Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|
---|---|
Mar 25, 2010 |
referred to finance |
Senate Bill S7240
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee
- Introduced
-
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
-
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
-
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-S7240 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A6821
- Current Committee:
- Senate Finance
- Law Section:
- Executive Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยง215, Exec L
- Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
-
S463, A4420
2009-S7240 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S7240 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the executive law, in relation to the qualifications for members of the division of state police PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL : This bill eliminates the maximum age for appointment as a member of the state police and requires retirement at age 70. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS : Section 1 amends subdivision 3 of section 215 of the executive law to allow for minimum age to be 21 and eliminates the maximum age the officer can be appointed as long as they meet fitness and good moral character requirements. section 2 makes the law effective immediately. Under current law, once a part-time police officer reaches the age of thirty-five he or she is no longer eligible to take the civil service exam. This means a part-time police officer, with years of experience can never become a full-time officer once he/she reaches the age of 35. This limits an officer's ability to be promoted to a supervisory position, since many of these positions require competitive status. Local police Forces have invested both time and money training their part-time officers and have argued that they would like an opportunity
2009-S7240 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7240 I N S E N A T E March 25, 2010 ___________ Introduced by Sen. NOZZOLIO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the qualifications for members 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. 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] AT LEAST twenty- one [and twenty-nine] years [except that in the superintendent's discretion, the maximum age may be extended to thirty-five years] OF AGE. [Notwithstanding any other provision of law or any general or special law to the contrary the time spent on military duty, not exceed- ing a total of six years, shall be subtracted from the age of any appli- cant 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 apply to persons appointed to the positions of counsel, first assistant counsel, assistant counsel, and assistant deputy superintendent for employee relations nor to any person appointed to the bureau of criminal investigation pursuant to section two hundred sixteen of this article nor shall any] NO person SHALL be appointed unless he or she has fitness and good moral character and shall have passed a physical and mental examination based upon stan- dards provided by the rules and regulations of the superintendent. Appointments shall be made for a probationary period which, in the case of appointees required to attend and complete a basic training program at the state police academy, shall include such time spent attending the basic school and terminate one year after successful completion thereof. All other sworn members shall be subject to a probationary period of one EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
Comments
Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.
Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.
Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.