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Jan 03, 2018 |
referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs |
Jan 11, 2017 |
referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs |
Senate Bill S1923
2017-2018 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
(R, C) Senate District
2017-S1923 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A3235
- Current Committee:
- Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
- Law Section:
- Executive Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §215, Exec L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2015-2016:
S5551, A8014
2019-2020: A4424
2017-S1923 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1923 TITLE OF BILL : An act to amend the executive law, in relation to the eligibility of military police for appointment to the state police PURPOSE : To extend the eligibility of military police for appointment to the New York State Police. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : Section 1 amends § 215(3) of the executive law to provide that any applicant to the New York State Police that is a former military police officer shall be eligible for appointment so long as his or her age does not exceed fifty-five years on the date of appointment and provided that his or her application is filed within eight months of their discharge from active military duty. Section 2 provides the effective date. EXISTING LAW : Pursuant to § 210 of the Executive Law, the division of the state police in the executive department is known as the "New York State Police." The head of the New York State Police shall be the
2017-S1923 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1923 2017-2018 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E January 11, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sens. RITCHIE, LARKIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Home- land Security and Military Affairs AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the eligibility of military police for appointment to the state police THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 215 of the executive law, as amended by chapter 478 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows: 3. The sworn members of the New York state police shall be appointed by the superintendent and permanent appointees may be removed by the superintendent only after a hearing. No person shall be appointed to the New York state police force as a sworn member unless he or she shall be a citizen of the United States, between the ages of twenty-one and twen- ty-nine years except that in the superintendent's discretion, the maxi- mum age may be extended to thirty-five years. ANY APPLICANT THAT IS A FORMER MILITARY POLICE OFFICER SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR APPOINTMENT SO LONG AS HIS OR HER AGE DOES NOT EXCEED FIFTY-FIVE YEARS ON THE DATE OF APPOINTMENT AND PROVIDED THAT HIS OR HER APPLICATION IS FILED WITHIN EIGHT MONTHS OF THEIR DISCHARGE FROM ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY. Notwithstand- ing any other provision of law or any general or special law to the contrary the time spent on military duty, not exceeding a total of six years, shall be subtracted from the age of any applicant who has passed his or her twenty-ninth birthday, solely for the purpose of permitting qualification as to age and for no other purpose. Such limitations as to age however shall not apply to persons appointed to the positions of counsel, first assistant counsel, assistant counsel, and assistant depu- ty superintendent for employee relations nor to any person appointed to the bureau of criminal investigation pursuant to section two hundred sixteen of this article nor shall any person be appointed unless he or EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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