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Senate Bill S4433

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to removing police officer discipline from collective bargaining in cities with a population between one hundred thirty-nine thousand and one hundred forty-five thousand

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Civil Service And Pensions Committee

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2021-S4433 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A910
Current Committee:
Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §204-b, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
S8677, A10740

2021-S4433 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Removes police officer discipline from collective bargaining in cities with a population between one hundred thirty-nine thousand and one hundred forty-five thousand.

2021-S4433 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S4433 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4433
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 4, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAY  --  read  twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation  to  removing  police
   officer  discipline  from collective bargaining in cities with a popu-
   lation between  one  hundred  thirty-nine  thousand  and  one  hundred
   forty-five thousand
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The civil service law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 204-b to read as follows:
   § 204-B. DISCIPLINARY PRACTICES FOR POLICE OFFICERS IN CERTAIN CITIES.
 1.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  INCONSISTENT PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY,
 INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SECTIONS TWO HUNDRED THROUGH  TWO  HUNDRED
 FIFTEEN  OF  THIS ARTICLE OR DECISIONS REGARDING SUCH SUBJECT MATTER, IN
 CITIES WITH A POPULATION BETWEEN ONE HUNDRED  THIRTY-NINE  THOUSAND  AND
 ONE  HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND, ALL MATTERS RELATING TO THE DISCIPLINE
 OF POLICE OFFICERS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO,  MATTERS  RELATING  TO
 INVESTIGATIONS, HEARING PROCEDURES OR PENALTY DETERMINATIONS, SHALL BE A
 PROHIBITED  SUBJECT  OF  BARGAINING BETWEEN THE CITY AND SUCH CITY'S LAW
 ENFORCEMENT LABOR EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS.  SUCH  MATTERS  ARE  EXPRESSLY
 REMOVED FROM THE SCOPE OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING. ANY COLLECTIVE BARGAIN-
 ING  AGREEMENT  OR  PORTION  THEREOF,  OR  CUSTOM OR PRACTICE RELATED TO
 MATTERS OF POLICE DISCIPLINE  BETWEEN  THE  CITY  AND  SUCH  CITY'S  LAW
 ENFORCEMENT  EMPLOYEE  ORGANIZATIONS INCONSISTENT WITH THE PROVISIONS OF
 THIS SECTION ARE HEREBY DECLARED TO  BE  VOID.  ALL  MATTERS  OF  POLICE
 DISCIPLINE ARE HEREBY RESERVED FOR DETERMINATION BY THE CITY.
   2.  SECTIONS SEVENTY-FIVE AND SEVENTY-SIX OF THIS CHAPTER SHALL NOT BE
 APPLICABLE WITH RESPECT TO  ALL  MATTERS  RELATING  TO  LAW  ENFORCEMENT
 PERSONNEL  IN  CITIES  WITH A POPULATION BETWEEN ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-NINE
 THOUSAND AND ONE HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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