Bill Text: NY A07911 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Relates to the appointment and reporting duties of the superintendent of the state police and to the appointment of employees of the state police.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-06 - enacting clause stricken [A07911 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A07911-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7911 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 28, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. TITUS, ARROYO, COOK, WILLIAMS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the appointment and reporting duties of the superintendent of the state police and the appointment of employees of the state police The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Section 210 of the executive law, as amended by chapter 169 2 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows: 3 § 210. Division of state police. (a) The division of state police in 4 the executive department shall be known as the "New York State Police." 5 (b) (1) The head of the New York state police shall be the superinten- 6 dent of state police who shall be appointed by the governor by and with 7 the advice and consent of the senate, and hold office during his or her 8 pleasure. The superintendent shall be a member of the state police, 9 shall receive as salary such sum as may be appropriated by law, and 10 shall accrue such leave credits and be eligible for the same retirement 11 benefits, service credits and other benefits as any other member of the 12 state police. If, prior to appointment, the superintendent served as a 13 member of the state police, he or she, upon appointment, shall be enti- 14 tled to continue to accrue and receive such credits and benefits as he 15 or she would have been entitled to accrue and receive prior to appoint- 16 ment. 17 (2) If, prior to his or her appointment, the superintendent shall have 18 served as a member of the State Police for a period of ten years or 19 more, he or she shall, provided he or she is not eligible for retire- 20 ment, upon termination of service as superintendent, be reappointed, 21 without examination, as a member of the state police in the grade held 22 by him or her prior to appointment as superintendent, notwithstanding 23 the absence of any vacancy in such grade. For the purpose of determin- 24 ing the annual salary to be paid upon such reappointment, the period of EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08617-01-9A. 7911 2 1 service as superintendent shall be counted as service in the grade to 2 which reappointed. 3 (3) Traditional services means as follows: to protect people and prop- 4 erty; to prevent and detect crime and other violations of law and pursue 5 criminal investigations and arrest criminals; to make roads safe for all 6 users; to reduce the deaths, injuries and property damage caused by 7 motor vehicle accidents through vehicle and traffic enforcement and 8 education; to provide disorder control and security in all types of 9 natural and man-made emergencies; to provide for the safety and security 10 of individuals and groups of citizens in furtherance of their rights, 11 duties and responsibilities; and to support others by creating partner- 12 ships for safety and security with individuals, groups and communities 13 throughout the state. 14 (4) Effective with respect to any individual appointment by the gover- 15 nor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, after January 16 first, two thousand nineteen, the term of service of the superintendent 17 of the state police shall be seven years. A superintendent may not serve 18 more than one seven-year term. The appointment of the first deputy 19 superintendent shall also be subject to senate confirmation. 20 (5) Notwithstanding sections thirty-three and thirty-three-a of the 21 public officers law, a superintendent shall be removed from office for 22 failure to fulfill his or her duties only by a majority vote of each 23 house of the legislature or in accordance with the provisions of para- 24 graphs e, f or g of subdivision one of section thirty of the public 25 officers law. 26 (6) In the event the superintendent resigns from office, is removed 27 from office or is incapable of continuing in office due to physical 28 illness, mental illness or death the first deputy superintendent shall 29 assume the superintendent position. If after forty-five days the gover- 30 nor has not appointed a new superintendent to a full term, the first 31 deputy superintendent shall complete the remainder of the previous 32 superintendent's term. Upon assumption of the duties of superintendent, 33 the first deputy superintendent shall be subject to all requirements and 34 provisions associated with the superintendent's position. If the first 35 deputy superintendent completes the term of a previously appointed 36 superintendent, the first deputy is eligible for appointment to a full 37 term as superintendent in his or her own right. All other potential 38 replacements within the ranks of the state police or from outside its 39 ranks for superintendent, in the event the first deputy is unable to 40 complete the previous superintendent's position, shall have the same 41 rights and eligibilities as the first deputy superintendent and shall be 42 subject to all the requirements and provisions associated with the 43 superintendent. 