Bill Text: NY A04857 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the calculation of expenses of members of the police department and other peace officers in attending police training schools.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to local governments [A04857 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A04857-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4857
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 9, 2015
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       Introduced  by M. of A. SCHIMEL, COOK, COLTON, CAMARA, MONTESANO -- read
         once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments
       AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in  relation  to  the  calcu-
         lation of expenses of members of the police department and other peace
         officers in 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    S 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,  EXCEPT  A  POLICE
   20  DEPARTMENT OF A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION
   21  OR MORE, has attended a police training school, the expense of which was
   22  borne  by  such  municipal  corporation, terminates employment with such
   23  municipal corporation and commences employment with any other  municipal
   24  corporation,  EXCEPT  A  POLICE  DEPARTMENT  OF  A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06183-01-5
       A. 4857                             2
    1  HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, or employer county  sheriff,
    2  such  employer  municipal  corporation  or employer county sheriff shall
    3  reimburse the prior employer  municipal  corporation,  EXCEPT  A  POLICE
    4  DEPARTMENT OF A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION
    5  OR MORE, for such expenses, including, salary, tuition, enrollment fees,
    6  books,  and  the  cost of transportation to and from training school, as
    7  follows: on a pro rata basis, to be calculated by subtracting  from  the
    8  number  of  days  in  the three years following the date of the member's
    9  graduation from police training school, the number of days  between  the
   10  date of the member's graduation from training school and the date of the
   11  termination  of employment with the municipal corporation which paid for
   12  such training, and multiplying the difference by the per  diem  cost  of
   13  such  expenses,  to  be  calculated  by  dividing the total cost of such
   14  expenses by the number of days in the three years following the date  of
   15  the  member's  graduation,  if  such  change in employment occurs within
   16  three years of such member's graduation  from  police  training  school.
   17  Provided, however, the employer municipal corporation or employer county
   18  sheriff  shall not be required to reimburse the prior employer municipal
   19  corporation for that portion of such expenses which is  reimbursable  by
   20  the  member  to the prior employer municipal corporation under the terms
   21  of an employment or labor agreement.  Provided,  further,  however,  the
   22  employer  municipal  corporation or employer county sheriff shall not be
   23  required to reimburse the prior employer municipal corporation for  such
   24  basic  training if such change in employment occurs after the expiration
   25  of the validity of the member's certificate attesting to  the  satisfac-
   26  tory completion of an approved municipal police basic training program.
   27    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.