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Senate Bill S2241

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Establishes qualifications to hold the office of sheriff or undersheriff

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2009-S2241 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
County Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง650-a, County L

2009-S2241 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes qualifications to hold the office of sheriff or undersheriff; provides that no person be convicted of a felony and meet certain educational requirements.

2009-S2241 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S2241 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2241

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 13, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens.  VOLKER,  RANZENHOFER,  WINNER  --  read twice and
  ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
  Local Government

AN  ACT  to  amend the county law, in relation to qualifications to hold
  the office of sheriff or undersheriff

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

  Section  1. The county law is amended by adding a new section 650-a to
read as follows:
  S 650-A. QUALIFICATIONS TO HOLD OFFICE  OF  SHERIFF  OR  UNDERSHERIFF.
NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY OTHER LAW TO THE CONTRARY, NO PERSON SHALL HOLD THE
OFFICE OF SHERIFF OR UNDERSHERIFF UNLESS HE OR SHE MEETS  THE  FOLLOWING
QUALIFICATIONS:
  1.  NO  PERSON WITH A CONVICTION FOR A FELONY OR FOR A FRAUD, OFFICIAL
MISCONDUCT, PERJURY OR MAKING A FALSE STATEMENT  SHALL  BE  ELIGIBLE  TO
HOLD THE OFFICE OF SHERIFF OR UNDERSHERIFF. PRIOR TO ASSUMING THE OFFICE
OF  SHERIFF  OR  UNDERSHERIFF,  A PERSON SHALL BE REQUIRED TO BE FINGER-
PRINTED BY AN APPROPRIATE AUTHORITY, AND FINGERPRINTS SHALL BE SUBMITTED
TO BOTH THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AND THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL
JUSTICE SERVICES FOR CRIMINAL HISTORY VERIFICATION.
  2. PRIOR TO ASSUMING THE OFFICE OF SHERIFF, A PERSON MUST HAVE  PREVI-
OUSLY  ATTENDED  A  BASIC NEW SHERIFF TRAINING COURSE TO BE SPONSORED BY
THE NEW YORK STATE SHERIFFS' ASSOCIATION, INC., OR ANY SUCCESSOR  ORGAN-
IZATION,  CONSISTING  OF FORTY HOURS OF TRAINING. SUCH TRAINING SHALL BE
OFFERED FOLLOWING THE ELECTION OF THE SHERIFF; PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT
IN  THE EVENT OF AN APPOINTMENT TO THE OFFICE OF SHERIFF BY THE GOVERNOR
OR A COUNTY JUDGE, SUCH TRAINING SHALL BE OFFERED AND COMPLETED AS  SOON
AS PRACTICABLE AFTER THE APPOINTMENT.
  S  2.  This  act  shall take effect on the sixtieth day after it shall
have become a law and shall apply  to  all  persons  to  be  elected  or
appointed  to  the  office  of  sheriff or undersheriff on or after such
effective date.

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

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