Bill Text: NY A10754 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Removes police officer discipline from collective bargaining in municipalities in the state.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-09 - referred to governmental employees [A10754 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A10754-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          10754

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      July 9, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Magnarelli,
          Hunter) -- read once and referred to  the  Committee  on  Governmental
          Employees

        AN  ACT  to  amend the civil service law, in relation to removing police
          officer discipline from collective bargaining in the state

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

     1    Section  1.  The  civil service law is amended by adding a new section
     2  204-b to read as follows:
     3    § 204-b. Disciplinary practices for police officers. 1.  Notwithstand-
     4  ing any inconsistent provision of law to the contrary, including but not
     5  limited  to,  sections  two  hundred through two hundred fifteen of this
     6  article or decisions regarding such subject matter, all matters relating
     7  to the discipline of police officers,  including  but  not  limited  to,
     8  matters relating to investigations, hearing procedures or penalty deter-
     9  minations, shall be a prohibited subject of bargaining between the muni-
    10  cipality  and  such municipality's law enforcement labor employee organ-
    11  izations.  Such  matters  are  expressly  removed  from  the  scope   of
    12  collective  bargaining.  Any  collective bargaining agreement or portion
    13  thereof, or custom or practice related to matters of  police  discipline
    14  between the municipality and such municipality's law enforcement employ-
    15  ee  organizations  inconsistent  with the provisions of this section are
    16  hereby declared to be void. All matters of police discipline are  hereby
    17  reserved for determination by the municipality.
    18    2.  Sections seventy-five and seventy-six of this chapter shall not be
    19  applicable with respect to  all  matters  relating  to  law  enforcement
    20  personnel in municipalities in the state.
    21    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16846-01-0