Bill Text: NY A05364 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides that members of the civil air patrol shall be entitled to paid leave for training, drill and sanctioned missions.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to governmental employees [A05364 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A05364-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5364 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY February 11, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. LUPARDO, CROUCH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to paid leave for members of the civil air patrol The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The civil service law is amended by adding a new section 2 82-c to read as follows: 3 § 82-c. Civil air patrol volunteers; paid leave. Notwithstanding any 4 other provisions of law to the contrary, public officers and employees 5 of the state who are members of the United States Air Force Auxiliary 6 Civil Air Patrol or the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Pilots shall 7 be granted leave from work with pay to participate in training, drills 8 or emergency services upon a written request from a unit commander and 9 the approval of the chief administrative officer of the state agency, 10 department or bureau for which the public officer or employee serves. 11 The public officer or employee shall be compensated at his or her regu- 12 lar rate of pay for those regular work hours during which the public 13 officer or employee is absent from work while participating in author- 14 ized training, drills or emergency services missions. Such leave shall 15 be provided without loss of seniority, compensation, sick leave, vaca- 16 tion leave or other overtime compensation to which the volunteer is 17 otherwise entitled and shall not exceed twenty days in any calendar 18 year. 19 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD07842-01-9