Bill Text: NY A01044 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to governmental operations [A01044 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A01044-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1044

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 13, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M. of A. PEOPLES-STOKES -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Governmental 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:

     1    Section 1. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 73 to read as follows:
     3    73. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision two of this section,
     4  or  any  provision  of any general, special or local law, charter, code,
     5  ordinance, resolution, rule or regulation to the contrary, the  city  of
     6  Buffalo,  as  of  the effective date of this subdivision, shall have the
     7  authority to enact a local law subsequent to the effective date of  this
     8  subdivision  requiring  any  person  who is appointed as a member of the
     9  police force of such city to be a resident of such a city during his  or
    10  her  employment as a member of such police force; provided however, that
    11  nothing in this subdivision shall authorize such local law to affect any
    12  person who entered such city service as a police officer prior to thirty
    13  days subsequent to the effective date of such local law.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




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