LCO 6153 \\PRDFS1\SCOUSERS\FORZANOF\WS\2019SB-00789-R02- SB.docx 1 of 2 General Assembly Committee Bill No. 789 January Session, 2019 LCO No. 6153 Referred to Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY AND SECURITY Introduced by: (PS) AN ACT CONCERNING RE IMBURSEMENT TO LAW E NFORCEMENT UNITS FOR TRAINING COSTS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: Section 1. Section 7-294dd of the general statutes is repealed and the 1 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2019): 2 (a) For purposes of this section, "police officer", "certification" and 3 "law enforcement unit" have the same meanings as provided in section 4 7-294a and "cost of certification" means the cost of training, equipment, 5 uniforms, salary and fringe benefits and any cost related to the entry 6 level requirements established by the Police Officer Standards and 7 Training Council associated with the police officer, except that "cost of 8 certification" does not include the cost of any equipment or uniforms 9 that were returned by such officer. 10 (b) Whenever a police officer obtains certification while employed 11 by a law enforcement unit and is subsequently hired by another law 12 enforcement unit on or after July 1, 2016, and within two years of such 13 officer obtaining such certification, the law enforcement unit hiring the 14 police officer shall reimburse the initial law enforcement unit fifty per 15 Committee Bill No. 789 LCO 6153 {\\PRDFS1\SCOUSERS\FORZANOF\WS\2019SB-00789- R02-SB.docx } 2 of 2 cent of the total cost of certification. The provisions of this section shall 16 not apply to a law enforcement unit that hires a police officer two 17 years or more after such officer obtains certification. No law 18 enforcement unit may require a police officer to pay any portion of the 19 reimbursement cost prescribed in this subsection unless the police 20 officer and law enforcement unit have agreed to the requirement prior 21 to July 1, 2019. No collective bargaining agreement entered into on or 22 after July 1, 2019, shall require a police officer to pay any portion of the 23 reimbursement cost prescribed in this subsection. 24 (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect an agreement 25 between a police officer or a collective bargaining unit and a law 26 enforcement unit entered into prior to July 1, 2016, that provides for 27 the reimbursement of the cost of certification. 28 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: Section 1 July 1, 2019 7-294dd PS Joint Favorable