Bill Text: NY S04009 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Permits members of the state police to engage in outside employment unless such employment is substantially related to police duties, in conflict with police duties or forbidden by law.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2012-05-30 - referred to governmental operations [S04009 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S04009-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4009
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 14, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen. JOHNSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance
       AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to requests to engage  in
         outside employment by members 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. Subdivision 3 of section  215  of  the  executive  law,  as
    2  amended  by  chapter  478  of  the  laws  of 2004, is amended to read as
    3  follows:
    4    3. The sworn members of the New York state police shall  be  appointed
    5  by  the  superintendent  and  permanent appointees may be removed by the
    6  superintendent only after a hearing. No person shall be appointed to the
    7  New York state police force as a sworn member unless he or she shall  be
    8  a citizen of the United States, between the ages of twenty-one and twen-
    9  ty-nine  years except that in the superintendent's discretion, the maxi-
   10  mum age may be extended to thirty-five years. Notwithstanding any  other
   11  provision  of law or any general or special law to the contrary the time
   12  spent on military duty, not exceeding a total of  six  years,  shall  be
   13  subtracted from the age of any applicant who has passed his or her twen-
   14  ty-ninth birthday, solely for the purpose of permitting qualification as
   15  to  age  and  for  no  other purpose. Such limitations as to age however
   16  shall not apply to persons appointed to the positions of counsel,  first
   17  assistant  counsel,  assistant counsel, and assistant deputy superinten-
   18  dent for employee relations nor to any person appointed to the bureau of
   19  criminal investigation pursuant to section two hundred sixteen  of  this
   20  article  nor  shall any person be appointed unless he or she has fitness
   21  and good moral character and shall have passed  a  physical  and  mental
   22  examination  based  upon standards provided by the rules and regulations
   23  of the superintendent. Appointments shall be  made  for  a  probationary
   24  period  which, in the case of appointees required to attend and complete
   25  a basic training program at the state police academy, shall include such
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06370-01-1
       S. 4009                             2
    1  time spent attending the basic  school  and  terminate  one  year  after
    2  successful  completion thereof. All other sworn members shall be subject
    3  to a probationary period of one  year  from  the  date  of  appointment.
    4  Following  satisfactory completion of the probationary period the member
    5  shall be a permanent appointee. Voluntary resignation or withdrawal from
    6  the New York state police during such appointment shall be submitted  to
    7  the  superintendent  for approval.  Reasonable time shall be required to
    8  account for all equipment issued or for  debts  or  obligations  to  the
    9  state  to  be  satisfied.  Resignation  or  withdrawal from the division
   10  during a time of emergency, so declared by the governor,  shall  not  be
   11  approved  if  contrary  to the best interest of the state and shall be a
   12  misdemeanor. No sworn member removed from  the  New  York  state  police
   13  shall be eligible for reappointment. The superintendent shall make rules
   14  and  regulations  subject to approval by the governor for the discipline
   15  and control of the New York state police and  for  the  examination  and
   16  qualifications of applicants for appointment as members thereto and such
   17  examinations  shall  be held and conducted by the superintendent subject
   18  to such rules and regulations, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, NO  SUCH  RULE,  REGU-
   19  LATION OR ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION SHALL AUTHORIZE THE SUPERINTENDENT OR
   20  HIS OR HER DESIGNEE TO DENY A REQUEST OF A MEMBER OF THE STATE POLICE TO
   21  ENGAGE  IN OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT UNLESS THE OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT AT ISSUE IS:
   22  (I) SUBSTANTIALLY RELATED TO THE PERFORMANCE OF POLICE DUTIES;  (II)  IN
   23  CONFLICT WITH OR OPPOSED TO A STATE POLICE OFFICER'S DUTIES; OR (III) IS
   24  FORBIDDEN  BY LAW.   The superintendent is authorized to charge a fee of
   25  twenty dollars as an application fee for any person applying to  take  a
   26  competitive  examination  for the position of trooper, and a fee of five
   27  dollars for any competitive examination for  a  civilian  position.  The
   28  superintendent  shall  promulgate regulations subject to the approval of
   29  the director of the budget, to provide for a waiver of  the  application
   30  fee  when  the fee would cause an unreasonable hardship on the applicant
   31  and to establish a fee schedule and charge fees for  the  use  of  state
   32  police facilities.
   33    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.