Bill Text: NY S07436 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to salary increases for heads of police departments of municipalities, districts or authorities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-29 - REFERRED TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT [S07436 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S07436-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7436 IN SENATE April 29, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ROBACH -- 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, in relation to salary increases for heads of police departments of municipalities, districts or authorities 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 207-m to read as follows: 3 § 207-m. Salary increases for heads of police departments of munici- 4 palities, districts or authorities. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of 5 any general, special or local law or administrative code to the contra- 6 ry, and except in police departments which employ five hundred seventy- 7 five or more permanent sworn police personnel, whenever the base salary 8 or other compensation of the permanent full-time police officer who is a 9 member of a negotiating unit and who is the highest ranking subordinate 10 to the head of the police department in such unit, is increased, the 11 salary, as defined in subdivision two of this section, of the permanent 12 full-time head of the police department shall be increased by at least 13 the same dollar amount of the base salary increase received by such next 14 subordinate police officer, and the other compensation, as defined in 15 subdivision two of this section, of the permanent full-time head of the 16 police department shall be increased to the same extent and with the 17 same conditions as the other compensation received by the next subordi- 18 nate police officer in the event that such subordinate officer's other 19 compensation is increased. The provisions of this section shall not 20 apply to any head of a police department who is a member of a collective 21 negotiating unit established pursuant to article fourteen of the civil 22 service law. 23 2. For the purposes of this section, salary shall mean fixed periodic 24 compensation payable by an employer to or for the account of the employ- 25 ee for personal services rendered by such employee; other compensation 26 shall mean all other forms of benefits which are credited to employees 27 as a term of employment, which shall specifically include, but not be EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD05088-01-5S. 7436 2 1 limited to, employer contribution to or payments of insurance or welfare 2 benefits and employer contributions to pension or annuity funds. Over- 3 time, holiday and shift differential pay shall not be considered as 4 salary or other compensation unless by resolution, ordinance, special or 5 local law the municipality, district or authority elects to include 6 these items of compensation within the employment benefit package of the 7 permanent full-time head of the police department. 8 3. Employers of a permanent full-time head of the police department 9 covered by this section shall not be required to compensate a newly 10 appointed permanent full-time head of the police department at the same 11 salary level as the permanent full-time head of the police department 12 who occupied the position immediately prior to such appointment. After 13 such appointment, the salary and other compensation of a newly appointed 14 permanent full-time head of police shall be subject to subdivisions one 15 and two of this section. 16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
