Senate Bill S106A

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Lifts mandatory hiring and retirement ages for state and municipal police

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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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2013-S106 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8904
Current Committee:
Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §58, Civ Serv L; amd §215, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S7342
2011-2012: S5386
2015-2016: S531, A2341

2013-S106 - Summary

Lifts mandatory hiring and retirement ages for state and municipal police.

2013-S106 - Sponsor Memo

2013-S106 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                   106

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions

AN ACT to amend the civil service law and the executive law, in relation
  to lifting mandatory hiring and retirement ages for state and  munici-
  pal police

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 58 of  the  civil
service  law,  as amended by chapter 346 of the laws of 2008, is amended
to read as follows:
  (a) he or she is not less than twenty years of age as of the  date  of
appointment  [nor more than thirty-five years of age as of the date when
the applicant takes the written examination, provided that  the  maximum
age  requirement  of thirty-five years of age as set forth in this para-
graph shall not apply to eligible lists finalized pursuant to  an  exam-
ination  administered  prior to May thirty-first, nineteen hundred nine-
ty-nine, provided, however, that:
  (i) time spent on military duty or on terminal leave, not exceeding  a
total  of  six  years, shall be subtracted from the age of any applicant
who has passed his or her thirty-fifth birthday as provided in  subdivi-
sion ten-a of section two hundred forty-three of the military law;
  (ii) such maximum age requirement of thirty-five years shall not apply
to  any  police officer as defined in subdivision thirty-four of section
1.20 of the criminal procedure law, who was continuously employed by the
Buffalo municipal housing authority between January first, two  thousand
five  and June thirtieth, two thousand five and who takes the next writ-
ten exam offered after the effective date of this  subparagraph  by  the
city  of  Buffalo  civil  service  commission for employment as a police
officer in the city of Buffalo police department, or June thirtieth, two
thousand six, whichever is later; and

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

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2013-S106A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8904
Current Committee:
Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §58, Civ Serv L; amd §215, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S7342
2011-2012: S5386
2015-2016: S531, A2341

2013-S106A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Lifts mandatory hiring and retirement ages for state and municipal police.

2013-S106A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S106A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 106--A

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. GALLIVAN, MAZIARZ -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and
  Pensions -- recommitted to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
  in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
  amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
  tee

AN ACT to amend the civil service law and the executive law, in relation
  to lifting mandatory hiring and retirement ages for state and  munici-
  pal police

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 1 of section 58 of  the  civil
service  law,  as amended by chapter 244 of the laws of 2013, is amended
to read as follows:
  (a) he or she is not less than twenty years of age as of the  date  of
appointment  [nor more than thirty-five years of age as of the date when
the applicant takes the written examination, provided that  the  maximum
age  requirement  of thirty-five years of age as set forth in this para-
graph shall not apply to eligible lists finalized pursuant to  an  exam-
ination  administered  prior to May thirty-first, nineteen hundred nine-
ty-nine  or  a  police  officer  in  the  department  of   environmental
conservation, provided, however, that:
  (i)  time spent on military duty or on terminal leave, not exceeding a
total of six years, shall be subtracted from the age  of  any  applicant
who  has passed his or her thirty-fifth birthday as provided in subdivi-
sion ten-a of section two hundred forty-three of the military law;
  (ii) such maximum age requirement of thirty-five years shall not apply
to any police officer as defined in subdivision thirty-four  of  section
1.20 of the criminal procedure law, who was continuously employed by the
Buffalo  municipal housing authority between January first, two thousand

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

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