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Senate Bill S4261

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Establishes maximum age requirements for New York city correctional officers

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2011-S4261 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6921
Current Committee:
Senate Cities
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Add ยง9-117.2, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S3713, A4909
2015-2016: S3397, A7420
2017-2018: S5253, A4400
2019-2020: S3882, A5814
2021-2022: S1609, A4031
2023-2024: S5491, A3763
2025-2026: S4900, A8093

2011-S4261 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes maximum age requirements for New York city correctional officers; provides that the commissioner of correction shall not appoint a person as a correction officer if such person is more than thirty-five years of age as of the date of the applicant's appointment or eligibility to compete in a promotion examination.

2011-S4261 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S4261 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  4261

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 25, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities

AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
  relation  to  establishing  maximum age requirements for New York city
  correctional officers

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

  Section  1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended
by adding a new section 9-117.2 to read as follows:
  S 9-117.2 REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTMENTS  OF  UNIFORMED  FORCE  OF  THE
DEPARTMENT  OF  CORRECTION.  A. THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION SHALL NOT
APPOINT ANY PERSON AS A UNIFORMED CORRECTION OFFICER OF  THE  DEPARTMENT
OF  CORRECTION  UNLESS  SUCH PERSON IS NOT LESS THAN TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF
AGE AS OF THE DATE OF APPOINTMENT NOR MORE THAN THIRTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE
AS OF THE DATE WHEN THE APPLICANT IS APPOINTED OR ELIGIBLE TO COMPETE IN
A PROMOTION EXAMINATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH ONE OF  SUBDIVISION  A  OF
SECTION 9-117 OF THIS CHAPTER.
  B.  NOTHING  IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO LIMIT OR AFFECT THE
EXISTING AUTHORITY OF THE MAYOR AND  COMMISSIONER  TO  APPOINT  NON-UNI-
FORMED  PERSONS, WHOSE DUTIES INCLUDE OVERALL SECURITY OF THE DEPARTMENT
OF CORRECTION, TO POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY.
  S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
have  become  a  law  and  shall apply to appointments established on or
after such date.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10370-01-1

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