N.Y. General Municipal Law § 72-c: Expenses of members of the police department and other peace officers in attending police training schools

§ 72-c. Expenses of members of the police department and other peace

officers in attending police training schools. The board or body of a

county, city, town or village authorized to appropriate and to raise

money by taxation and to make payments therefrom, is hereby authorized,

in its discretion, to appropriate and to raise money by taxation and to

make payments from such moneys, for the annual expenses of the members

of the police department of such municipal corporation in attending a

police training school, as provided by the regulations of the

department, either within such municipal corporation or elsewhere within

the state; and for the payment of reasonable expenses of such members

and other police officers or peace officers of the municipality while

going to, attending, and returning from any training school conducted by

or under the auspices of the federal bureau of investigation, whether

within or without the state. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision

of any general, special or local law to the contrary, whenever a member

of the police department of a municipal corporation has attended a

police training school, the expense of which was borne by such municipal

corporation, terminates employment with such municipal corporation and

commences employment with any other municipal corporation or employer

county sheriff, such employer municipal corporation or employer county

sheriff shall reimburse the prior employer municipal corporation for

such expenses, including, salary, tuition, enrollment fees, books, and

the cost of transportation to and from training school, as follows: on a

pro rata basis, to be calculated by subtracting from the number of days

in the three years following the date of the member's graduation from

police training school, the number of days between the date of the

member's graduation from training school and the date of the termination

of employment with the municipal corporation which paid for such

training, and multiplying the difference by the per diem cost of such

expenses, to be calculated by dividing the total cost of such expenses

by the number of days in the three years following the date of the

member's graduation, if such change in employment occurs within three

years of such member's graduation from police training school. Provided,

however, the employer municipal corporation or employer county sheriff

shall not be required to reimburse the prior employer municipal

corporation for that portion of such expenses which is reimbursable by

the member to the prior employer municipal corporation under the terms

of an employment or labor agreement. Provided, further, however, the

employer municipal corporation or employer county sheriff shall not be

required to reimburse the prior employer municipal corporation for such

basic training if such change in employment occurs after the expiration

of the validity of the member's certificate attesting to the

satisfactory completion of an approved municipal police basic training

program.