2023 New York Laws › GMU - General Municipal › Article 5 - Powers, Limitations and Liabilities › 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.