Senate Bill S3882

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Establishes maximum age requirements for New York city correctional officers

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Cities 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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2019-S3882 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5814
Current Committee:
Senate Cities
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Add §9-117.2, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S4261, A6921
2013-2014: S3713, A4909
2015-2016: S3397, A7420
2017-2018: S5253, A4400
2021-2022: S1609, A4031
2023-2024: S5491, A3763

2019-S3882 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes maximum age requirements for New York city correction 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.

2019-S3882 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S3882 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3882
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 20, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- 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:
   §  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 B 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.
   §  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.
                                                            LBD09919-01-9

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