L.L. 2006/022
Enactment date: 7/11/2006
Int. No. 350-A
By Council Members Addabbo Jr., Fidler, Seabrook, Stewart, White Jr., Nelson and Sears (by request of the Mayor)
A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, the administrative code of the city of New York and local law number 58 for the year 1996, relating to performance by the police department of certain functions previously performed by the department of transportation, in relation to authorizing employees of the police department to perform parking enforcement functions.
Be it enacted by the Council as follows:
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[Consolidated provisions are not included in this Appendix A]
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§ 3. Section 3 of local law number 58 for the year 1996 is amended to read as follows:
§3. [(a)] In order to effectuate the provisions of subdivision b of section four hundred thirty-five of the New York city charter, as enacted by section one of this local law, officers and employees in the classified city civil service who are engaged in the performance of the functions, powers or duties described in such section shall be transferred to the police department without further examination or qualification, and shall retain their respective civil service classifications and civil service status.
[(b) Notwithstanding subdivision a of this section, officers and employees of the department of transportation classified in the parking control specialist series shall not be transferred pursuant to this local law.]
§ 4. In order to effectuate the provisions of subdivision a of section 14-118.2 of the administrative code of the city of New York, as amended by section 2 of this local law, officers and employees in the classified city civil service who are engaged in the performance of the functions, powers or duties described in such section shall be transferred to the police department without further examination or qualification, and shall retain their respective civil service classifications and civil service status; provided, however, that employees who are subject to pending disciplinary charges on the date of the functional transfer, or against whom a disciplinary penalty has been assessed but not yet served or paid on or prior to such date, may be retained in the employment of the department of transportation until the resolution of the adjudicative or administrative proceedings and until any outstanding disciplinary penalty has been served or paid.
§ 5. No existing right or remedy of any character to the city shall be lost or impaired or affected by reason of the enactment of this local law.
§ 6. No civil, criminal or administrative action or proceeding pending at the time when this local law shall take effect, brought by or against the city or any agency or officer of the city, shall be affected or abated by the enactment of this local law or by anything contained herein; but any or all such actions and proceedings may be assigned or transferred to the police department, but in that event the same may be prosecuted or defended by the police commissioner.
§ 7. This local law shall take effect July 2, 2006, or as soon as practicable thereafter as a transfer of functions may be effectuated pursuant to this local law and subdivision 2 of section 70 of the civil service law; provided, however, that any or all actions necessary to effectuate such transfer may be taken prior to such effective date.