N.Y. STF Law § 205

§ 205. Payment of relocation allowance to certain members of the state\npolice upon transfer within state service. 1. A member of the New York\nstate police eligible for reimbursement for moving and travel expenses\npursuant to the provisions of section two hundred two of this article\nand the regulations promulgated by the director of the budget pursuant\nto the provisions of such section shall be granted a relocation\nallowance in lieu of reimbursement of expenses incidental to moving not\nreimbursable under section two hundred two of this article.\n 2. Such allowance shall equal three per cent of the basic annual\ncompensation of such member in the position to which he is promoted,\ntransferred or reassigned, exclusive of any differential paid, provided,\nhowever, that in no case shall such allowance exceed five hundred\ndollars if such position is below the rank of lieutenant or eight\nhundred dollars if such position is the rank of lieutenant or above.\n 3. No payment shall be made to a member otherwise eligible to receive\na relocation allowance pursuant to this section unless he shall agree in\nwriting to return to the state monies received for such expenses in the\nevent that he resigns or voluntarily separates from the position to\nwhich he is transferred, reassigned or promoted within one year after\nsuch transfer, reassignment or promotion. The return of such funds to\nthe state shall not be required when the resignation or voluntary\nseparation is the result of a promotion to a higher grade state position\nin the same occupational field occurring more than six months following\nthe transfer, reassignment or promotion, or by a promotion at any time\nin the same geographic area if he would have been eligible for a\nrelocation allowance upon such promotion to such position held by him\nimmediately prior to the transfer, reassignment or promotion for which a\nrelocation allowance was paid. Monies owing to the state pursuant to\nthis subdivision may be deducted from any monies due or accruing to the\nmember on resignation or separation or, if necessary, may be recovered\nby appropriate legal proceedings.\n 4. Nothing in this section shall affect or impair the eligibility of\nany member for reimbursement of travel and moving expenses in accordance\nwith the provisions of section two hundred two of this article.\n 5. Relocation allowances paid pursuant to this section shall be\npayable from monies appropriated and available to the division of state\npolice. Relocation allowances of members whose salaries are paid from a\nfund other than the general fund shall be a proper charge against such\nother fund. Such allowance shall not be deemed to constitute salary for\nany of the purposes of the civil service law.\n