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Department of Civil Service

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4 NYCRR 1.1 - Application of rules

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Except as otherwise specified in any particular rule, these rules shall apply to positions and employments in the classified service of the State and public authorities, public benefit corporations and other agencies for which the Civil Service Law is administered by the State Department of Civil Service.

4 NYCRR 1.2 - Definitions

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(a)The several terms defined in the Civil Service Law shall, whenever used in these rules, have the same meaning as is specified in such definitions.
(b)Unless otherwise expressly stated or unless the context or subject matter requires a different meaning, the several terms hereinafter mentioned, whenever used in these rules, shall be construed as follows:
(1)The term transfer means the change, without further examination, of a permanent employee from a position under the jurisdiction of one appointing authority to a position under the jurisdiction of another appointing authority or to a position in a different title in the same or a higher salary grade under the jurisdiction of the same appointing authority.
(2)The term reassignment means the change, without further examination, of a permanent employee from one position to a position in the same title under the jurisdiction of the same appointing authority.

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