New York Assembly Bill A04836 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4836 2023-2024 Regular Sessions  IN ASSEMBLY February 23, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. RAMOS, DINOWITZ, MAGNARELLI, JACKSON, ZINERMAN, SIMON, FORREST -- read once and referred to the Committee on Govern- mental Operations AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to enacting the "Wander- ing Officers Act" prohibiting the hiring of certain persons as a police officer The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as 2 the "Wandering Officers Act." 3 § 2. Section 840 of the executive law is amended by adding a new 4 subdivision 2-c to read as follows: 5 2-c. The council shall promulgate rules and regulations concerning 6 eligibility of persons for provisional or permanent appointment in the 7 competitive class of the civil service as police officers of any police 8 agency or the division of state police to prohibit the provisional or 9 permanent appointment of a person as a police officer if such person has 10 previously been fired as a police officer from any jurisdiction within 11 or without the state, if such person left a position as a police officer 12 either while under an investigation or while being the subject of a 13 disciplinary action which could result in termination from any jurisdic- 14 tion within or without the state, or if such person resigned while crim- 15 inal charges were pending stemming from actions committed while on duty 16 as a police officer in any jurisdiction within or without the state. 17 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD08294-01-3