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[CITE: 42USC14098]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
         CHAPTER 136--VIOLENT CRIME CONTROL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
 
SUBCHAPTER VIII--POLICE CORPS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS TRAINING AND 
                                EDUCATION
 
                          Part A--Police Corps
 
Sec. 14098. Service obligation


(a) Swearing in

    Upon satisfactory completion of the participant's course of 
education and training program established in section 14097 of this 
title and meeting the requirements of the police force to which the 
participant is assigned, a participant shall be sworn in as a member of 
the police force to which the participant is assigned pursuant to the 
State Police Corps plan, and shall serve for 4 years as a member of that 
police force.

(b) Rights and responsibilities

    A participant shall have all of the rights and responsibilities of 
and shall be subject to all rules and regulations applicable to other 
members of the police force of which the participant is a member, 
including those contained in applicable agreements with labor 
organizations and those provided by State and local law.

(c) Discipline

    If the police force of which the participant is a member subjects 
the participant to discipline such as would preclude the participant's 
completing 4 years of service, and result in denial of educational 
assistance under section 14095 of this title, the Director may, upon a 
showing of good cause, permit the participant to complete the service 
obligation in an equivalent alternative law enforcement service and, if 
such service is satisfactorily completed, section 14095(d)(1)(B)(iii) of 
this title shall not apply.

(d) Layoffs

    If the police force of which the participant is a member lays off 
the participant such as would preclude the participant's completing 4 
years of service, and result in denial of educational assistance under 
section 14095 of this title, the Director may permit the participant to 
complete the service obligation in an equivalent alternative law 
enforcement service and, if such service is satisfactorily completed, 
section 14095(d)(1)(B)(iii) of this title shall not apply.

(Pub. L. 103-322, title XX, Sec. 200109, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 
2055.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 14096, 14100 of this title.
