66 - Term appointments in information technology.
* § 66. Term appointments in information technology. 1. The department may authorize a term appointment without examination to a temporary position requiring special expertise or qualifications in information technology. Such appointment may be authorized only in a case where the appointing authority certifies to the department that because of the type of services to be rendered or the temporary or occasional character of such services, it would not be practicable to hold an examination of any kind. Such certification shall be a public document pursuant to the public officers law and shall identify the special expertise or qualifications that are required and why they cannot be obtained through an appointment from an eligible list. The maximum period for such term appointment established pursuant to this subdivision shall not exceed sixty months and shall not be extended, and the maximum number of such appointments shall not exceed five hundred. At least fifteen days prior to making a term appointment pursuant to this section the appointing authority shall publicly and conspicuously post in its offices information about the temporary position and the required qualifications and shall allow any qualified employee to apply for said position. An employee appointed pursuant to this provision who has completed two years of continuous service under this provision shall be able to compete in one promotional examination that is also open to other employees who have permanent civil service appointments and appropriate qualifications. 2. A temporary position established pursuant to subdivision one of this section may be abolished for reasons of economy, consolidation or abolition of functions, curtailment of activities or otherwise. Upon such abolition or at the end of the term of the appointment, the provisions of sections seventy-eight, seventy-nine, eighty and eighty-one of this chapter shall not apply. In the event of a reduction of workforce pursuant to section eighty of this chapter affecting information technology positions, the term appointments pursuant to this section at an agency shall be abolished prior to the abolition of permanent competitive class information technology positions at such agency involving comparable skills and responsibilities. * NB Repealed December 31, 2011