Opn. No.

Requestor: Hon. Josephine Gambino, Commissioner NYS Department of Civil Service Civil Service Bldg., State Campus Albany, N Y 12239

Written by: Robert Abrams, Attorney General

You have requested an opinion of the Attorney General as to whether a local legislative body can, by local law, impose a term limitation on a position in the competitive class of the classified service. Your concern is whether a term limitation would violate the provisions of the Civil Service Law or Article V, § 6 of the State Constitution. Arguments have been made that term limitations are unlawful in that they would…