§ 6. Powers and duties of the state civil service commission. The\nstate civil service commission shall\n 1. Prescribe and amend suitable rules and regulations for carrying\ninto effect the provisions of this chapter and of section six of article\nfive of the constitution of the state of New York, including (a) rules\nfor the jurisdictional classification of offices and positions in the\nclassified service of the state; (b) rules for examinations,\nappointments, promotions, transfers, leaves of absence, resignations and\nreinstatements, and the keeping, reporting and reviewing of performance\nratings of employees in the classified service of the state and civil\ndivisions for which the provisions of this chapter are administered by\nthe state civil service department; (c) rules for sick leaves,\nvacations, time allowances and other conditions of employment in the\nclassified service of the state and, notwithstanding any other provision\nof this chapter or any other law, such rules may provide for cash\npayment of the monetary value of accumulated and unused vacation or time\nallowances granted in lieu of overtime compensation standing to the\ncredit of an employee at the time of his or her separation from service\nor his or her entrance into the armed forces of the United States for\nactive duty (other than for training) as defined by title ten of the\nUnited States code, whether or not such entrance constitutes a\nseparation from service, and for the payment of the monetary value of\nhis or her accumulated and unused time allowances granted in lieu of\novertime compensation standing to the credit of an employee at the time\nof his or her appointment, promotion or transfer from the department or\nagency in which such time allowances were earned to another department\nor agency and provided further however that any such rules or\nregulations shall provide that individuals certified by an examining\nphysician as benefiting from the use of a service animal in performing\nmajor life activities, individuals registered with the New York state\ncommission for the blind as legally blind or certified by an examining\nphysician or licensed optometrist as legally blind, as manifested by\nvisual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with best correction\nor visual field of 20 degrees or less, and individuals who are deaf or\nhard of hearing manifested by a speech discrimination score of forty\npercent or less in the better ear with appropriate correction as\ncertified by an examining physician or a licensed audiologist or\notorhinolaryngologist as defined in section seven hundred eighty-nine of\nthe general business law, or a physician who has examined such person\npursuant to the provisions of section seven hundred ninety-two of such\nlaw, may charge against accumulated sick leave credits and upon written\nagreement between the individual and the employer, may borrow against\nsick leave credits not yet accumulated, for the purpose of obtaining\nservice animals or guide dogs and necessary training, up to a maximum of\ntwenty-six days in any one calendar year; and (d) rules for the position\nclassification and jurisdictional classification of offices and\nemployees in civil divisions for which the provisions of this chapter\nare administered by the state civil service department.\n Such rules and any modification thereof shall take effect when\napproved by the governor and filed in the office of the department of\nstate, and shall have the force and effect of law;\n 2. Keep minutes of its own proceedings and records of its other\nofficial actions;\n 3. Make investigations concerning all matters touching upon the\nenforcement and effect of the provisions of this chapter and the rules\nand regulations established thereunder and concerning the action of any\nperson in respect to the administration of this chapter. In the course\nof such investigations each member and any officer or employee\npreviously designated in writing by the co
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