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.

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S4261-2011 Actions

• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO CITIES
• Jun 24, 2011: COMMITTED TO RULES
• Jun 14, 2011: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• Jun 13, 2011: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• Jun 7, 2011: 1ST REPORT CAL.1130
• Mar 25, 2011: REFERRED TO CITIES

S4261-2011 Meetings

Cities: Jun 7, 2011

S4261-2011 Calendars

Floor Calendar: Jun 13, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 14, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 15, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 16, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 17, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 21, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 22, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 23, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 24, 2011

S4261-2011 Votes

S4261-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S4261

TITLE OF BILL:
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

PURPOSE:
To establish maximum age requirements for New York City correctional
officers.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
The administrative code of the City of New York is amended by adding a
new section 9-117.2. Section A. states that the commissioner of
correction shall not appoint any new uniformed correction officer if
they are under twenty-one years of age or over thirty-five years of
age.
Section B. states that nothing in this section shall limit or effect
the existing authority of the mayor and commissioner to appoint
non-uniformed persons.

JUSTIFICATION:
Correction officers are part of the uniformed services of New York and
the age requirements should be the same as those of police officers.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
S.7586 of 2005-06 3rd Reading Calendar
S.3303 of 2007-08 3rd Reading Calendar

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
have become a law, with provisions.

S4261-2011 Text

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

                                    4261

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                               March 25, 2011
                                 ___________

  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:


    Section  1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended
  by adding a new section 9-117.2 to read as follows:

    S 9-117.2 REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTMENTS  OF  UNIFORMED  FORCE  OF  THE
  DEPARTMENT  OF  CORRECTION.  A. THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION SHALL NOT
  APPOINT ANY PERSON AS A UNIFORMED CORRECTION OFFICER OF  THE  DEPARTMENT
  OF  CORRECTION  UNLESS  SUCH PERSON IS NOT LESS THAN TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF
  AGE AS OF THE DATE OF APPOINTMENT NOR MORE THAN THIRTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE
  AS OF THE DATE WHEN THE APPLICANT IS APPOINTED OR ELIGIBLE TO COMPETE IN
  A PROMOTION EXAMINATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH ONE OF  SUBDIVISION  A  OF
  SECTION 9-117 OF THIS CHAPTER.
    B.  NOTHING  IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO LIMIT OR AFFECT THE
  EXISTING AUTHORITY OF THE MAYOR AND  COMMISSIONER  TO  APPOINT  NON-UNI-
  FORMED  PERSONS, WHOSE DUTIES INCLUDE OVERALL SECURITY OF THE DEPARTMENT
  OF CORRECTION, TO POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY.
    S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
  have  become  a  law  and  shall apply to appointments established on or
  after such date.



   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD10370-01-1