Assembly Bill A7173

Vetoed By Governor
2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides that investigators within the division of state police who completed three continuous years or more shall not be demoted without a hearing

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Vetoed By Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-A7173 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4801
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง215, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A7914

2009-A7173 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Grants those assigned or employed as investigators and senior investigators in the bureau of criminal investigation or as a station commander, zone commander, zone sergeant, first sergeant, captain or major within the division of state police protection from removal or other disciplinary action without a hearing except for removal or other disciplinary action which is founded on the incompetency or misconduct of such employee.

2009-A7173 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7173

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 25, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE, PHEFFER, DenDEKKER, TOWNSEND, SALADINO --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to longevity in title for
  investigative employees of the division of state police

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section  215  of  the  executive  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  478  of  the  laws  of 2004, is amended to read as
follows:
  3. The sworn members of the New York state police shall  be  appointed
by  the  superintendent  and  permanent appointees may be removed by the
superintendent only after a hearing.  MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED  OR
APPOINTED  AS  INVESTIGATORS  OR  SENIOR  INVESTIGATORS IN THE BUREAU OF
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OR AS A STATION COMMANDER, ZONE  COMMANDER,  ZONE
SERGEANT, FIRST SERGEANT, CAPTAIN OR MAJOR FOR A PERIOD OF THREE CONTIN-
UOUS  YEARS  OR  MORE  MAY BE REMOVED OR DEMOTED FROM SUCH ASSIGNMENT OR
APPOINTMENT ONLY AFTER A HEARING, THE PROCEDURE OF  WHICH  SHALL  BE  IN
ACCORDANCE  WITH  REGULATIONS  ADOPTED  BY  THE  SUPERINTENDENT OF STATE
POLICE; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT A HEARING SHALL  NOT  BE  REQUIRED  WHEN
REDUCTION  IN  RANK FROM SUCH POSITION IS BASED SOLELY ON REASONS OF THE
ECONOMY, CONSOLIDATION OR ABOLITION OF FUNCTIONS, CURTAILMENT OF  ACTIV-
ITIES  OR  OTHERWISE. No person shall be appointed to the New York state
police force as a sworn member unless he or she shall be  a  citizen  of
the  United States, between the ages of twenty-one and twenty-nine years
except that in the superintendent's discretion, the maximum age  may  be
extended  to  thirty-five  years. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law or any general or special law to the  contrary  the  time  spent  on
military  duty,  not exceeding a total of six years, shall be subtracted
from the age of any applicant who has passed  his  or  her  twenty-ninth
birthday,  solely  for the purpose of permitting qualification as to age
and for no other purpose. Such limitations as to age however  shall  not

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10434-01-9
              

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