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Assembly Bill A6750

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Authorizes educational institutions to pay the salaries and compensation of school resource officers

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2019-A6750 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4254
Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §208-i, Gen Muni L

2019-A6750 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes educational institutions to agree to pay for all or a portion of the salaries and compensation payable to municipal school resource officers.

2019-A6750 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6750
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 18, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Education
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend the general municipal law, in relation to authorizing
   educational institutions to  pay  the  salaries  and  compensation  of
   school resource officers
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general municipal  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 208-i to read as follows:
   § 208-I. SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS. THE DULY CONSTITUTED AUTHORITIES OF
 ANY  CITY,  TOWN,  OR  VILLAGE OR ANY COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT OR POLICE
 DISTRICT MAY DESIGNATE, AUTHORIZE AND APPOINT SUCH A NUMBER  OF  PERSONS
 AS  SUCH  AUTHORITY  SHALL  DEEM NECESSARY, AND AT SUCH SALARIES AS SUCH
 AUTHORITY SHALL DEEM ADVISABLE, AS SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS  TO  AID  IN
 PROTECTING SCHOOL CHILDREN. A BOARD OF EDUCATION OR TRUSTEES OF A SCHOOL
 DISTRICT  MAY  ENTER  INTO  AN AGREEMENT WITH ANY CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE OR
 COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT OR POLICE DISTRICT WHEREBY SUCH SCHOOL DISTRICT
 PAYS FOR ALL OR ANY PORTION OF THE SALARIES OF THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFI-
 CERS PROVIDING SERVICES PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION TO THE STUDENTS OF SUCH
 DISTRICT. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO  PURSUANT  TO  THIS
 SECTION,  SCHOOL  RESOURCE OFFICERS SHALL NOT BE CONSIDERED EMPLOYEES OF
 THE SCHOOL DISTRICT.  THE AUTHORITY OF A BOARD OF EDUCATION OR  TRUSTEES
 OF  A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ENTER INTO SUCH AGREEMENT SHALL ONLY EXIST WHEN
 SUCH AGREEMENT RESULTS IN AN INCREASE TO THE NUMBER OF  SCHOOL  RESOURCE
 OFFICERS  EMPLOYED  BY THE CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE, COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT
 OR POLICE DISTRICT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10121-02-9

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