Bill Text: NY A08889 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides for the transfer of police officers of the parks department of the county of Suffolk to the county police department.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2014-09-23 - signed chap.368 [A08889 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A08889-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         8889
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 27, 2014
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       Introduced by M. of A. ENGLEBRIGHT, SWEENEY -- read once and referred to
         the Committee on Governmental Employees
       AN  ACT  to  amend the civil service law, in relation to authorizing the
         transfer of police officers of the parks department of the  county  of
         Suffolk to the police department of such county without examination
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 70 of the civil  service  law,  as
    2  amended  by chapter 718 of the laws of 1993, is amended and a new subdi-
    3  vision 7 is added to read as follows:
    4    1. General provisions. Except as provided in subdivisions four  [and],
    5  six  AND  SEVEN  of  this  section no employee shall be transferred to a
    6  position for which there is required by this chapter or the rules estab-
    7  lished hereunder an examination involving essential tests or  qualifica-
    8  tions different from or higher than those required for the position held
    9  by  such  employee.  The state and municipal commissions may adopt rules
   10  governing transfers between positions in their respective  jurisdictions
   11  and  may  also  adopt  reciprocal  rules  providing  for the transfer of
   12  employees from one governmental jurisdiction  to  another.  No  employee
   13  shall  be  transferred  without his or her consent except as provided in
   14  subdivision six OR SEVEN of this section or  upon the transfer of  func-
   15  tions as provided in subdivision two of this section.
   16    7.  TRANSFER  OF SUFFOLK COUNTY PARK OFFICERS LEVELS I-IV TO THE POSI-
   17  TIONS OF SUFFOLK COUNTY POLICE OFFICERS.  NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS
   18  OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION OR ANY OTHER PROVISION  OF  LAW,  THE
   19  COUNTY  OF  SUFFOLK MAY, BY AGREEMENT NEGOTIATED BETWEEN SUCH COUNTY AND
   20  AN EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FOURTEEN OF  THIS  CHAPTER,
   21  PROVIDE  FOR  THE  TRANSFER  OF NOW EXISTING SUFFOLK COUNTY PARKS POLICE
   22  OFFICERS LEVELS I-IV TO POSITIONS OF SUFFOLK COUNTY POLICE OFFICERS. THE
   23  TRANSFER OF NOW EXISTING POSITIONS MAY BE EFFECTUATED WITHOUT REGARD  TO
   24  ANY ELIGIBLE LISTS OR PREFERRED LISTS FOR REINSTATEMENT.
   25    S 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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