N.Y. Civil Service Law § 59: Placement of county sheriffs' personnel in classified service

§ 59. Placement of county sheriffs' personnel in classified service.

1. The legislature hereby finds that the continued, uninterrupted,

adequate and efficient operation of the sheriff's department in counties

in New York state outside the city of New York is necessary for the

general welfare of the people of such counties; that such adequate

operation involves and requires personnel with highly specialized

ability, skill, training and knowledge, integrated and unified by

practical experience; that the January first, nineteen hundred ninety

amendment to subdivision (a) of section thirteen of article thirteen of

the New York state constitution brings appointees of a county sheriff

into the classified service of the civil service; that to require

competitive examination for valid appointment of appointees of the

county sheriff within the classified service would irreparably

disorganize county sheriffs' departments and endanger the public safety,

interrupt the continuance and performance of the important services

performed by such sheriff's departments, and place an undue financial

burden on their respective counties.

2. Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter or any provisions to

the contrary contained in any general, special, or local laws, all

lawful appointees of a county sheriff employed as of the effective date

of this section whose employments hereinbefore were considered not to be

subject to the civil service law, shall continue to hold their positions

without further examination or qualification and shall have all the

rights and privileges of the jurisdictional classification to which such

positions may be allocated in the classified service of the county in

which they are employed.