Bill Text: NY A06539 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Waives the 60 credits required for New York City Auxiliary Police Officers to become members of the regular NYC police force for up to a period of 5 years, provided they are enrolled in college, otherwise meet the eligibility requirements and pass the entrance examination.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to cities [A06539 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A06539-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6539
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    March 26, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PERRY, COOK -- read once and referred to the
         Committee on Cities
       AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
         relation  to  qualifications to become a member of the police force of
         the city of New York
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Section  14-109 of the administrative code of the city of
    2  New York is amended by adding a new subdivision c to read as follows:
    3    C. ANY APPLICANT SEEKING TO BECOME A POLICE OFFICER WITH  THE  REGULAR
    4  NEW  YORK  CITY POLICE FORCE WHO, AT THE TIME OF HIS OR HER APPLICATION,
    5  IS A MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK CITY AUXILIARY POLICE FORCE HAVING AT  LEAST
    6  FOUR YEARS OF CONTINUOUS SERVICE AS AN AUXILIARY POLICE OFFICER SHALL BE
    7  GRANTED A WAIVER OF THE SIXTY-CREDIT REQUIREMENT FOR A JOB APPLICANT FOR
    8  SUCH  POSITION,  IF  SUCH  AUXILIARY  POLICE  OFFICER  APPLICANT HAS (I)
    9  FULFILLED ALL OTHER ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS TO  BECOME  A  MEMBER  OF  THE
   10  REGULAR  POLICE FORCE (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO PASSING THE DEPART-
   11  MENT ENTRANCE EXAMINATION), AND (II) IS ENROLLED IN A TWO OR  FOUR  YEAR
   12  COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY COURSE OF STUDY LEADING TO AN ASSOCIATE'S OR BACH-
   13  ELOR'S  DEGREE. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH A PROCESS FOR ACCEPTING
   14  SUCH APPLICATIONS AND MAKING DETERMINATION AS TO ELIGIBILITY FOR  GRANT-
   15  ING  SUCH WAIVERS. THE COMMISSIONER MAY DENY GRANTS OF WAIVER FOR CAUSE.
   16  AN APPLICANT FOR WHOM THE SIXTY-CREDIT REQUIREMENT IS WAIVED AS PROVIDED
   17  IN THIS SUBDIVISION, IF HIRED, SHALL BE APPOINTED PURSUANT TO THIS WAIV-
   18  ER FOR A PERIOD NOT EXCEEDING FIVE YEARS.   UPON THE  FILING  OF  PAPERS
   19  EVIDENCING  THE SATISFACTION OF THE SIXTY-CREDIT REQUIREMENT WITHIN SUCH
   20  FIVE-YEAR PERIOD AND PROVIDED THAT SUCH PERSON OTHERWISE  QUALIFIES  FOR
   21  REGULAR  APPOINTMENT,  SUCH  HIREE SHALL BECOME A PERMANENT APPOINTEE OF
   22  THE REGULAR POLICE FORCE IN THE SAME MANNER AND WITH THE SAME RIGHTS AND
   23  ENTITLEMENTS AS A HIREE WHO FULFILLED THE SIXTY-CREDIT REQUIREMENT PRIOR
   24  TO BEING HIRED. IF AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE  FIVE-YEAR  PERIOD  PROVIDED
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD03297-01-5
       A. 6539                             2
    1  FOR  IN  THIS  SUBDIVISION  THE  SIXTY-CREDIT REQUIREMENT REMAINS UNFUL-
    2  FILLED, SUCH APPOINTMENT AS A POLICE OFFICER SHALL TERMINATE UNLESS,  AT
    3  THE DISCRETION OF THE COMMISSIONER: (1) SUCH PERSON IS GRANTED AN EXTEN-
    4  SION  OF SUCH APPOINTMENT FOR A PERIOD SET BY THE COMMISSIONER REQUIRING
    5  COMPLIANCE WITH THE SIXTY-CREDIT REQUIREMENT BY THE  END  DATE  OF  SUCH
    6  EXTENSION; OR (2) SUCH FIVE-YEAR APPOINTMENT IS CONVERTED BY THE COMMIS-
    7  SIONER  TO  A PERMANENT APPOINTMENT.  ALL PROVISIONS OF LAW, OF THE CITY
    8  CHARTER, OF LOCAL LAW, OF THIS CODE AND OF RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  THAT
    9  ARE APPLICABLE TO THE EMPLOYMENT AND DISCIPLINE OF CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOY-
   10  EES  AND  POLICE OFFICERS, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, SHALL
   11  CONTINUE TO APPLY TO ANY PERSONS HIRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS
   12  OF THIS  SUBDIVISION.    THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  CITYWIDE  ADMINISTRATIVE
   13  SERVICES  AND THE POLICE COMMISSIONER MAY ADOPT RULES AND/OR REGULATIONS
   14  CONSISTENT WITH THIS SUBDIVISION TO FURTHER EFFECTUATE ITS PROVISIONS.
   15    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.