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                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              April 6, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Governmental Employees

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  administrative code of the city of New York, in
  relation to establishing maximum age requirements for  New  York  city
  correctional officers

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

  Section 1. The administrative code of the city of New York is  amended
by adding a new section 9-117.2 to read as follows:
  S  9-117.2  REQUIREMENTS  FOR  APPOINTMENTS  OF UNIFORMED FORCE OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION. A. THE COMMISSIONER OF  CORRECTION  SHALL  NOT
APPOINT  ANY  PERSON AS A UNIFORMED CORRECTION OFFICER OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF CORRECTION UNLESS SUCH PERSON IS NOT LESS THAN  TWENTY-ONE  YEARS  OF
AGE AS OF THE DATE OF APPOINTMENT NOR MORE THAN THIRTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE
AS OF THE DATE WHEN THE APPLICANT IS APPOINTED OR ELIGIBLE TO COMPETE IN
A  PROMOTION  EXAMINATION  PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH ONE OF SUBDIVISION A OF
SECTION 9-117 OF THIS CHAPTER.
  B. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO LIMIT OR  AFFECT  THE
EXISTING  AUTHORITY  OF  THE  MAYOR AND COMMISSIONER TO APPOINT NON-UNI-
FORMED PERSONS, WHOSE DUTIES INCLUDE OVERALL SECURITY OF THE  DEPARTMENT
OF CORRECTION, TO POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law and shall apply  to  appointments  established  on  or
after such date.



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