Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Dec 20, 2019 |
signed chap.696 |
Dec 17, 2019 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 19, 2019 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1767 substituted for s4083a |
Jun 19, 2019 |
substituted by a5821a ordered to third reading cal.1767 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Jun 13, 2019 |
print number 4083a |
Jun 13, 2019 |
amend and recommit to local government |
Feb 27, 2019 |
referred to local government |
Senate Bill S4083A
Signed By Governor2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D) 26th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status Via A5821 - Signed by Governor
- 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
Votes
Bill Amendments
co-Sponsors
(R, C) 60th Senate District
2019-S4083 - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A5821
- Law Section:
- Town Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §155, Town L
2019-S4083 - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4083 SPONSOR: GOUNARDES TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the town law, in relation to the employer's ability to suspend a police officer without pay pending disciplinary charges PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: This Legislation would make Town Law consistent with Civil Service Law and Village Law by limiting the period of suspension of a police officer without pay pending a hearing on disciplinary charges to thirty days. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one of this bill amends section 155 of the Town Law, to require that a town board shall have the power to suspend, without pay, pending the trial of charges, any member of such police department in accordance with section 75 of the Civil Service Law. Section 2 of this bill provides that this act shall take effect imme-
2019-S4083 - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4083 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 27, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government AN ACT to amend the town law, in relation to the employer's ability to suspend a police officer without pay pending disciplinary charges THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The second undesignated paragraph of section 155 of the town law, as amended by chapter 310 of the laws of 1962, is amended to read as follows: Any member of such department found guilty upon charges, after five days' notice and an opportunity to be heard in his defense, of neglect or dereliction in the performance of official duty, or of violation of rules or regulations or disobedience, or of incompetency to perform official duty, or of an act of delinquency seriously affecting his general character or fitness for office, may be punished by the town board having jurisdiction, by reprimand, by forfeiture and withholding of salary or compensation for a specified time not exceeding twenty days, by extra tours or hours of duty during a specified period not exceeding twenty days, by suspension from duty for a specified time not exceeding twenty days and the withholding of salary or compensation during such suspension, or by dismissal from the department. Such board shall have the power to suspend, without pay, pending the trial of charges, any member of such police department IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDI- VISION THREE OF SECTION SEVENTY-FIVE OF THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW. If any member of such police department so suspended shall not be convicted of the charges so preferred, he shall be entitled to full pay from the date of suspension. The conviction of a member of such police department by the town board shall be subject to review by the supreme court in the judicial district in which such town is located in the manner provided by article seventy-eight of the civil practice law and rules, provided that the proceeding is commenced within thirty days from the determi- nation of such conviction by the town board. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
co-Sponsors
(R, C) 60th Senate District
2019-S4083A (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A5821
- Law Section:
- Town Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §155, Town L
2019-S4083A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S4083A SPONSOR: GOUNARDES TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the town law, in relation to the employer's ability to suspend a police officer without pay pending disciplinary charges PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: An act to amend the town law, in relation to the employer's ability to suspend a police officer without pay pending disciplinary charges SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one of this bill amends section 155 of the Town Law, to require that a town board shall have the power to suspend, without pay, pending the trial of charges, any member of such police department in accordance with section 75 of the Civil Service Law. Section 2 of this bill provides that this act shall take effect imme- diately.
2019-S4083A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4083--A 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E February 27, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sens. GOUNARDES, GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered print- ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Govern- ment -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the town law, in relation to the employer's ability to suspend a police officer without pay pending disciplinary charges THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The second undesignated paragraph of section 155 of the town law, as amended by chapter 310 of the laws of 1962, is amended to read as follows: Any member of such department found guilty upon charges, after five days' notice and an opportunity to be heard in his defense, of neglect or dereliction in the performance of official duty, or of violation of rules or regulations or disobedience, or of incompetency to perform official duty, or of an act of delinquency seriously affecting his general character or fitness for office, may be punished by the town board having jurisdiction, by reprimand, by forfeiture and withholding of salary or compensation for a specified time not exceeding twenty days, by extra tours or hours of duty during a specified period not exceeding twenty days, by suspension from duty for a specified time not exceeding twenty days and the withholding of salary or compensation during such suspension, or by dismissal from the department. [Such] NOTWITHSTANDING CHAPTERS ONE HUNDRED FOUR AND FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR OF THE LAWS OF NINETEEN HUNDRED THIRTY-SIX, SUCH board shall have the power to suspend, without pay, pending the trial of charges, any member of such police department IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION SEVENTY-FIVE OF THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW. If any member of such police department so suspended shall not be convicted of the charges so preferred, he shall be entitled to full pay from the date of suspension. The conviction of a member of such police department by the town board EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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