Bill Text: NY S04113 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 4113 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Authorizes localities to waive citizenship requirements for certain police and firefighters in their jurisdictions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-03 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S04113 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S04113-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          4113

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                    IN SENATE

                                    February 3, 2023
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
          ment Operations

        AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to authorizing  the
          waiver of citizenship requirements for certain police and firefighters

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

     1    Section 1. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a
     2  new subdivision 1-b to read as follows:
     3    1-b. Citizenship requirements of police and/or firefighters.  Notwith-
     4  standing any general, special or local law or administrative code to the
     5  contrary, the local governing bodies of the  several  cities,  counties,
     6  towns,  villages,  police  and  fire  districts  of the state are hereby
     7  authorized to waive any citizenship requirements from the qualifications
     8  of police officers and/or firefighters upon the submission by the police
     9  officer or firefighter candidate of proof of having received  an  honor-
    10  able  or general discharge from the United States army, navy, air force,
    11  marines, coast guard, and/or reserves thereof, and/or the army  national
    12  guard, air national guard, New York guard and/or New York naval militia.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD08130-01-3