§ 58. Requirements for appointment of certain police officers. 1.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of this law or any general, special\nor local law to the contrary, no person shall be eligible for\nappointment as a police officer of the department of environmental\nconservation or of any police force or police department of any county,\ncity, town, village, housing authority or police district unless they\nshall satisfy the following basic requirements:\n (a) they are not less than twenty years of age as of the date of\nappointment nor more than forty-three years of age as of the date when\nthe applicant takes the written examination, provided that the maximum\nage requirement of forty-three years of age as set forth in this\nparagraph shall not apply to eligible lists finalized pursuant to an\nexamination administered prior to May thirty-first, nineteen hundred\nninety-nine or a police officer in the department of environmental\nconservation, provided, however, that:\n (i) time spent on military duty or on terminal leave, not exceeding a\ntotal of six years, shall be subtracted from the age of any applicant\nwho has passed their forty-third birthday as provided in subdivision\nten-a of section two hundred forty-three of the military law;\n (ii) such maximum age requirement of forty-three years shall not apply\nto any police officer as defined in subdivision thirty-four of section\n1.20 of the criminal procedure law, who was continuously employed by the\nBuffalo municipal housing authority between January first, two thousand\nfive and June thirtieth, two thousand five and who takes the next\nwritten exam offered after the effective date of this subparagraph by\nthe city of Buffalo civil service commission for employment as a police\nofficer in the city of Buffalo police department, or June thirtieth, two\nthousand six, whichever is later; and\n (iii) such maximum age requirement of forty-three years shall not\napply to any police officer of any county, town, city or village police\nforce not otherwise provided for in this section if the eligible list\nhas been exhausted and there are no other eligible candidates; provided,\nhowever, the police officer themselves are on the eligible list of such\ncounty, town, city or village and meet all other requirements of merit\nand fitness set forth by this chapter and do not exceed the maximum age\nof forty-three;\n (b) they are a high school graduate or a holder of a high school\nequivalency diploma issued by an education department of any of the\nstates of the United States or a holder of a comparable diploma issued\nby any commonwealth, territory or possession of the United States or by\nthe Canal Zone or a holder of a report from the United States armed\nforces certifying their successful completion of the tests of general\neducational development, high school level;\n (c) they satisfy the height, weight, physical and psychological\nfitness requirements prescribed by the municipal police training council\npursuant to the provisions of section eight hundred forty of the\nexecutive law; and\n (d) they are of good moral character as determined in accordance with\nthe background investigation standards of the municipal police training\ncouncil pursuant to the provisions of section eight hundred forty of the\nexecutive law.\n 1-a. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other section of law,\ngeneral, special or local, should it be determined by the appointing\nauthority that a candidate does not meet the psychological fitness\nrequirements or lacks the good moral character standards set by the\nmunicipal police training council pursuant to the provisions of section\neight hundred forty of the executive law, then the appointing authority\nmay request that the local civil service commissioner remove such\ncandidate from the eligible list. Upon receiving such request, the local\ncivil service commissioner shall comply forthwith.\n 1-b. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other
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