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Senate Bill S5491

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes maximum age requirements for New York city correctional officers

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2023-S5491 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3763
Current Committee:
Senate Cities 1
Law Section:
New York City Administrative Code
Laws Affected:
Add §9-117.2, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S4261, A6921
2013-2014: S3713, A4909
2015-2016: S3397, A7420
2017-2018: S5253, A4400
2019-2020: S3882, A5814
2021-2022: S1609, A4031
2025-2026: S4900, A8093

2023-S5491 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes maximum age requirements for New York city correction officers; provides that the commissioner of correction shall not appoint a person as a correction officer if such person is more than thirty-five years of age as of the date of the applicant's appointment or eligibility to compete in a promotion examination.

2023-S5491 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5491 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5491
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 6, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 1
 
 AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
   relation  to  establishing  maximum age requirements for New York city
   correctional officers

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended
 by adding a new section 9-117.2 to read as follows:
   § 9-117.2 REQUIREMENTS FOR APPOINTMENTS  OF  UNIFORMED  FORCE  OF  THE
 DEPARTMENT  OF  CORRECTION.  A. THE COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION SHALL NOT
 APPOINT ANY PERSON AS A UNIFORMED CORRECTION OFFICER OF  THE  DEPARTMENT
 OF  CORRECTION  UNLESS  SUCH PERSON IS NOT LESS THAN TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF
 AGE AS OF THE DATE OF APPOINTMENT NOR MORE THAN THIRTY-FIVE YEARS OF AGE
 AS OF THE DATE WHEN THE APPLICANT IS APPOINTED OR ELIGIBLE TO COMPETE IN
 A PROMOTION EXAMINATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH ONE OF  SUBDIVISION  B  OF
 SECTION 9-117 OF THIS CHAPTER.
   B.  NOTHING  IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO LIMIT OR AFFECT THE
 EXISTING AUTHORITY OF THE MAYOR AND  COMMISSIONER  TO  APPOINT  NON-UNI-
 FORMED  PERSONS, WHOSE DUTIES INCLUDE OVERALL SECURITY OF THE DEPARTMENT
 OF CORRECTION, TO POSITIONS OF AUTHORITY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
 have  become  a  law  and  shall apply to appointments established on or
 after such date.
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07844-01-3

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