Bill Text: NY A04311 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides that any person convicted of any offense or violation of the civil rights law or the human rights law shall not be eligible for provisional or permanent appointment as a peace officer or police officer of the state or of any county, city, town, village or authority.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-15 - held for consideration in governmental employees [A04311 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A04311-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4311
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 3, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. CRESPO, N. RIVERA -- read once and referred to
         the Committee on Governmental Employees
       AN ACT to amend the civil service law,  in  relation  to  employment  of
         peace officers and police officers
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The civil service law is amended by adding  a  new  section
    2  55-d to read as follows:
    3    S  55-D.  EMPLOYMENT  OF PEACE OFFICERS AND POLICE OFFICERS. NO PERSON
    4  SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR PROVISIONAL OR PERMANENT APPOINTMENT  AS  A  PEACE
    5  OFFICER  OR  POLICE  OFFICER  OF THE STATE OR OF ANY COUNTY, CITY, TOWN,
    6  VILLAGE OR AUTHORITY IF SUCH PERSON HAS BEEN PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED OF ANY
    7  OFFENSE OR VIOLATION OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS LAW OR THE HUMAN RIGHTS LAW.
    8    S 2. Section 75 of the civil service law is amended by  adding  a  new
    9  subdivision 3-b to read as follows:
   10    3-B.  SUSPENSION PENDING DETERMINATION OF CHARGES AND PENALTIES RELAT-
   11  ING TO PEACE OFFICERS AND POLICE OFFICERS EMPLOYED BY THE STATE  OR  ANY
   12  COUNTY, CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE OR AUTHORITY. PENDING THE HEARING AND DETER-
   13  MINATION  OF CHARGES OF ANY OFFENSE OR VIOLATION OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS LAW
   14  OR THE HUMAN RIGHTS LAW, A  PEACE  OFFICER  OR  POLICE  OFFICER  MAY  BE
   15  SUSPENDED  WITHOUT  PAY  FOR A PERIOD NOT EXCEEDING THIRTY DAYS. IF SUCH
   16  OFFICER IS FOUND GUILTY OF THE CHARGES SUCH OFFICER SHALL BE IMMEDIATELY
   17  DISMISSED.
   18    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD04875-01-1