Senate Bill S2263

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes the local enactment of residency requirements for certain employees of police departments; salary increases and civil service credit

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee


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

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2017-S2263 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §3, Pub Off L; add §207-r, Gen Muni L; amd §58, Civ Serv L; amd §§1310 & 606, add §1330-a, Tax L; add §466-k, RPT L; add §677-b, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S3112
2011-2012: S3025
2013-2014: S85
2015-2016: S2372
2019-2020: S4268, S4968
2021-2022: S4751, S4936
2023-2024: S5873, S7343

2017-S2263 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the enactment of local laws requiring residency in cities with a population of one million or more for members of the police force appointed to such positions; provides increased salaries for certain police officers who are residents of certain cities; provides additional credits on competitive exams for original appointment of police officers, tax credits, real property tax credits and student loan forgiveness based upon residency in certain cities.

2017-S2263 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S2263 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2263
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 12, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the public officers law, the general municipal  law  and
   the  civil service law, in relation to residency requirements, salary,
   and civil service exam credits for police officers in certain  cities;
   to  amend  the  tax  law and the real property tax law, in relation to
   establishing certain tax credits for resident police officers; and  to
   amend  the  education  law,  in  relation  to  the police officer loan
   forgiveness program
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 66 to read as follows:
   66. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION,
 A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE SHALL HAVE THE AUTHORITY
 TO  ENACT  A LOCAL LAW SUBSEQUENT TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION REQUIRING ANY PERSON WHO IS APPOINTED AS A  MEMBER  OF  THE  POLICE
 FORCE  OF  SUCH  CITY  TO BE A RESIDENT OF SUCH A CITY DURING HIS OR HER
 EMPLOYMENT AS A POLICE OFFICER; PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT NOTHING  IN  THIS
 SUBDIVISION  SHALL  AUTHORIZE  SUCH  LOCAL  LAW TO AFFECT ANY PERSON WHO
 ENTERED SUCH CITY SERVICE AS A  POLICE  OFFICER  PRIOR  TO  THIRTY  DAYS
 SUBSEQUENT TO THE DATE OF ENACTMENT OF THE LOCAL LAW.
   §  2.  The  general  municipal  law is amended by adding a new section
 207-r to read as follows:
   § 207-R. SALARIES OF POLICE OFFICERS  WHO  ARE  RESIDENTS  OF  CERTAIN
 CITIES.  A  CITY  WITH  A  POPULATION OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND OR MORE IS
 HEREBY AUTHORIZED TO ADOPT A LOCAL LAW TO PROVIDE THAT THE SALARY  OF  A
 POLICE OFFICER OF SUCH CITY WHO IS A RESIDENT THEREOF SHALL BE INCREASED
 BY AN AMOUNT OF FIVE PERCENT OR MORE OF SUCH OFFICER'S BASE SALARY.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06689-01-7
              

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