Senate Bill S2064

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Allows salary and civil service exam credits for police officers in certain cities and property tax credits for resident officers

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  • 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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2009-S2064 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9742
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §207-s, Gen Muni L; amd §58, Civ Serv L; amd §§1310 & 606, add §1330-a, Tax L; add §466-j, RPT L; add §677-b, Ed L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S3131, A6802
2013-2014: S1469, A2456
2015-2016: S1364, A3427
2017-2018: S3261, A4157
2019-2020: S4439, A6894
2021-2022: S4805, A4400
2023-2024: S6040, A5967

2009-S2064 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows salary and civil service exam credits for police officers in certain cities and property tax credits for resident officers and student loan forgiveness program for certain police officers.

2009-S2064 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S2064 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  2064

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 11, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens. HUNTLEY, DIAZ, ESPADA, MONSERRATE, PARKER, SAMPSON
  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
  the Committee on Local Government

AN ACT to amend the general municipal law and the civil service law,  in
  relation  to 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.  The  general  municipal  law  is  amended by adding a new
section 207-s to read as follows:
  S 207-S. 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.
  S  2.  Section  58 of the civil service law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 7 to read as follows:
  7. (A) A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE HUNDRED  THOUSAND  OR  MORE  IS
AUTHORIZED TO ADOPT A LOCAL LAW WHICH WOULD GRANT RESIDENTS OF SUCH CITY
ADDITIONAL  CREDITS IN COMPETITIVE EXAMINATIONS FOR ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT
AS A POLICE OFFICER PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
  (B) IN THE EVENT OF THE ENACTMENT OF A LOCAL LAW PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH
(A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, ON AN ELIGIBLE LIST RESULTING  FROM  A  COMPET-
ITIVE  EXAMINATION  FOR  ORIGINAL  APPOINTMENT  AS A POLICE OFFICER, THE
NAMES OF THE ELIGIBLE SHALL BE ENTERED IN THE ORDER OF THEIR  RESPECTIVE
FINAL  EARNED RATINGS ON EXAMINATION, WITH THE NAME OF THE ELIGIBLE WITH
THE HIGHEST FINAL EARNED RATING AT  THE  HEAD  OF  SUCH  LIST,  PROVIDED
HOWEVER,  THAT  FOR  THE PURPOSES OF DETERMINING FINAL EARNED RATINGS, A

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02678-01-9
              

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