44 § 2. The executive law is amended by adding a new section 210-a to 45 read as follows: 46 § 210-a. Superintendent's annual reports and biennial testimony. (a) 47 The superintendent shall submit an annual report to the governor, the 48 temporary president of the senate, the speaker of the assembly, the 49 minority leader of the senate and the minority leader of the assembly no 50 later than September first of each year. 51 (1) Such report shall contain the following information: 52 (A) a detailed description of any special requests made by or on 53 behalf of the governor or any member of the legislature for services of 54 the state police beyond traditional services provided by the state 55 police;A. 7911 3 1 (B) a detailed description of any information, unless it is privileged 2 or requires confidentiality, provided by the state police to the gover- 3 nor, and/or his or her staff, and/or to any member of the legislature, 4 and/or his or her staff, beyond the general programmatic and budgetary 5 reporting requirements of the state police and a description of the 6 purpose for which such information was provided; 7 (C) a description of any special disciplinary actions taken by the 8 superintendent regarding inter- or intra-governmental affairs involving 9 state police personnel, based upon special requests made to the state 10 police by or on behalf of the governor, any member of the legislature 11 and/or any other public or quasi-public entity; and 12 (D) a description of each request made by or on behalf of the governor 13 and/or any member of the legislature for information of any kind other 14 than the general information provided by the state police to the execu- 15 tive branch, the legislative branch, public authorities or local govern- 16 ment entities. 17 (2) The superintendent shall include a signed certification with the 18 report that the information provided is true to the best of his or her 19 knowledge. If such certification is found to be false, the superinten- 20 dent may be subject to removal by the legislature. 21 (b) Every two years, commencing in two thousand nineteen, the super- 22 intendent shall attend a proceeding to testify before the senate finance 23 committee, the assembly ways and means committee, the senate investi- 24 gations and government operations committee and the assembly oversight, 25 analysis and investigation committee to review the personnel and admin- 26 istrative activities of the state police and the future plans and initi- 27 ative of the state police. Such proceeding shall be conducted jointly at 28 the direction of the temporary president of the senate and the speaker 29 of the assembly and shall take place no later than November first of 30 every other year during which the proceeding is conducted. 31 (c) The reporting requirements described in this section shall be in 32 addition to, and not in lieu of, any other reporting requirements 33 provided by law. 34 § 3. Section 211 of the executive law, as amended by chapter 331 of 35 the laws of 1993, is amended to read as follows: 36 § 211. Employees. (a) The superintendent may appoint such employees as 37 may be necessary and fix their compensation within such sum as may be 38 appropriated by law. Persons appointed to competitive positions within 39 the division who meet the definition of veteran or disabled veteran as 40 defined in section eighty-five of the civil service law shall be enti- 41 tled to additional credit and preference as conferred by that law and in 42 the same manner, except that, notwithstanding any law to the contrary, 43 with respect to any candidate applying for credit in a competitive exam- 44 ination for original appointment as a disabled or non-disabled veteran, 45 such candidate may apply provisionally for such credit while still an 46 active member of the armed forces. The application for provisional cred- 47 it may be made at any time between the date of his or her application 48 for the competitive examination and the date the eligible list is estab- 49 lished. In cases where there has been a provisional application, the 50 superintendent shall grant final credit only if the candidate renews his 51 or her application within ninety days following termination of the 52 candidate's military duty, and the candidate's period of eligibility on 53 the list has not expired, and the candidate satisfies the appropriate 54 statutory requirements for eligibility. Pending the granting of final 55 credit, the candidate's ranking on any eligible list shall reflect the 56 provisional credit.A. 7911 4 1 (b) Any employee appointed to the executive services unit or any other 2 unit associated with security and/or protecting other elected and/or 3 public officials shall hold such appointment for no more than two years 4 after which period, the employee shall be reappointed to the position he 5 or she held prior to the appointment to the executive services unit or 6 any other unit associated with security and/or protecting other elected 7 and/or public officials or to such other position and duties as are 8 determined by the superintendent. 9 § 4. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed- 10 ing the date upon which it shall have become a law.
