New York Assembly Bill A03643

New York 2025-2026 Regular Session

• Introduced: 1/28/25
• Refer: 1/28/25

Caption

Authorizes the villages of Malone, Saranac Lake and Tupper Lake, in the county of Franklin, to employ retired former members of the division of state police as part-time village police officers.

Summary

This bill would amend the civil service law to allow the village boards of Malone, Saranac Lake, and Tupper Lake in Franklin County to appoint retired former members of the New York State Division of State Police as part-time police officers for their village police departments. The authorization would apply notwithstanding other civil service law requirements, meaning the villages could hire these retirees without the usual examination process or other applicable hiring requirements under that section of law. The measure is narrowly tailored to three specific villages and applies only to retired state police members, not to all retired law enforcement personnel. It would take effect immediately upon enactment. In practical terms, the bill creates a local hiring exception intended to give these villages access to experienced policing personnel for part-time service.

Impact

The bill would create a new subdivision in section 58 of the civil service law carving out an exception for Malone, Saranac Lake, and Tupper Lake to employ retired state troopers as part-time village police officers without civil service examination or compliance with other hiring requirements in that section. It would not broadly change statewide police hiring rules, but it would override them for these three villages in Franklin County and could affect local police staffing, retirement-to-work arrangements, and civil service administration for those municipalities.

Sentiment

Based on the bill text and the absence of recorded committee debate or votes, the available context suggests a straightforward, localized proposal with no documented opposition or support in the provided materials. The bill appears administrative and practical in nature, aimed at helping three villages fill part-time policing needs by drawing on experienced retired state police officers.

Contention

No specific points of contention are documented in the provided transcripts or voting history. Potential areas of concern, based on the bill’s structure, could include the bypassing of civil service examination requirements, the creation of a narrow locality-specific exception, and questions about whether retired state police should be used to supplement local police staffing. However, no stakeholder positions or objections are recorded in the supplied materials.