Bill Text: NY S04261 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes maximum age requirements for New York city correctional officers; provides that the commissioner of correction shall not appoint a person as a correction officer if such person is more than thirty-five years of age as of the date of the applicant's appointment or eligibility to compete in a promotion examination.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO CITIES [S04261 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S04261-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4261
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 25, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
       AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
         relation  to  establishing  maximum age requirements for New York city
         correctional officers
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended
    2  by adding a new section 9-117.2 to read as follows:
    3    S 9-117.2 REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTMENTS  OF  UNIFORMED  FORCE  OF  THE
    4  DEPARTMENT  OF  CORRECTION.  A. THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION SHALL NOT
    5  APPOINT ANY PERSON AS A UNIFORMED CORRECTION OFFICER OF  THE  DEPARTMENT
    6  OF  CORRECTION  UNLESS  SUCH PERSON IS NOT LESS THAN TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF
    7  AGE AS OF THE DATE OF APPOINTMENT NOR MORE THAN THIRTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE
    8  AS OF THE DATE WHEN THE APPLICANT IS APPOINTED OR ELIGIBLE TO COMPETE IN
    9  A PROMOTION EXAMINATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH ONE OF  SUBDIVISION  A  OF
   10  SECTION 9-117 OF THIS CHAPTER.
   11    B.  NOTHING  IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO LIMIT OR AFFECT THE
   12  EXISTING AUTHORITY OF THE MAYOR AND  COMMISSIONER  TO  APPOINT  NON-UNI-
   13  FORMED  PERSONS, WHOSE DUTIES INCLUDE OVERALL SECURITY OF THE DEPARTMENT
   14  OF CORRECTION, TO POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY.
   15    S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
   16  have  become  a  law  and  shall apply to appointments established on or
   17  after such date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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