Bill Text: NY S08694 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Authorizes the city of Buffalo to adopt a local law requiring a member of the police force in such city to be a resident of Buffalo subsequent to the effective date of such local law.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-08 - REFERRED TO RULES [S08694 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-S08694-Introduced.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          8694

                    IN SENATE

                                      July 8, 2020
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to authorizing  the
          city  of  Buffalo to adopt a local law requiring police officers to be
          residents of Buffalo

          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 70 to read as follows:
     3    70. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision two of this section,
     4  or  any  provision  of any general, special or local law, charter, code,
     5  ordinance, resolution, rule or regulation to the contrary, the  city  of
     6  Buffalo,  as  of  the effective date of this subdivision, shall have the
     7  authority to enact a local law subsequent to the effective date of  this
     8  subdivision  requiring  any  person  who is appointed as a member of the
     9  police force of such city to be a resident of such a city during his  or
    10  her  employment as a member of such police force; provided however, that
    11  nothing in this subdivision shall authorize such local law to affect any
    12  person who entered such city service as a police officer prior to thirty
    13  days subsequent to the effective date of such local law.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD16701-01-0
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