Bill Text: NY A03046 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides for a thirty day limit on additional punishment for certain contempt citations involving an employee organization and view acts of extreme provocation in a light most favorable to the employee organization.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to judiciary [A03046 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A03046-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3046 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 21, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. PERRY -- read once and referred to the Committee on Judiciary AN ACT to amend the judiciary law and the civil service law, in relation to judicial review of punishment for certain contempt citations THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 751 of the judi- 2 ciary law, as amended by chapter 254 of the laws of 1983, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 (a) Where an employee organization, as defined in section two hundred 5 one of the civil service law, wilfully disobeys a lawful mandate of a 6 court of record, or wilfully offers resistance to such lawful mandate, 7 in a case involving or growing out of a strike in violation of subdivi- 8 sion one of section two hundred ten of the civil service law, the 9 punishment for each day that such contempt persists may be by a fine 10 fixed in the discretion of the court. In the case of a government exempt 11 from certain provisions of article fourteen of the civil service law, 12 pursuant to section two hundred twelve of such law, the court may, as an 13 additional punishment for such contempt, order forfeiture of the rights 14 granted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph (b) of subdivision one, 15 and subdivision three of section two hundred eight of such law, for such 16 specified period of time[, as the court shall determine or, in the 17 discretion of the court, for an indefinite period of time] NOT TO EXCEED 18 THIRTY DAYS, subject to restoration upon application, with notice to all 19 interested parties, supported by proof of good faith compliance with the 20 requirements of subdivision one of section two hundred ten of the civil 21 service law since the date of such violation, such proof to include, for 22 example, the successful negotiation, without a violation of subdivision 23 one of section two hundred ten of the civil service law, of a contract 24 covering the employees in the unit affected by such violation; provided, 25 however, that where a fine imposed pursuant to this subdivision remains EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD02664-01-1 A. 3046 2 1 wholly or partly unpaid, after the exhaustion of the cash and securities 2 of the employee organization, such forfeiture shall be suspended to the 3 extent necessary for the unpaid portion of such fine to be accumulated 4 by the public employer and transmitted to the court. In fixing the 5 amount of the fine and/or duration of the forfeiture, the court shall 6 consider all the facts and circumstances directly related to the 7 contempt, including, but not limited to: (i) the extent of the wilful 8 defiance of or a resistance to the court's mandate (ii) the impact of 9 the strike on the public health, safety, and welfare of the community 10 and (iii) the ability of the employee organization to pay the fine 11 imposed; and the court may consider (i) the refusal of the employee 12 organization or the appropriate public employer, as defined in section 13 two hundred one of the civil service law, or the representatives there- 14 of, to submit to the mediation and fact-finding procedures provided in 15 section two hundred nine of the civil service law and (ii) whether, if 16 so alleged by the employee organization AND WHEN VIEWED IN A LIGHT MOST 17 FAVORABLE TO SUCH EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION, the appropriate public employer 18 or its representatives engaged in such acts of extreme provocation as to 19 detract from the responsibility of the employee organization for the 20 strike. In determining the ability of the employee organization to pay 21 the fine imposed, the court shall consider both the income and the 22 assets of such employee organization. 23 S 2. Paragraph (f) of subdivision 3 of section 210 of the civil 24 service law, as amended by chapter 677 of the laws of 1977, is amended 25 to read as follows: 26 (f) If the board determines that an employee organization has violated 27 the provisions of subdivision one of this section, the board shall order 28 forfeiture of the rights granted pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 29 (b) of subdivision one, and subdivision three of section two hundred 30 eight of this chapter, for such specified period of time [as the board 31 shall determine, or, in the discretion of the board, for an indefinite 32 period of time] NOT TO EXCEED THIRTY DAYS subject to restoration upon 33 application, with notice to all interested parties, supported by proof 34 of good faith compliance with the requirements of subdivision one of 35 this section since the date of such violation, such proof to include, 36 for example, the successful negotiation, without a violation of subdivi- 37 sion one of this section, of a contract covering the employees in the 38 unit affected by such violation; provided, however, that where a fine 39 imposed on an employee organization pursuant to subdivision two of 40 section seven hundred fifty-one of the judiciary law remains wholly or 41 partly unpaid, after the exhaustion of the cash and securities of the 42 employee organization, the board shall direct that, notwithstanding such 43 forfeiture, such membership dues deduction shall be continued to the 44 extent necessary to pay such fine and such public employer shall trans- 45 mit such moneys to the court. In fixing the duration of the forfeiture, 46 the board shall consider all the relevant facts and circumstances, 47 including but not limited to: (i) the extent of any wilful defiance of 48 subdivision one of this section (ii) the impact of the strike on the 49 public health, safety, and welfare of the community and (iii) the finan- 50 cial resources of the employee organization; and the board may consider 51 (i) the refusal of the employee organization or the appropriate public 52 employer or the representative thereof, to submit to the mediation and 53 fact-finding procedures provided in section two hundred nine and (ii) 54 whether, if so alleged by the employee organization AND WHEN VIEWED IN A 55 LIGHT MOST FAVORABLE TO SUCH EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION, the appropriate 56 public employer or its representatives engaged in such acts of extreme A. 3046 3 1 provocation as to detract from the responsibility of the employee organ- 2 ization for the strike. In determining the financial resources of the 3 employee organization, the board shall consider both the income and the 4 assets of such employee organization. In the event membership dues are 5 collected by the public employer as provided in paragraph (b) of subdi- 6 vision one of section two hundred eight of this chapter, the books and 7 records of such public employer shall be prima facie evidence of the 8 amount so collected. 9 S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.