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Senate Bill S1886
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Civil Service And Pensions Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(R, C, IP, RFM) Senate District
2021-S1886 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Civil Service And Pensions
- Law Section:
- Civil Service Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §58, Civ Serv L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2017-2018:
S5205
2019-2020: S8911
2021-S1886 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1886 SPONSOR: RITCHIE TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the civil service law, in relation to lifting mandatory hiring and retirement ages for municipal police PURPOSE: To remove mandatory hiring and retirement ages for municipal police. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Amends section 58 of the civil service law to remove the maximum hiring age of 35 for municipal law enforcement officers. Section 2: Effective date. EXISTING LAW:
2021-S1886 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1886 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 16, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sen. RITCHIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to lifting mandatory hiring and retirement ages for municipal police THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 58 of the civil service law, as amended by chapter 244 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read as follows: (a) he or she is not less than twenty years of age as of the date of appointment [nor more than thirty-five years of age as of the date when the applicant takes the written examination, provided that the maximum age requirement of thirty-five years of age as set forth in this para- graph shall not apply to eligible lists finalized pursuant to an exam- ination administered prior to May thirty-first, nineteen hundred nine- ty-nine or a police officer in the department of environmental conservation, provided, however, that: (i) time spent on military duty or on terminal leave, not exceeding a total of six years, shall be subtracted from the age of any applicant who has passed his or her thirty-fifth birthday as provided in subdivi- sion ten-a of section two hundred forty-three of the military law; (ii) such maximum age requirement of thirty-five years shall not apply to any police officer as defined in subdivision thirty-four of section 1.20 of the criminal procedure law, who was continuously employed by the Buffalo municipal housing authority between January first, two thousand five and June thirtieth, two thousand five and who takes the next writ- ten exam offered after the effective date of this subparagraph by the city of Buffalo civil service commission for employment as a police officer in the city of Buffalo police department, or June thirtieth, two thousand six, whichever is later; and EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05031-01-1
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As a 39 year old taking a huge leap of faith into the Police Academy in a few weeks, this bill would be life changing as it would allow for many more opportunities for someone fit, active, and dedicated at my age.