Bill Text: NY A05032 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 5032 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Establishes the New York working soldiers' assistance program; provides a grant to private employers for paying employees currently in active duty in the military.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-03 - held for consideration in labor [A05032 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A05032-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5032
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 14, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced by M. of A. TENNEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Labor
       AN  ACT  to  amend  the labor law, in relation to creating the "New York
         working soldiers' assistance program"
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The labor law is amended by adding a new section 219-b to
    2  read as follows:
    3    S 219-B. NEW YORK  WORKING  SOLDIERS'  ASSISTANCE  PROGRAM.    1.  THE
    4  DEPARTMENT  SHALL  ESTABLISH  A  MATCHING GRANT PROGRAM TO AWARD PRIVATE
    5  SECTOR EMPLOYERS OF NEW YORK STATE WHO PROVIDE WAGES TO NEW  YORK  STATE
    6  RESIDENTS  WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD OR OTHER RESERVE COMPO-
    7  NENT OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES AND ARE ORDERED TO  ACTIVE
    8  MILITARY DUTY IN A COMBAT THEATER OR COMBAT ZONE OF OPERATIONS.
    9    2.  SUCH GRANT SHALL REIMBURSE THE EMPLOYER FOR NOT MORE THAN ONE-HALF
   10  OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MONTHLY WAGE PAID BY THE EMPLOYER PRIOR TO
   11  THE DATE THE EMPLOYEE WAS CALLED TO OR ORDERED TO ACTIVE  MILITARY  DUTY
   12  IN  A  COMBAT  THEATER OR COMBAT ZONE OF OPERATION AND THE AMOUNT OF THE
   13  EMPLOYEE'S MILITARY PAY AS DEFINED IN SECTION 101(21) OF TITLE 37 OF THE
   14  UNITED STATES CODE AND ALLOWANCES PAYABLE TO  A  MEMBER  OF  THE  UNITED
   15  STATES  ARMED  FORCES  UNDER  CHAPTER 7 OF TITLE 37 OF THE UNITED STATES
   16  CODE AND IS ONLY AVAILABLE FOR FEDERAL MILITARY ACTIVE DUTY SERVED ON OR
   17  AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN.
   18    3. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL DEVELOP A PLAN BY NO LATER THAN OCTOBER FIRST,
   19  TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN, TO ADMINISTER THE APPLICATION AND PAYMENT  PROCE-
   20  DURES PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   21    4.  FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF  THIS SECTION, THE EMPLOYEE MUST BE A LEGAL
   22  RESIDENT OF THE STATE FOR THE PERIOD OF TIME HE OR SHE WAS  DEPLOYED  TO
   23  ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY.
   24    S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
   25  ing the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective  immediately
   26  the  commissioner of labor is authorized to promulgate any and all rules
   27  and regulations and take any other measures necessary to implement  this
   28  act on its effective date on or before such date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06118-01-3