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History
- Committed to rules
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.517
- Referred to finance
- Referred to finance
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Raises the maximum age for a member of the New York state police to 35 years
In Assembly Committee · Governmental Operations · Sponsor George Latimer
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Title of bill
An act to amend the executive law, in relation to the maximum age of a member of the New York state police
Purpose or general idea of bill
Raises the maximum age for a Member of the New York state police to 35 years.
Summary of specific provisions
Section one amends subdivision 3 of section 215 of the executive law; as amended by chapter 478 of the laws of 2004 to raise the maximum age for a newly sworn member of the New York state police from 29 to 35 years. Superintendent would have discretion to increase the age to 40 if desired, and applicants would be able to subtract up to 5 years of military service for purposes of meeting the age requirement. Section two of the bill contains an effective date of immediately.
Justification
This legislation would make the age limits for the New York State Police, now 29, commensurate with the maximum age of 35 years of age for all other NYS-based police agencies with provisional or permanent appointment as a competitive class Police Officer or Deputy Sheriff under Section 58 of Civil Service Law. Under current law, the superintendent has the discretion to increase the maximum age to 35 years, but is not required to do so. This bill would allow the superintendent the discretion to increase the maximum age to 40 if desired. Up to 5 years of active duty military service may also be subtracted from the applicant's age for the purpose of meeting the 35 year age limit. This proposed change would also be consistent with the NYPD age limit of 35. In addition, the age of 35 would still allow for the completion of potential service careers of 20 years or more (mandatory retirement age for a NYS Trooper is 57 but veterans are eligible to buy back a portion of their service time) while increasing the pool of qualified candidates interested in pursuing such a career.
Prior legislative history
2010 - S.1904 - REFERRED TO FINANCE; A.7516 - to governmental operations 2008 - S.5312 - REFERRED TO FINANCE
Fiscal implications for state and local governments
None.
Effective date
Immediately.
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