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                                   6660
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 23, 2021
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 Introduced by M. of A. GLICK, BARRON, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, DICKENS, SIMON,
   EPSTEIN  --  read  once  and referred to the Committee on Governmental
   Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the  public  officers  law,  in  relation  to  residency
   requirements  for  police  officers in cities with a population of one
   million or more

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 2 of section 3 of the public officers law, as
 amended by chapter 1004 of the laws of  1966,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   2.  Neither  the provisions of this section or of any general, special
 or local law, charter, code, ordinance, resolution, rule or  regulation,
 requiring  a  person  to  be  a resident of the political subdivision or
 municipal corporation of the state for which [he] THEY shall  be  chosen
 or  within which [his] THEIR official functions are required to be exer-
 cised, shall apply to the appointment of a person as  a  member  of  the
 police  force  of  any political subdivision or municipal corporation of
 the state if such person resides (a) in the county in which  such  poli-
 tical subdivision or municipal corporation is located; or (b) in a coun-
 ty  within  the  state  contiguous to the county in which such political
 subdivision or municipal corporation is located;  or  (c)  in  a  county
 within  the  state contiguous to such political subdivision or municipal
 corporation; or (d) in a county within the state contiguous to a  county
 described in item (c) hereof where the former is less than fifteen miles
 from  such political subdivision or municipal corporation, measured from
 their respective nearest boundary lines; or (e) in a county  within  the
 state  contiguous  to  a  county  described in item (d) hereof where the
 former is less than thirty miles  from  such  political  subdivision  or
 municipal  corporation,  measured from their respective nearest boundary
 lines.   PROVIDED, HOWEVER, SUCH  EXEMPTION  SHALL  NOT  APPLY  TO  PAID
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD07951-01-1

 A. 6660                             2
 
 MEMBERS  OF A POLICE FORCE IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR
 MORE.  BEGINNING JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO, NO PERSON SHALL
 BE APPOINTED A PAID MEMBER OF ANY POLICE FORCE IN A CITY  WITH  A  POPU-
 LATION  OF  ONE  MILLION  OR  MORE THAT DOES NOT RESIDE IN THE POLITICAL
 SUBDIVISION OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE FOR WHICH  HE  OR  SHE
 SHALL  BE  CHOSEN FOR ONE YEAR PRIOR TO BEING APPOINTED AND CONTINUES TO
 RESIDE THEREIN.
   § 2. Subdivision 19 of section 3 of the public officers law, as  added
 by chapter 509 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:
   19. Any person who resides in this state and who is currently employed
 as a member of the police force, a paid member of the uniformed force of
 a  paid fire department or department of corrections in the correctional
 service classification of the classified civil service,  of  a  city  of
 over  one  million  population,  shall  be exempt from the provisions of
 subdivisions one, two and nine of this section upon compliance with  the
 procedure  set  forth in this subdivision. Any person seeking to benefit
 from the exemption created by this subdivision shall notify [his]  THEIR
 respective employer in writing of said intention within thirty days from
 the  effective  date  of  this subdivision and shall specify [his] THEIR
 then current residence address. The exemption created by  this  subdivi-
 sion  shall  be  applicable only to said actual designated residence and
 not to any residence that any  subject  currently  employed  member  may
 thereafter   establish;  provided,  however,  that  any  such  currently
 employed member who resides outside this state shall have one year  from
 the  effective  date of this subdivision within which to establish resi-
 dence as required pursuant to subdivisions one, two  and  nine  of  this
 section  and  comply  with  the notice requirements of this subdivision.
 Said residence shall constitute a  lawful  residence  for  all  purposes
 notwithstanding any provision to the contrary of any general, special or
 local  law,  charter,  code,  ordinance, resolution, rule or regulation.
 SUCH EXEMPTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO PAID MEMBERS OF THE POLICE FORCE IN  A
 CITY  WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE. BEGINNING JANUARY FIRST,
 TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO, NO PERSON SHALL BE APPOINTED A PAID  MEMBER  OF
 THE POLICE FORCE IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE THAT
 DOES NOT RESIDE IN THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF
 THE  STATE  FOR  WHICH  HE  OR SHE SHALL BE CHOSEN FOR ONE YEAR PRIOR TO
 BEING APPOINTED AND CONTINUES TO RESIDE THEREIN.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.