Bill Text: NY A02792 | 2015-2016 | 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 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to local governments [A02792 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A02792-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         2792
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 20, 2015
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       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    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 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.
                                                                  LBD05637-01-5
       A. 2792                             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    S 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.