NY State Senate Bill 2017-S3693

Senate Bill S3693

Signed By Governor

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes Marie E. Abraham to take the competitive civil service examination and be placed on the eligible list for appointment as a full-time police officer for the City of Mechanicville, County of Saratoga

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A5976 - Signed by Governor

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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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jul 24, 2017	signed chap.93
Jul 12, 2017	delivered to governor
Jun 13, 2017	returned to assembly passed senate home rule request 3rd reading cal.1328 substituted for s3693
Jun 13, 2017	substituted by a5976
Jun 05, 2017	advanced to third reading
May 24, 2017	2nd report cal.
May 23, 2017	1st report cal.1328
Jan 25, 2017	referred to civil service and pensions

Votes

- Jun 13, 2017 - Floor Vote
  A5976
  
  63
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 13, 2017
      
      aye (63)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Alcantara
      
      Amedore
      
      Avella
      
      Bailey
      
      Benjamin
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brooks
      
      Carlucci
      
      Comrie
      
      Croci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Diaz
      
      Dilan
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Funke
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Hamilton
      
      Hannon
      
      Helming
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jacobs
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Latimer
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Marchione
      
      Montgomery
      
      Murphy
      
      O'Mara
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Persaud
      
      Phillips
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Squadron
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Valesky
      
      Young
  May 23, 2017 - Civil Service And Pensions Committee Vote
  S3693
  
  11
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Civil Service And Pensions Committee Vote: May 23, 2017
      
      aye (11)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Croci
      
      Golden
      
      Lanza
      
      Ortt
      
      Persaud
      
      Phillips
      
      Ritchie
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Serrano

2017-S3693 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A5976
Law Section:: Civil Service

2017-S3693 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes Marie E. Abraham to take the competitive civil service examination and be placed on the eligible list for appointment as a full-time police officer for the city of Mechanicville, county of Saratoga.

2017-S3693 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S3693

 TITLE OF BILL :  An act to authorize Marie E. Abraham to take the
competitive civil service examination and be placed on the eligible
list for appointment as a full-time police officer for the City of
Mechanicville, County of Saratoga

 PURPOSE :

Authorizes Marie E. Abraham to take the competitive exam for police
officer and be placed on the eligible list for such position in the
City of Mechanicville.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1: Authorizes Marie E. Abraham to sit for the civil service
exam and be placed on the eligibility list for full time police
officer for the City of Mechanicville.

Section 2: Establishes the effective date as immediately.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Due to the provisions under the Civil Service Law, the City of
Mechanicville has requested legislation to permit one of their
part-time officers, Marie E. Abraham, to be eligible to take the civil

service examination since she is currently older than 35 years old.

Recruiting and retaining well-qualified full time police officers is
challenging for small and rural police departments. At the request of
the Mayor of the City of Mechanicville and the Chief of Police, and by
resolution of the City Council, this bill would address this issue by
allowing a part time police officer of the City of Mechanicville
Police Department to be eligible for full time status. While age
restrictions certainly have practical value, they do not always
reflect the ability of some candidates to perform full time police
duties. According to the Chief of Police, Officer Abraham (part time
since 2011) is perfectly competent to perform the duties required of a
full time police officer, rating her skills as "exemplary" even
outperforming some of her younger coworkers.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

This is a new bill.

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

None

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
This act shall take effect immediately.

2017-S3693 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3693
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 25, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. MARCHIONE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
 
 AN  ACT  to  authorize  Marie  E.  Abraham to take the competitive civil
   service examination and be placed on the eligible list for appointment
   as a full-time police officer for the City of Mechanicville, County of
   Saratoga
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Notwithstanding the provisions of section 58 of the civil
 service law, or any other law to the contrary, Marie E. Abraham who  has
 been  continuously  employed by the City of Mechanicville, in the County
 of Saratoga, as a part-time police officer, shall be  eligible  to  take
 the  competitive  Civil  Service  examination for the position of Police
 Officer and shall, contingent upon her score  on  such  examination,  be
 eligible  to  be  placed on the eligible list for appointment as a full-
 time Police Officer for the City of Mechanicville.
   Marie E. Abraham shall otherwise be subject to the merit  and  fitness
 provisions of the civil service law applicable to full-time police offi-
 cers.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09074-01-7

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