Bill Text: NY A01516 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that the maximum age requirement of thirty-five years shall not apply to any police officer of any political subdivision maintaining a police department serving a population of three thousand or less if the eligible list has been exhausted and there are no other eligible candidates; provided, however, the police officer themselves are on the eligible list of such county, town, city or village and meet all other requirements of merit and fitness set forth in the civil service law.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-24 - held for consideration in governmental employees [A01516 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A01516-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1516
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 12, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. CROUCH -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Governmental Employees
       AN  ACT  to  amend the civil service law, in relation to eligibility for
         permanent appointment of certain police officers
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subparagraphs (ii) and (iii) of paragraph (a) of subdivi-
    2  sion 1 of section 58 of the civil service law, as amended by chapter 244
    3  of the laws of 2013, are amended and a new subparagraph (iv) is added to
    4  read as follows:
    5    (ii) such maximum age requirement of thirty-five years shall not apply
    6  to any police officer as defined in subdivision thirty-four  of  section
    7  1.20 of the criminal procedure law, who was continuously employed by the
    8  Buffalo  municipal housing authority between January first, two thousand
    9  five and June thirtieth, two thousand five and who takes the next  writ-
   10  ten  exam  offered  after the effective date of this subparagraph by the
   11  city of Buffalo civil service commission  for  employment  as  a  police
   12  officer in the city of Buffalo police department, or June thirtieth, two
   13  thousand six, whichever is later; [and]
   14    (iii)  such  maximum  age  requirement  of thirty-five years shall not
   15  apply to any police officer of any county, town, city or village  police
   16  force  not  otherwise  provided for in this section if the eligible list
   17  has been exhausted and there are no other eligible candidates; provided,
   18  however, the police officer themselves are on the eligible list of  such
   19  county,  town,  city or village and meet all other requirements of merit
   20  and fitness set forth by this chapter and do not exceed the maximum  age
   21  of thirty-nine; AND
   22    (IV) SUCH MAXIMUM AGE REQUIREMENT OF THIRTY-FIVE YEARS SHALL NOT APPLY
   23  TO  ANY POLICE OFFICER OF ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION MAINTAINING A POLICE
   24  DEPARTMENT SERVING A POPULATION OF THREE THOUSAND OR LESS IF THE  ELIGI-
   25  BLE  LIST HAS BEEN EXHAUSTED AND THERE ARE NO OTHER ELIGIBLE CANDIDATES;
   26  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THE POLICE OFFICER MEETS ALL  OTHER  REQUIREMENTS  OF
   27  MERIT AND FITNESS SET FORTH BY THIS CHAPTER;
   28    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD05101-01-5