Assembly Bill A10026

                             
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                                   10026
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 30, 2026
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 Introduced  by M. of A. CASHMAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Local Governments
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law  and  the  executive  law,  in
   relation  to  the completion of training requirements for sheriffs and
   undersheriffs
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision 1 of section 209-q of the
 general municipal law, as amended by chapter 735 of the laws of 1988, is
 amended to read as follows:
   (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any general,  special  or  local
 law or charter to the contrary, no person shall, after July first, nine-
 teen hundred sixty, receive an original appointment on a permanent basis
 as  a  police  officer  of  any  county,  city,  town, village or police
 district unless such person has previously been awarded a certificate by
 the executive director of the municipal police training council  created
 under  article thirty-five of the executive law, attesting to [his] SUCH
 PERSON'S satisfactory completion of an approved municipal  police  basic
 training  program  OR  A  CERTIFICATE  PROVIDED  PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION
 THREE-B OF SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY-ONE OF  THE  EXECUTIVE  LAW;  and
 every person who is appointed on a temporary basis or for a probationary
 term or on other than a permanent basis as a police officer of any coun-
 ty,  city,  town,  village  or police district shall forfeit [his] THEIR
 position as such unless [he] SUCH PERSON previously  has  satisfactorily
 completed,  or  within the time prescribed by regulations promulgated by
 the governor pursuant to section eight hundred forty-two of  the  execu-
 tive  law,  satisfactorily  completes, a municipal police basic training
 program for temporary or probationary police officers and is  awarded  a
 certificate by such director attesting thereto OR A CERTIFICATE PROVIDED
 PURSUANT  TO  SUBDIVISION  THREE-B OF SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY-ONE OF
 THE EXECUTIVE LAW.   AN ELECTED OR APPOINTED SHERIFF  MAY  APPLY  FOR  A
 CERTIFICATE  PROVIDED  PURSUANT  TO SUBDIVISION THREE-B OF SECTION EIGHT
 HUNDRED FORTY-ONE OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   § 2. Section 840 of the executive law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 9 to read as follows:
   9.  THE  COUNCIL,  IN  CONSULTATION  WITH  THE SUPERINTENDENT OF STATE
 POLICE, SHALL PROMULGATE RULES AND REGULATIONS WITH RESPECT TO:
   (A) DETERMINING QUALIFICATIONS AND CREDENTIALS OF  PERSONS  PREVIOUSLY
 APPOINTED  TO  THE  NEW YORK STATE POLICE FORCE AS A SWORN MEMBER, WHICH
 MAY INCLUDE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF A BASIC  TRAINING  PROGRAM  AT  THE
 STATE  POLICE  ACADEMY, THAT ARE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT TO AN APPROVED
 MUNICIPAL POLICE BASIC TRAINING PROGRAM UNDER  THIS  ARTICLE  AND  WHICH
 SHALL  SATISFY  THE  REQUIREMENTS  OF  SECTION TWO HUNDRED NINE-Q OF THE
 GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, IN LIEU OF THE CERTIFICATE AWARDED BY THE  EXECU-
 TIVE  DIRECTOR  OF  THE  MUNICIPAL  POLICE TRAINING COUNCIL ATTESTING TO
 SATISFACTORY COMPLETION OF AN APPROVED MUNICIPAL POLICE  BASIC  TRAINING
 PROGRAM; AND
   (B)  THE  FORM  AND  MANNER  IN  WHICH A PERSON MAY APPLY TO RECEIVE A
 CERTIFICATE ATTESTING THAT SUCH PERSON'S QUALIFICATIONS AND  CREDENTIALS
 AS A PERSON PREVIOUSLY APPOINTED TO THE NEW YORK STATE POLICE FORCE AS A
 SWORN  MEMBER ARE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT TO SATISFACTORY COMPLETION OF
 AN APPROVED MUNICIPAL POLICE BASIC TRAINING PROGRAM.
   § 3. Section 841 of the executive law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 subdivision 3-b to read as follows:
   3-B.  CERTIFY  POLICE OFFICERS WHO HAVE QUALIFICATIONS AND CREDENTIALS
 THAT THE COUNCIL HAS DETERMINED TO BE  SUBSTANTIALLY  EQUIVALENT  TO  AN
 APPROVED  MUNICIPAL POLICE BASIC TRAINING PROGRAM AND ISSUE CERTIFICATES
 TO SUCH POLICE OFFICERS;
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.