S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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9985
I N A S S E M B L Y
April 30, 2012
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Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Governmental Employees
AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to including environ-
mental police officers and forest rangers in provisions permitting
transfer of police officers
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 3 and paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision 4
of section 58 of the civil service law, as amended by chapter 435 of the
laws of 1997, are amended to read as follows:
3. As used in this section, the term "police officer" means a member
of the regional state park police, THE DIVISION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IN
THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, SUPERVISOR OF FOREST
RANGER SERVICES, ASSISTANT SUPERVISOR OF FOREST RANGER SERVICES, FOREST
RANGER 3, FOREST RANGER 2 AND FOREST RANGER 1 EMPLOYED BY THE STATE
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION or a police force, police
department, or other organization of a county, city, town, village,
housing authority, transit authority or police district, who is respon-
sible for the prevention and detection of crime and the enforcement of
the general criminal laws of the state, but shall not include any person
serving as such solely by virtue of his occupying any other office or
position, nor shall such term include a sheriff, under-sheriff, commis-
sioner of police, deputy or assistant commissioner of police, chief of
police, deputy or assistant chief of police or any person having an
equivalent title who is appointed or employed to exercise equivalent
supervisory authority.
(a) Any person who has received provisional or permanent appointment
in the competitive class of the civil service as a police officer of the
regional state park police, THE DIVISION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE STATE
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, SUPERVISOR OF FOREST RANGER
SERVICES, ASSISTANT SUPERVISOR OF FOREST RANGER SERVICES, FOREST RANGER
3, FOREST RANGER 2 AND FOREST RANGER 1 EMPLOYED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT
OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION or any police force or police department
of any county, city, town, village, housing authority, transit authority
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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or police district shall be eligible to resign from any police force or
police department, and to be appointed as a police officer in the same
or any other police force or police department without satisfying the
age requirements set forth in paragraph (a) of subdivision one of this
section at the time of such second or subsequent appointment, provided
such second or subsequent appointment occurs within thirty days of the
date of resignation.
(b) Any person who has received permanent appointment in the compet-
itive class of the civil service as a police officer of the regional
state park police, THE DIVISION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE STATE DEPART-
MENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, SUPERVISOR OF FOREST RANGER
SERVICES, ASSISTANT SUPERVISOR OF FOREST RANGER SERVICES, FOREST RANGER
3, FOREST RANGER 2 AND FOREST RANGER 1 EMPLOYED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT
OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION or any police force or police department
of any county, city, town, village, housing authority, transit authority
or police district shall be eligible to resign from any police force or
police department and, subject to such civil service rules as may be
applicable, shall be eligible for reinstatement in the same police force
or police department or in any other police force or police department
to which he was eligible for transfer, without satisfying the age
requirements set forth in paragraph (a) of subdivision one of this
section at the time of such reinstatement, provided such reinstatement
occurs within one year of the date of resignation.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.