 2022.)