NY State Senate Bill 2009-S4300

Senate Bill S4300

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes Ronald Martin and Norman L. Shaffer, Jr. to take the competitive exam for police officer and be placed on the eligible list for certain positions

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Civil Service And Pensions Committee

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2009-S4300 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:: Policemen
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:: S3136

2009-S4300 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes Ronald Martin and Norman L. Shaffer, Jr. to take the competitive exam for police officer and be placed on the eligible list for certain positions as village patrolmen.

2009-S4300 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S4300

 TITLE OF BILL :
An act to authorize certain individuals to take the competitive civil
service examination and be placed on the eligible list for appointment
as a full-time police officer for the village of Greene and the
village of Oxford, county of Chenango


 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
This legislation authorizes the State of New York to allow Ronald
Martin, of the Village of Oxford in Chenango County, and Norman L.
Shaffer, of the Village of Greene in Chenango County exemption from
the age requirements of Civil Service Law Section 58.

 JUSTIFICATION :
The Civil Service Law requires that a full-time competitive police
officer be no less than twenty years, and no more than thirty-five
years of age. This limits the ability of small municipalities such as
Green and Oxford to locate and hire the best full-time police officers
available.

The Villages of Oxford and Greene currently have open full-time
competitive police officer positions.

Ronald Martin (Oxford) and Norman L. Shaffer, Jr. (Greene) are police

Academy graduates. Both men are currently serving as part-time police
offices with their respective village departments and would qualify as
top-tier candidates for the available positions, were they not above
the age restrictions. Mr. Martin, 38 and Mr. Shaffer, 45 have proven
themselves as exceptional police officers and are in great physical
shape.

Both men have reputations that have earned them the full support of
all the Village Boards along with the Chief of police in the Villages
of Oxford and Greene, yet the villages are unable to allows these
part-time officers positions with full-time status. It has therefore
been requested by the two villages that this legislation be enacted
upon by the State in order to afford them the opportunity to be exempt
from the age requirements of Civil Service Law Section 58, to allow
them to take the Civil Service Exam and enter the pool of qualified
applicants for the open positions.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :
New bill.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :
None.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

2009-S4300 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  4300

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 21, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  LIBOUS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions

AN ACT to authorize certain individuals to take  the  competitive  civil
  service examination and be placed on the eligible list for appointment
  as  a  full-time  police  officer  for  the  village of Greene and the
  village of Oxford, county of Chenango

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

  Section  1.  Notwithstanding the provisions of section 58 of the civil
service law, or any other law to the contrary, Ronald  Martin,  who  has
been  continuously employed by the villages of Greene and Oxford, in the
county of Chenango, as a part-time patrolman, shall be eligible to  take
the  competitive  civil  service  examination for the position of police
officer and shall, contingent upon his score  on  such  examination,  be
eligible  to  be  placed on the eligible list for appointment as a full-
time patrolman for the village of Oxford.
  S 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 58 of the civil service
law, or any other law to the contrary, Norman L. Shaffer, Jr.,  who  has
been  continuously employed by the villages of Greene and Oxford, in the
county of Chenango, as a part-time patrolman, shall be eligible to  take
the  competitive  civil  service  examination for the position of police
officer and shall, contingent upon his score  on  such  examination,  be
eligible  to  be  placed on the eligible list for appointment as a full-
time patrolman for the village of Greene.
  S 3. Both Ronald Martin and Norman L. Shaffer, Jr. shall otherwise  be
subject  to  the  merit  and fitness provisions of the civil service law
applicable to full-time police officers.
  S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10767-01-9

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