Bill Text: NY S06726 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 6726 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Limits required service by police officers in an undercover assignment or capacity to no more than thirty-six months.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-11 - SUBSTITUTED BY A9564 [S06726 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S06726-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         6726
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                     March 4, 2014
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
       AN ACT to amend the general municipal law and the administrative code of
         the city of New York, in relation to service by police officers in  an
         undercover capacity
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The general municipal  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
    2  section 208-h to read as follows:
    3    S 208-H. SERVICE IN AN UNDERCOVER CAPACITY; LIMITATION.  NOTWITHSTAND-
    4  ING  THE  PROVISIONS OF ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW OR ANY RULE OR
    5  REGULATION OF ANY POLICE DEPARTMENT OR COMMISSIONER OR HEAD  THEREOF,  A
    6  MEMBER  OF  A  POLICE  FORCE,  INCLUDING POLICE DETECTIVES, SHALL NOT BE
    7  REQUIRED TO SERVE IN AN UNDERCOVER ASSIGNMENT OR CAPACITY FOR  A  PERIOD
    8  OF  TIME  WHICH  EXCEEDS THIRTY-SIX MONTHS. SUCH TIME LIMIT SHALL BE THE
    9  AGGREGATE OF ALL SERVICE UNDER ANY TITLE, POSITION OR APPOINTMENT.
   10    S 2. The administrative code of the city of New  York  is  amended  by
   11  adding a new section 14-117.1 to read as follows:
   12    S  14-117.1  SERVICE  IN AN UNDERCOVER CAPACITY; LIMITATION.  NOTWITH-
   13  STANDING ANY INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF LAW, RULE OR  REGULATION  OF  THE
   14  DEPARTMENT  OR THE COMMISSIONER, A MEMBER OF THE POLICE FORCE, INCLUDING
   15  POLICE DETECTIVES, SHALL NOT BE  REQUIRED  TO  SERVE  IN  AN  UNDERCOVER
   16  ASSIGNMENT  OR  CAPACITY  FOR  A PERIOD OF TIME WHICH EXCEEDS THIRTY-SIX
   17  MONTHS. SUCH TIME LIMIT SHALL BE THE AGGREGATE OF ALL SERVICE UNDER  ANY
   18  TITLE, POSITION OR APPOINTMENT.
   19    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04794-01-3