Bill Text: NY S02676 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to the appointment and reporting duties of the superintendent of the state police and to the appointment of employees of the state police.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-01 - PRINT NUMBER 2676A [S02676 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S02676-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         2676--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    January 27, 2015
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sens.  KRUEGER, BRESLIN, DIAZ, HASSELL-THOMPSON, PARKER,
          SERRANO, SQUADRON, STAVISKY -- read twice  and  ordered  printed,  and
          when  printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance -- recommit-
          ted to the Committee on Finance in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec.
          8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended
          and recommitted to said committee
        AN  ACT  to  amend the executive law, in relation to the appointment and
          reporting duties of the superintendent of the  state  police  and  the
          appointment of employees of the state police
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Section 210 of the executive law, as amended by chapter 169
     2  of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
     3    § 210. Division of state police. (a) The division of state  police  in
     4  the executive department shall be known as the "New York State Police."
     5    (b) (1) The head of the New York state police shall be the superinten-
     6  dent  of state police who shall be appointed by the governor by and with
     7  the advice and consent of the senate, and hold office during his or  her
     8  pleasure.  The  superintendent  shall  be  a member of the state police,
     9  shall receive as salary such sum as may  be  appropriated  by  law,  and
    10  shall  accrue such leave credits and be eligible for the same retirement
    11  benefits, service credits and other benefits as any other member of  the
    12  state  police.  If, prior to appointment, the superintendent served as a
    13  member of the state police, he or she, upon appointment, shall be  enti-
    14  tled  to  continue to accrue and receive such credits and benefits as he
    15  or she would have been entitled to accrue and receive prior to  appoint-
    16  ment.
    17    (2) If, prior to his or her appointment, the superintendent shall have
    18  served  as  a  member  of  the State Police for a period of ten years or
    19  more, he or she shall, provided he or she is not  eligible  for  retire-
    20  ment,  upon  termination  of  service as superintendent, be reappointed,
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00248-02-6