STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9011 IN SENATE June 13, 2018 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LITTLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to authorize the commissioner of the department of civil service to reinstate Edward P. Ackley on the eligible civil service list for employment as a full-time police officer for the village of Hudson Falls The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 58 of the civil 2 service law or any other provision of law to the contrary, Edward P. 3 Ackley who is now no longer deemed eligible for employment as a village 4 of Hudson Falls police officer due to a change in the law that was 5 implemented by chapter 561 of the laws of 2015 which amended section 58 6 of the civil service law to include village police officers in the defi- 7 nition of police officers subject to a thirty-five year old maximum age 8 limit, shall be exempt from said thirty-five year old maximum age limit 9 and shall be eligible for employment as a village of Hudson Falls police 10 officer. Edward P. Ackley shall otherwise be subject to the merit and 11 fitness provisions of the civil service laws applicable to full-time 12 police officers. 13 § 2. The commissioner of the department of civil service shall rein- 14 state Edward P. Ackley on the eligible civil service list, without lost 15 rank or seniority, provided Mr. Ackley files a request to that effect 16 with the state comptroller by January 1, 2019. Any such reinstatement 17 shall be effective immediately. 18 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD16285-01-8