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                                   1647
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 11, 2021
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  PERRY, COOK -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Cities
 
 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
   relation  to  qualifications to become a member of the police force of
   the city of New York
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  14-109 of the administrative code of the city of
 New York is amended by adding a new subdivision c to read as follows:
   C. ANY APPLICANT SEEKING TO BECOME A POLICE OFFICER WITH  THE  REGULAR
 NEW  YORK  CITY POLICE FORCE WHO, AT THE TIME OF HIS OR HER APPLICATION,
 IS A MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK CITY AUXILIARY POLICE FORCE HAVING AT  LEAST
 FOUR YEARS OF CONTINUOUS SERVICE AS AN AUXILIARY POLICE OFFICER SHALL BE
 GRANTED A WAIVER OF THE SIXTY-CREDIT REQUIREMENT FOR A JOB APPLICANT FOR
 SUCH  POSITION,  IF  SUCH  AUXILIARY  POLICE  OFFICER  APPLICANT HAS (I)
 FULFILLED ALL OTHER ENTRANCE REQUIREMENTS TO  BECOME  A  MEMBER  OF  THE
 REGULAR  POLICE FORCE (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO PASSING THE DEPART-
 MENT ENTRANCE EXAMINATION), AND (II) IS ENROLLED IN A TWO OR  FOUR  YEAR
 COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY COURSE OF STUDY LEADING TO AN ASSOCIATE'S OR BACH-
 ELOR'S  DEGREE. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH A PROCESS FOR ACCEPTING
 SUCH APPLICATIONS AND MAKING DETERMINATION AS TO ELIGIBILITY FOR  GRANT-
 ING  SUCH WAIVERS. THE COMMISSIONER MAY DENY GRANTS OF WAIVER FOR CAUSE.
 AN APPLICANT FOR WHOM THE SIXTY-CREDIT REQUIREMENT IS WAIVED AS PROVIDED
 IN THIS SUBDIVISION, IF HIRED, SHALL BE APPOINTED PURSUANT TO THIS WAIV-
 ER FOR A PERIOD NOT EXCEEDING FIVE YEARS.   UPON THE  FILING  OF  PAPERS
 EVIDENCING  THE SATISFACTION OF THE SIXTY-CREDIT REQUIREMENT WITHIN SUCH
 FIVE-YEAR PERIOD AND PROVIDED THAT SUCH PERSON OTHERWISE  QUALIFIES  FOR
 REGULAR  APPOINTMENT,  SUCH  HIREE SHALL BECOME A PERMANENT APPOINTEE OF
 THE REGULAR POLICE FORCE IN THE SAME MANNER AND WITH THE SAME RIGHTS AND
 ENTITLEMENTS AS A HIREE WHO FULFILLED THE SIXTY-CREDIT REQUIREMENT PRIOR
 TO BEING HIRED. IF AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE  FIVE-YEAR  PERIOD  PROVIDED
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD05014-01-1

 A. 1647                             2
 
 FOR  IN  THIS  SUBDIVISION  THE  SIXTY-CREDIT REQUIREMENT REMAINS UNFUL-
 FILLED, SUCH APPOINTMENT AS A POLICE OFFICER SHALL TERMINATE UNLESS,  AT
 THE DISCRETION OF THE COMMISSIONER: (1) SUCH PERSON IS GRANTED AN EXTEN-
 SION  OF SUCH APPOINTMENT FOR A PERIOD SET BY THE COMMISSIONER REQUIRING
 COMPLIANCE WITH THE SIXTY-CREDIT REQUIREMENT BY THE  END  DATE  OF  SUCH
 EXTENSION; OR (2) SUCH FIVE-YEAR APPOINTMENT IS CONVERTED BY THE COMMIS-
 SIONER  TO  A PERMANENT APPOINTMENT.  ALL PROVISIONS OF LAW, OF THE CITY
 CHARTER, OF LOCAL LAW, OF THIS CODE AND OF RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  THAT
 ARE APPLICABLE TO THE EMPLOYMENT AND DISCIPLINE OF CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOY-
 EES  AND  POLICE OFFICERS, EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN THIS SUBDIVISION, SHALL
 CONTINUE TO APPLY TO ANY PERSONS HIRED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS
 OF THIS  SUBDIVISION.    THE  COMMISSIONER  OF  CITYWIDE  ADMINISTRATIVE
 SERVICES  AND THE POLICE COMMISSIONER MAY ADOPT RULES AND/OR REGULATIONS
 CONSISTENT WITH THIS SUBDIVISION TO FURTHER EFFECTUATE ITS PROVISIONS.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.