Bill Text: NY A01785 | 2021-2022 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Includes all counties and cities with a population of two hundred thousand or less within provisions which permit the apportionment of expense of municipal police department member training, thus allowing police departments to receive reimbursement of training costs if an officer is hired by another department.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2022-01-05 - referred to local governments [A01785 Detail]

Download: New_York-2021-A01785-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          1785

                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                    January 11, 2021
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. PRETLOW -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Local Governments

        AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation  to  apportioning
          the  expenses  of  police department members attending police training
          schools

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Section  72-c of the general municipal law, as amended by
     2  section 1 of subpart C of part C of chapter 97 of the laws of  2011,  is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    §  72-c.  Expenses of members of the police department and other peace
     5  officers in attending police training schools. The board or  body  of  a
     6  county,  city,  town  or  village authorized to appropriate and to raise
     7  money by taxation and to make payments therefrom, is hereby  authorized,
     8  in  its discretion, to appropriate and to raise money by taxation and to
     9  make payments from such moneys, for the annual expenses of  the  members
    10  of  the  police  department of such municipal corporation in attending a
    11  police training school, as provided by the regulations  of  the  depart-
    12  ment,  either  within such municipal corporation or elsewhere within the
    13  state; and for the payment of reasonable expenses of  such  members  and
    14  other  police officers or peace officers of the municipality while going
    15  to, attending, and returning from any training school  conducted  by  or
    16  under the auspices of the federal bureau of investigation, whether with-
    17  in  or  without the state. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of
    18  any general, special or local law to the contrary, whenever a member  of
    19  the  police department of a municipal corporation having a population of
    20  two hundred thousand or less has attended a police training school,  the
    21  expense  of  which  was  borne by such municipal corporation, terminates
    22  employment with such municipal corporation and commences employment with
    23  any other municipal corporation or employer county sheriff, such employ-
    24  er municipal corporation or employer county sheriff shall reimburse  the

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD00193-01-1
        A. 1785                             2

     1  prior employer municipal corporation for such expenses, including, sala-
     2  ry,  tuition,  enrollment fees, books, and the cost of transportation to
     3  and from training school, as follows: on a pro rata basis, to be  calcu-
     4  lated  by subtracting from the number of days in the three years follow-
     5  ing the date of the member's graduation from police training school, the
     6  number of days between the date of the member's graduation from training
     7  school and the date of the termination of employment with the  municipal
     8  corporation which paid for such training, and multiplying the difference
     9  by  the per diem cost of such expenses, to be calculated by dividing the
    10  total cost of such expenses by the number of days  in  the  three  years
    11  following the date of the member's graduation, if such change in employ-
    12  ment  occurs  within three years of such member's graduation from police
    13  training school. Provided, however, the employer  municipal  corporation
    14  or  employer county sheriff shall not be required to reimburse the prior
    15  employer municipal corporation for that portion of such  expenses  which
    16  is  reimbursable  by  the  member to the prior employer municipal corpo-
    17  ration under the terms of an employment or  labor  agreement.  Provided,
    18  further,  however, the employer municipal corporation or employer county
    19  sheriff shall not be required to reimburse the prior employer  municipal
    20  corporation  for such basic training if such change in employment occurs
    21  after the expiration of the validity of the member's certificate attest-
    22  ing to the satisfactory completion of an approved municipal police basic
    23  training program.
    24    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to persons
    25  who have successfully completed police training courses on or after such
    26  effective date.