Senate Bill S3898

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to authorizing the city of Buffalo to adopt a local law requiring police officers in such city to be residents of Buffalo

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations 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

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2021-S3898 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3048
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S8694, A10719
2023-2024: S6429, A1044

2021-S3898 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the city of Buffalo to adopt a local law requiring a member of the police force in such city to be a resident of Buffalo subsequent to the effective date of such local law.

2021-S3898 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S3898 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3898
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 1, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to authorizing  the
   city  of  Buffalo to adopt a local law requiring police officers to be
   residents of Buffalo

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 71 to read as follows:
   71. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION,
 OR  ANY  PROVISION  OF ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW, CHARTER, CODE,
 ORDINANCE, RESOLUTION, RULE OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, THE  CITY  OF
 BUFFALO,  AS  OF  THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION, SHALL HAVE THE
 AUTHORITY TO ENACT A LOCAL LAW SUBSEQUENT TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF  THIS
 SUBDIVISION  REQUIRING  ANY  PERSON  WHO IS APPOINTED AS A MEMBER OF THE
 POLICE FORCE OF SUCH CITY TO BE A RESIDENT OF SUCH A CITY DURING HIS  OR
 HER  EMPLOYMENT AS A MEMBER OF SUCH POLICE FORCE; PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT
 NOTHING IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL AUTHORIZE SUCH LOCAL LAW TO AFFECT ANY
 PERSON WHO ENTERED SUCH CITY SERVICE AS A POLICE OFFICER PRIOR TO THIRTY
 DAYS SUBSEQUENT TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF SUCH LOCAL LAW.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02440-01-1

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