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                                  2277

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 17, 2009
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Introduced  by  Sens. PARKER, DIAZ, DILAN, HASSELL-THOMPSON, MONTGOMERY,
  ONORATO, SAMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and  when  printed
  to be committed to the Committee on Cities

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
  relation to qualifications to become a member of the police  force  of
  the city of New York

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

  Section 1. Section 14-109 of the administrative code of  the  city  of
New York is amended by adding a new subdivision c to read as follows:
  C.  ANY  APPLICANT SEEKING TO BECOME A POLICE OFFICER WITH THE REGULAR
NEW YORK CITY POLICE FORCE WHO, AT THE TIME OF HIS OR  HER  APPLICATION,
IS  A MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK CITY AUXILIARY POLICE FORCE HAVING AT LEAST
FOUR YEARS OF CONTINUOUS SERVICE AS AN AUXILIARY POLICE OFFICER SHALL BE
GRANTED A WAIVER OF THE SIXTY-CREDIT REQUIREMENT FOR A JOB APPLICANT FOR
SUCH POSITION, IF  SUCH  AUXILIARY  POLICE  OFFICER  APPLICANT  HAS  (I)
FULFILLED  ALL  OTHER  ENTRANCE  REQUIREMENTS  TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE
REGULAR POLICE FORCE (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO PASSING THE  DEPART-
MENT  ENTRANCE  EXAMINATION), AND (II) IS ENROLLED IN A TWO OR FOUR YEAR
COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY COURSE OF STUDY LEADING TO AN ASSOCIATE'S OR BACH-
ELOR'S DEGREE. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH A PROCESS FOR  ACCEPTING
SUCH  APPLICATIONS AND MAKING DETERMINATION AS TO ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANT-
ING SUCH WAIVERS. THE COMMISSIONER MAY DENY GRANTS OF WAIVER FOR  CAUSE.
AN APPLICANT FOR WHOM THE SIXTY-CREDIT REQUIREMENT IS WAIVED AS PROVIDED
IN THIS SUBDIVISION, IF HIRED, SHALL BE APPOINTED PURSUANT TO THIS WAIV-
ER  FOR  A  PERIOD  NOT EXCEEDING FIVE YEARS.  UPON THE FILING OF PAPERS
EVIDENCING THE SATISFACTION OF THE SIXTY-CREDIT REQUIREMENT WITHIN  SUCH
FIVE-YEAR  PERIOD  AND PROVIDED THAT SUCH PERSON OTHERWISE QUALIFIES FOR
REGULAR APPOINTMENT, SUCH HIREE SHALL BECOME A  PERMANENT  APPOINTEE  OF
THE REGULAR POLICE FORCE IN THE SAME MANNER AND WITH THE SAME RIGHTS AND
ENTITLEMENTS AS A HIREE WHO FULFILLED THE SIXTY-CREDIT REQUIREMENT PRIOR

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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S. 2277                             2

TO  BEING  HIRED.  IF AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE FIVE-YEAR PERIOD PROVIDED
FOR IN THIS SUBDIVISION  THE  SIXTY-CREDIT  REQUIREMENT  REMAINS  UNFUL-
FILLED,  SUCH APPOINTMENT AS A POLICE OFFICER SHALL TERMINATE UNLESS, AT
THE DISCRETION OF THE COMMISSIONER: (1) SUCH PERSON IS GRANTED AN EXTEN-
SION  OF SUCH APPOINTMENT FOR A PERIOD SET BY THE COMMISSIONER REQUIRING
COMPLIANCE WITH THE SIXTY-CREDIT REQUIREMENT BY THE  END  DATE  OF  SUCH
EXTENSION; OR (2) SUCH FIVE-YEAR APPOINTMENT IS CONVERTED BY THE COMMIS-
SIONER  TO  A PERMANENT APPOINTMENT.  ALL PROVISIONS OF LAW, OF THE CITY
CHARTER, OF LOCAL LAW, OF THIS CODE AND OF RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  THAT
ARE APPLICABLE TO THE EMPLOYMENT AND DISCIPLINE OF CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOY-
EES  AND  POLICE OFFICERS, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, SHALL
CONTINUE TO APPLY TO ANY PERSONS HIRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS
OF THIS  SUBDIVISION.    THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  CITYWIDE  ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICES  AND THE POLICE COMMISSIONER MAY ADOPT RULES AND/OR REGULATIONS
CONSISTENT WITH THIS SUBDIVISION TO FURTHER EFFECTUATE ITS PROVISIONS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.