[HISTORY: Adopted by the Rockland County Legislature 7-16-1963
by L.L. No. 3-1973. Amendments noted where applicable.]
All deputies and employees of the Sheriff of Rockland County, except
the Undersheriff, are hereby placed in the classified service of civil service
and shall be employed in accordance with the provisions of the Civil Service
Law of the State of New York and shall be subject to and governed by such
law and the Rockland County Civil Service Rules and Appendices.
[Amended 12-30-1974 by L.L. No. 19-1974]
All such deputies and employees of the Sheriff of Rockland County who
have served on a permanent basis for one year in duly established positions
immediately preceding the date on which this chapter becomes effective shall
continue to hold such positions on a permanent basis, without examination
and shall have all the rights and privileges of the civil service jurisdictional
classification to which such positions may be allocated, and such other deputies
and employees who have been duly employed by the Sheriff on the basis of half-time
or greater for at least one year preceding the effective date of this chapter
shall be deemed to occupy positions as of such date and to have permanent
civil service status therein in the title(s) as classified, without examination,
and shall have all the rights and privileges of the civil service jurisdictional
classification to which such position may be allocated; provided, however,
that all such employees employed for less than one year in their respective
positions immediately preceding the effective date of this chapter shall be
deemed qualified for provisional or noncompetitive class appointment as may
be appropriate to their position and shall be further deemed qualified to
participate in the next scheduled open competitive examination to be given
for such position if then still employed in the Office of the Sheriff; provided,
further, however, that on or after such effective date all new positions created
and vacancies occurring in existing positions shall be filled in accordance
with the Civil Service Law of the State of New York and the Rockland County
Civil Service Rules and Appendices.
Except where inconsistent with this chapter, the Sheriff shall have
and exercise all the powers and duties now and hereafter conferred or imposed
by any law applicable to the Sheriff and such other duties as may be imposed
by law.
Any act or omission of any employee of the County in the Office of the
Sheriff done or made in the performance of an official duty or for the performance
of which the County is paid or receives compensation or fee shall be the act
or omission of the County, and the damages, if any, resulting therefrom shall
be deemed the liability of the County of Rockland.
Nothing contained in this chapter shall make the County responsible
for the acts of the Sheriff thereof nor relieve said Sheriff from any liability
to which he is lawfully subject.
Nothing herein contained in this chapter shall apply to or otherwise
affect the status of those employees of the Sheriff who are in the classified
service as of the effective date of this chapter. The status of such employees
shall continue for all purposes as if this chapter had not been adopted.
