Assembly Bill A531

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Changes population restrictions on apportioning expense of municipal police department member training

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  • 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

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2013-A531 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Local Governments
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง72-c, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2724
2011-2012: A2844
2015-2016: A2792
2017-2018: A3580
2019-2020: A3865
2021-2022: A1785
2023-2024: A4742

2013-A531 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes all counties and cities with a population of two hundred thousand or less within provisions which permit the apportionment of expense of municipal police department member training, thus allowing police departments to receive reimbursement of training costs if an officer is hired by another department.

2013-A531 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   531

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Local Governments

AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation  to  apportioning
  the  expenses  of  police department members attending police training
  schools

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

  Section  1.  Section  72-c of the general municipal law, as amended by
section 1 of subpart C of part C of chapter 97 of the laws of  2011,  is
amended to read as follows:
  S  72-c.  Expenses of members of the police department and other peace
officers in attending police training schools. The board or  body  of  a
county,  city,  town  or  village authorized to appropriate and to raise
money by taxation and to make payments therefrom, is hereby  authorized,
in  its discretion, to appropriate and to raise money by taxation and to
make payments from such moneys, for the annual expenses of  the  members
of  the  police  department of such municipal corporation in attending a
police training school, as provided by the regulations  of  the  depart-
ment,  either  within such municipal corporation or elsewhere within the
state; and for the payment of reasonable expenses of  such  members  and
other  police officers or peace officers of the municipality while going
to, attending, and returning from any training school  conducted  by  or
under the auspices of the federal bureau of investigation, whether with-
in  or  without the state. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of
any general, special or local law to the contrary, whenever a member  of
the  police department of a municipal corporation HAVING A POPULATION OF
TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND OR LESS has attended a police training school,  the
expense  of  which  was  borne by such municipal corporation, terminates
employment with such municipal corporation and commences employment with
any other municipal corporation or employer county sheriff, such employ-

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

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