Informal Opinion No.

Jerome M. Kornfeld, Esq. Counsel, New York State Association of Fire Districts

I am writing in response to your request for an opinion as to the civil service status of a secretary to a fire district. Specifically, you have asked whether the position falls within the classified or unclassified service.

Section 35 of the Civil Service Law provides in relevant part, as follows:

"The unclassified service shall comprise the following:

* * *(c) all officers and employees of the state legislature, and all officers and employees of any other legislative body whose principal functions and duties are…