New York A 2558: Relates to the appointment and reporting duties of the superintendent of the state police and to the appointment of employees of the state police

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A02558 Summary:

BILL NOA02558 

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SAME ASSAME AS S00702

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SPONSORDinowitz

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§210 & 211, add §210-a, Exec L

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Relates to the appointment and reporting duties of the superintendent of the state police and to the appointment of employees of the state police; requires the approval of certain duties of the state police by the superintendent of the state police.

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BILL NOA02558 

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01/17/2025referred to governmental operations

01/07/2026referred to governmental operations

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 2558

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 January 17, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Governmental Operations

 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to the appointment and
 reporting duties of the superintendent of the state police, the
 appointment of employees of the state police and the approval of
 certain duties of the state police

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Section 210 of the executive law, as amended by chapter 169
 2 of the laws of 1994, is amended to read as follows:
 3 § 210. Division of state police. (a) The division of state police in
 4 the executive department shall be known as the "New York State Police."
 5 (b) (1) The head of the New York state police shall be the superinten-
 6 dent of state police who shall be appointed by the governor by and with
 7 the advice and consent of the senate, and hold office during [his or
 8 her] the governor's pleasure. The superintendent shall be a member of
 9 the state police, shall receive as salary such sum as may be appropri-
 10 ated by law, and shall accrue such leave credits and be eligible for the
 11 same retirement benefits, service credits and other benefits as any
 12 other member of the state police. The superintendent of state police
 13 shall have control of all staffing decisions, resource allocation and
 14 unit assignments within the state police. If, prior to appointment, the
 15 superintendent served as a member of the state police, [he or she] the
 16 superintendent, upon appointment, shall be entitled to continue to
 17 accrue and receive such credits and benefits as [he or she] the super-
 18 intendent would have been entitled to accrue and receive prior to
 19 appointment.
 20 (2) If, prior to [his or her] the superintendent's appointment, the
 21 superintendent shall have served as a member of the State Police for a
 22 period of ten years or more, [he or she] the superintendent shall,
 23 provided [he or she] the superintendent is not eligible for retirement,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02489-01-5

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 1 upon termination of service as superintendent, be reappointed, without
 2 examination, as a member of the state police in the grade held by [him
 3 or her] the superintendent prior to appointment as superintendent,
 4 notwithstanding the absence of any vacancy in such grade. For the
 5 purpose of determining the annual salary to be paid upon such reappoint-
 6 ment, the period of service as superintendent shall be counted as
 7 service in the grade to which reappointed.
 8 (3) Effective with respect to any individual appointment by the gover-
 9 nor, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, after January
 10 first, two thousand twenty-six, the term of service of the superinten-
 11 dent of the state police shall be seven years. A superintendent may not
 12 serve more than one seven-year term. The appointment of the first depu-
 13 ty superintendent shall also be subject to senate confirmation.
 14 (4) Notwithstanding sections thirty-three and thirty-three-a of the
 15 public officers law, a superintendent shall be removed from office for
 16 failure to fulfill the duties of the office by the governor and with a
 17 two-thirds vote of the whole number of members of each house of the
 18 legislature o