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Assembly Bill A8507

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Allows employers to suspend a police officer without pay pending disciplinary charges

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2009-A8507 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5656
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
Town Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง155, Town L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A7761, S5336
2013-2014: A7018, S4824

2009-A8507 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows employers to suspend a police officer without pay pending disciplinary charges.

2009-A8507 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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    S. 5656                                                  A. 8507

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                              May 26, 2009
                               ___________

IN  SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. SAVINO -- read twice and ordered print-
  ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Govern-
  ment

IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once  and  referred
  to the Committee on Governmental Employees

AN  ACT  to amend the town law, in relation to the employer's ability to
  suspend a police officer without pay pending disciplinary charges

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

  Section  1.  The  second  undesignated paragraph of section 155 of the
town law, as amended by chapter 310 of the laws of 1962, is  amended  to
read as follows:
  Any  member  of  such department found guilty upon charges, after five
days' notice and an opportunity to be heard in his defense,  of  neglect
or  dereliction  in the performance of official duty, or of violation of
rules or regulations or disobedience,  or  of  incompetency  to  perform
official  duty,  or  of  an  act  of delinquency seriously affecting his
general character or fitness for office, may be  punished  by  the  town
board  having  jurisdiction, by reprimand, by forfeiture and withholding
of salary or compensation for a  specified  time  not  exceeding  twenty
days,  by  extra  tours  or  hours of duty during a specified period not
exceeding twenty days, by suspension from duty for a specified time  not
exceeding  twenty  days  and  the  withholding of salary or compensation
during such suspension, or by dismissal from the department. Such  board
shall  have  the  power  to  suspend,  without pay, pending the trial of
charges, any member of such police department IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION
SEVENTY-FIVE OF THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW.   If any member  of  such  police
department  so  suspended  shall  not  be  convicted  of  the charges so
preferred, he shall be entitled to full pay from the date of suspension.
The conviction of a member of such police department by the  town  board

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10880-01-9

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