Bill Text: NY A11102 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to residency requirements for police officers in cities with a population of one million or more.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-11-06 - referred to governmental operations [A11102 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A11102-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 11102 IN ASSEMBLY November 6, 2020 ___________ Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Glick, Barron, Bichotte, Dickens, Mosley, Simon, Epstein) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to residency requirements for police officers in cities with a population of one million or more The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 3 of the public officers law, as 2 amended by chapter 1004 of the laws of 1966, is amended to read as 3 follows: 4 2. Neither the provisions of this section or of any general, special 5 or local law, charter, code, ordinance, resolution, rule or regulation, 6 requiring a person to be a resident of the political subdivision or 7 municipal corporation of the state for which he or she shall be chosen 8 or within which his or her official functions are required to be exer- 9 cised, shall apply to the appointment of a person as a member of the 10 police force of any political subdivision or municipal corporation of 11 the state if such person resides (a) in the county in which such poli- 12 tical subdivision or municipal corporation is located; or (b) in a coun- 13 ty within the state contiguous to the county in which such political 14 subdivision or municipal corporation is located; or (c) in a county 15 within the state contiguous to such political subdivision or municipal 16 corporation; or (d) in a county within the state contiguous to a county 17 described in item (c) hereof where the former is less than fifteen miles 18 from such political subdivision or municipal corporation, measured from 19 their respective nearest boundary lines; or (e) in a county within the 20 state contiguous to a county described in item (d) hereof where the 21 former is less than thirty miles from such political subdivision or 22 municipal corporation, measured from their respective nearest boundary 23 lines. Provided, however, such exemption shall not apply to paid 24 members of a police force in a city with a population of one million or 25 more. Beginning January first, two thousand twenty-one, no person shall 26 be appointed a paid member of any police force in a city with a popu- EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD17323-01-0A. 11102 2 1 lation of one million or more that does not reside in the political 2 subdivision or municipal corporation of the state for which he or she 3 shall be chosen for one year prior to being appointed and continues to 4 reside therein. 5 § 2. Subdivision 19 of section 3 of the public officers law, as added 6 by chapter 509 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows: 7 19. Any person who resides in this state and who is currently employed 8 as a member of the police force, a paid member of the uniformed force of 9 a paid fire department or department of corrections in the correctional 10 service classification of the classified civil service, of a city of 11 over one million population, shall be exempt from the provisions of 12 subdivisions one, two and nine of this section upon compliance with the 13 procedure set forth in this subdivision. Any person seeking to benefit 14 from the exemption created by this subdivision shall notify his or her 15 respective employer in writing of said intention within thirty days from 16 the effective date of this subdivision and shall specify his or her then 17 current residence address. The exemption created by this subdivision 18 shall be applicable only to said actual designated residence and not to 19 any residence that any subject currently employed member may thereafter 20 establish; provided, however, that any such currently employed member 21 who resides outside this state shall have one year from the effective 22 date of this subdivision within which to establish residence as required 23 pursuant to subdivisions one, two and nine of this section and comply 24 with the notice requirements of this subdivision. Said residence shall 25 constitute a lawful residence for all purposes notwithstanding any 26 provision to the contrary of any general, special or local law, charter, 27 code, ordinance, resolution, rule or regulation. Such exemption shall 28 not apply to paid members of the police force in a city with a popu- 29 lation of one million or more. Beginning January first, two thousand 30 twenty-one, no person shall be appointed a paid member of the police 31 force in a city with a population of one million or more that does not 32 reside in the political subdivision or municipal corporation of the 33 state for which he or she shall be chosen for one year prior to being 34 appointed and continues to reside therein. 35 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
