General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5405
February Session, 2016 LCO No. 1909
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
(PS)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 5405
February Session, 2016
LCO No. 1909
*01909_______PS_*
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY
Introduced by:
(PS)
AN ACT CONCERNING REIMBURSEMENT OF THE COST OF CERTIFICATION FOR A POLICE OFFICER.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 7-294dd of the 2016 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) For purposes of this section, "police officer", "certification" and "law enforcement unit" have the same meanings as provided in section 7-294a and "cost of certification" means the cost of training, equipment, uniforms, salary and fringe benefits and any cost related to the entry level requirements established by the Police Officer Standards and Training Council associated with the police officer, except that "cost of certification" does not include the cost of any equipment or uniforms that were returned by such officer.
(b) Whenever a police officer obtains certification while employed by a law enforcement unit and is subsequently hired by another law enforcement unit on or after [July] October 1, 2016, and within [two] three years of such officer obtaining such certification, the law enforcement unit hiring the police officer shall reimburse the initial law enforcement unit [fifty per cent of] the total cost of certification. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a law enforcement unit that hires a police officer [two] three years or more after such officer obtains certification.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect an agreement between a police officer or a collective bargaining unit and a law enforcement unit entered into prior to [July] October 1, 2016, that provides for the reimbursement of the cost of certification.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage 7-294dd
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
7-294dd
Statement of Purpose:
To reimburse law enforcement units that pay the cost of certifying a police officer if such officer gains employment with a different law enforcement unit within three years of such officer's certification.
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