S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6660
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 23, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. GLICK, BARRON, BICHOTTE HERMELYN, DICKENS, SIMON,
EPSTEIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental
Operations
AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to residency
requirements for police officers in cities with a population of one
million or more
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 3 of the public officers law, as
amended by chapter 1004 of the laws of 1966, is amended to read as
follows:
2. Neither the provisions of this section or of any general, special
or local law, charter, code, ordinance, resolution, rule or regulation,
requiring a person to be a resident of the political subdivision or
municipal corporation of the state for which [he] THEY shall be chosen
or within which [his] THEIR official functions are required to be exer-
cised, shall apply to the appointment of a person as a member of the
police force of any political subdivision or municipal corporation of
the state if such person resides (a) in the county in which such poli-
tical subdivision or municipal corporation is located; or (b) in a coun-
ty within the state contiguous to the county in which such political
subdivision or municipal corporation is located; or (c) in a county
within the state contiguous to such political subdivision or municipal
corporation; or (d) in a county within the state contiguous to a county
described in item (c) hereof where the former is less than fifteen miles
from such political subdivision or municipal corporation, measured from
their respective nearest boundary lines; or (e) in a county within the
state contiguous to a county described in item (d) hereof where the
former is less than thirty miles from such political subdivision or
municipal corporation, measured from their respective nearest boundary
lines. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, SUCH EXEMPTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO PAID
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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MEMBERS OF A POLICE FORCE IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR
MORE. BEGINNING JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO, NO PERSON SHALL
BE APPOINTED A PAID MEMBER OF ANY POLICE FORCE IN A CITY WITH A POPU-
LATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE THAT DOES NOT RESIDE IN THE POLITICAL
SUBDIVISION OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE FOR WHICH HE OR SHE
SHALL BE CHOSEN FOR ONE YEAR PRIOR TO BEING APPOINTED AND CONTINUES TO
RESIDE THEREIN.
§ 2. Subdivision 19 of section 3 of the public officers law, as added
by chapter 509 of the laws of 1986, is amended to read as follows:
19. Any person who resides in this state and who is currently employed
as a member of the police force, a paid member of the uniformed force of
a paid fire department or department of corrections in the correctional
service classification of the classified civil service, of a city of
over one million population, shall be exempt from the provisions of
subdivisions one, two and nine of this section upon compliance with the
procedure set forth in this subdivision. Any person seeking to benefit
from the exemption created by this subdivision shall notify [his] THEIR
respective employer in writing of said intention within thirty days from
the effective date of this subdivision and shall specify [his] THEIR
then current residence address. The exemption created by this subdivi-
sion shall be applicable only to said actual designated residence and
not to any residence that any subject currently employed member may
thereafter establish; provided, however, that any such currently
employed member who resides outside this state shall have one year from
the effective date of this subdivision within which to establish resi-
dence as required pursuant to subdivisions one, two and nine of this
section and comply with the notice requirements of this subdivision.
Said residence shall constitute a lawful residence for all purposes
notwithstanding any provision to the contrary of any general, special or
local law, charter, code, ordinance, resolution, rule or regulation.
SUCH EXEMPTION SHALL NOT APPLY TO PAID MEMBERS OF THE POLICE FORCE IN A
CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE. BEGINNING JANUARY FIRST,
TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-TWO, NO PERSON SHALL BE APPOINTED A PAID MEMBER OF
THE POLICE FORCE IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE THAT
DOES NOT RESIDE IN THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF
THE STATE FOR WHICH HE OR SHE SHALL BE CHOSEN FOR ONE YEAR PRIOR TO
BEING APPOINTED AND CONTINUES TO RESIDE THEREIN.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.