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S05491 Summary:

BILL NO	S05491
SAME AS	SAME AS A03763
SPONSOR	JACKSON
COSPNSR
MLTSPNSR
Add §9-117.2, NYC Ad Cd
Establishes maximum age requirements for New York city correction officers; provides that the commissioner of correction shall not appoint a person as a correction officer if such person is more than thirty-five years of age as of the date of the applicant's appointment or eligibility to compete in a promotion examination.

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S05491 Actions:

BILL NO	S05491
03/06/2023	REFERRED TO CITIES 1
01/03/2024	REFERRED TO CITIES 1

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S05491 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          5491
 
                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      March 6, 2023
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities 1
 
        AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
          relation  to  establishing  maximum age requirements for New York city
          correctional officers

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section  1. The administrative code of the city of New York is amended
     2  by adding a new section 9-117.2 to read as follows:
     3    § 9-117.2 Requirements for appointments  of  uniformed  force  of  the
     4  department  of  correction.  a. The commissioner of correction shall not
     5  appoint any person as a uniformed correction officer of  the  department
     6  of  correction  unless  such person is not less than twenty-one years of
     7  age as of the date of appointment nor more than thirty-five years of age
     8  as of the date when the applicant is appointed or eligible to compete in
     9  a promotion examination pursuant to paragraph one of  subdivision  b  of
    10  section 9-117 of this chapter.
    11    b.  Nothing  in this section shall be construed to limit or affect the
    12  existing authority of the mayor and  commissioner  to  appoint  non-uni-
    13  formed  persons, whose duties include overall security of the department
    14  of correction, to positions of authority.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day  after  it  shall
    16  have  become  a  law  and  shall apply to appointments established on or
    17  after such date.
 
 
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07844-01-3

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