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Senate Bill S2434

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to salary increases for heads of police departments of municipalities, districts or authorities

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2019-S2434 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A467
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §207-m, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: S7764, A10073
2017-2018: S3825, A291
2021-2022: A5148

2019-S2434 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to salary increases for heads of police departments of municipalities, districts or authorities.

2019-S2434 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S2434 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2434
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 24, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ROBACH -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
 
 AN ACT to amend  the  general  municipal  law,  in  relation  to  salary
   increases for heads of police departments of municipalities, districts
   or authorities

   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 207-m to read as follows:
   §  207-M.  SALARY INCREASES FOR HEADS OF POLICE DEPARTMENTS OF MUNICI-
 PALITIES, DISTRICTS OR AUTHORITIES. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF
 ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW OR ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TO THE  CONTRA-
 RY,  AND EXCEPT IN POLICE DEPARTMENTS WHICH EMPLOY FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY-
 FIVE OR MORE PERMANENT SWORN POLICE PERSONNEL, WHENEVER THE BASE  SALARY
 OR OTHER COMPENSATION OF THE PERMANENT FULL-TIME POLICE OFFICER WHO IS A
 MEMBER  OF A NEGOTIATING UNIT AND WHO IS THE HIGHEST RANKING SUBORDINATE
 TO THE HEAD OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN SUCH  UNIT,  IS  INCREASED,  THE
 SALARY,  AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION, OF THE PERMANENT
 FULL-TIME HEAD OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT SHALL BE INCREASED BY  AT  LEAST
 THE SAME DOLLAR AMOUNT OF THE BASE SALARY INCREASE RECEIVED BY SUCH NEXT
 SUBORDINATE  POLICE  OFFICER,  AND THE OTHER COMPENSATION, AS DEFINED IN
 SUBDIVISION TWO OF THIS SECTION, OF THE PERMANENT FULL-TIME HEAD OF  THE
 POLICE  DEPARTMENT  SHALL  BE  INCREASED TO THE SAME EXTENT AND WITH THE
 SAME CONDITIONS AS THE OTHER COMPENSATION RECEIVED BY THE NEXT  SUBORDI-
 NATE  POLICE  OFFICER IN THE EVENT THAT SUCH SUBORDINATE OFFICER'S OTHER
 COMPENSATION IS INCREASED.   THE PROVISIONS OF THIS  SECTION  SHALL  NOT
 APPLY TO ANY HEAD OF A POLICE DEPARTMENT WHO IS A MEMBER OF A COLLECTIVE
 NEGOTIATING  UNIT  ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FOURTEEN OF THE CIVIL
 SERVICE LAW.
   2. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, SALARY SHALL MEAN FIXED  PERIODIC
 COMPENSATION PAYABLE BY AN EMPLOYER TO OR FOR THE ACCOUNT OF THE EMPLOY-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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