Assembly Bill A7219

Vetoed By Governor
2013-2014 Legislative Session

Provides that investigators within the division of state police who completed three continuous years or more shall not be demoted without a hearing

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Vetoed By Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A7219 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S96
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง215, Exec L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A9431, S6544

2013-A7219 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Grants those assigned or employed for three continuous years as investigators and senior investigators in the bureau of criminal investigation or as a station commander, corporal, zone commander, zone sergeant, first sergeant, staff sergeant, captain or major within the division of state police protection from removal or other disciplinary action without a hearing.

2013-A7219 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7219

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 8, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Governmental Employees

AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to longevity in title for
  investigative employees of the division of state police

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section  215  of  the  executive  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  478  of  the  laws  of 2004, is amended to read as
follows:
  3. The sworn members of the New York state police shall  be  appointed
by  the  superintendent  and  permanent appointees may be removed by the
superintendent only after a hearing.  MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED  OR
APPOINTED  AS  INVESTIGATORS  OR  SENIOR  INVESTIGATORS IN THE BUREAU OF
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION OR AS A STATION COMMANDER, CORPORAL, ZONE COMMAN-
DER, ZONE SERGEANT, FIRST SERGEANT, STAFF SERGEANT, CAPTAIN OR MAJOR FOR
A PERIOD OF THREE CONTINUOUS YEARS OR MORE MAY  BE  REMOVED  OR  DEMOTED
FROM  SUCH ASSIGNMENT OR APPOINTMENT ONLY AFTER A HEARING, THE PROCEDURE
OF WHICH SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH REGULATIONS ADOPTED BY  THE  SUPER-
INTENDENT  OF  STATE POLICE; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT A HEARING SHALL NOT
BE REQUIRED WHEN REDUCTION IN RANK FROM SUCH POSITION IS BASED SOLELY ON
REASONS  OF  THE  ECONOMY,  CONSOLIDATION  OR  ABOLITION  OF  FUNCTIONS,
CURTAILMENT  OF ACTIVITIES OR OTHERWISE. No person shall be appointed to
the New York state police force as a sworn member unless he or she shall
be a citizen of the United States, between the ages  of  twenty-one  and
twenty-nine  years  except  that in the superintendent's discretion, the
maximum age may be extended to thirty-five  years.  Notwithstanding  any
other provision of law or any general or special law to the contrary the
time  spent  on military duty, not exceeding a total of six years, shall
be subtracted from the age of any applicant who has passed  his  or  her
twenty-ninth  birthday,  solely for the purpose of permitting qualifica-
tion as to age and for no other purpose.  Such  limitations  as  to  age

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD01967-01-3
              

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