Bill Text: NY S00816 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 816 (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) 2020-01-08 - REFERRED TO INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS [S00816 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S00816-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           816
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                     January 9, 2019
                                       ___________
        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:
    10    (a) having received an honorable or general discharge from the  United
    11  States  army,  navy,  air  force,  marines, coast guard, and/or reserves
    12  thereof, and/or the army national guard, air national  guard,  New  York
    13  guard and/or New York naval militia; and
    14    (b)  having never been convicted of a crime, as defined in subdivision
    15  six of section 10.00 of the penal law.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD06511-01-9