Section 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, having a population
  of ten thousand or less, 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, having a  population
  of  ten thousand or less, 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.