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Jan 05, 2022 |
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Feb 26, 2021 |
referred to investigations and government operations |
Senate Bill S5253
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 56th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(D, WF) 55th Senate District
(D, WF) 47th Senate District
(D, WF) 48th Senate District
2021-S5253 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Investigations And Government Operations
- Law Section:
- Public Officers Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §3, Pub Off L
2021-S5253 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Authorizes every city with a population of more than ninety thousand but less than three hundred thousand to have the authority to enact a local law requiring any person who is appointed as a member of the police force of such city to be a resident of such city during his or her employment as a member of such police force; makes related provisions.
2021-S5253 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5253 SPONSOR: COONEY TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the public officers law, in relation to certain police residency requirements SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 amends subdivision 2 of section 3 of the public officers law to add inclusive gender pronouns. Section 2 amends section 3 of the public officers law by adding a new subdivision 71 which authorizes every city with a population between 90,000 and 300,000 to enact a local law requiring any person who is a member of the police force of such city to be a resident of the city. Such local law shall, to the extent practicable, be enacted in such a way as to achieve the goal of at least fifty percent residency for members of the police force within five years and one hundred percent within ten years.
2021-S5253 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5253 2021-2022 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 26, 2021 ___________ Introduced by Sens. COONEY, BROUK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Government Operations AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to certain police residency requirements THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 3 of the public officers law, as amended by chapter 1004 of the laws of 1966, is amended to read as follows: 2. Neither the provisions of this section or of any general, special or local law, charter, code, ordinance, resolution, rule or regulation, requiring a person to be a resident of the political subdivision or municipal corporation of the state for which he OR SHE shall be chosen or within which his OR HER official functions are required to be exer- cised, shall apply to the appointment of a person as a member of the police force of any political subdivision or municipal corporation of the state if such person resides (a) in the county in which such poli- tical subdivision or municipal corporation is located; or (b) in a coun- ty within the state contiguous to the county in which such political subdivision or municipal corporation is located; or (c) in a county within the state contiguous to such political subdivision or municipal corporation; or (d) in a county within the state contiguous to a county described in item (c) hereof where the former is less than fifteen miles from such political subdivision or municipal corporation, measured from their respective nearest boundary lines; or (e) in a county within the state contiguous to a county described in item (d) hereof where the former is less than thirty miles from such political subdivision or municipal corporation, measured from their respective nearest boundary lines. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09426-01-1
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