Bill Text: NY A07271 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Relates to control periods and salary adjustments according to plan and step-ups or increments.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to governmental employees [A07271 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A07271-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7271
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      May 1, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GOLDFED-
         ER  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employ-
         ees
       AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to control peri-
         ods and salary adjustments according to plan and  step-ups  or  incre-
         ments
         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  3  of  section  3669  of  the
    2  public  authorities  law, as added by chapter 84 of the laws of 2000, is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    (a) During a control period, upon a finding by the  authority  that  a
    5  wage  freeze  is  essential  to  the adoption or maintenance of a county
    6  budget or a financial plan that is in compliance with  this  title,  the
    7  authority,  after  enactment  of  a resolution so finding, may declare a
    8  fiscal crisis. Upon making such a declaration, the  authority  shall  be
    9  empowered to order that all increases in salary or wages of employees of
   10  the county and employees of covered organizations which will take effect
   11  after  the  date  of  the order pursuant to collective bargaining agree-
   12  ments, other analogous contracts or interest arbitration awards, now  in
   13  existence  or hereafter entered into, requiring such salary increases as
   14  of any date thereafter are suspended. Such order may also  provide  that
   15  all  increased  payments  for  holiday and vacation differentials, shift
   16  differentials, [salary adjustments according to  plan  and  step-ups  or
   17  increments]  for employees of the county and employees of covered organ-
   18  izations which will take effect after the date of the order pursuant  to
   19  collective  bargaining agreements, other analogous contracts or interest
   20  arbitration awards requiring such increased  payments  as  of  any  date
   21  thereafter  are,  in  the  same  manner,  suspended.  SALARY ADJUSTMENTS
   22  ACCORDING TO PLAN AND STEP-UPS OR INCREMENTS SHALL  NOT  BE  SUBJECT  TO
   23  SUSPENSION. For the purposes of computing the pension base of retirement
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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       A. 7271                             2
    1  allowances,  any  suspended  salary  or wage increases and any suspended
    2  other payments shall not be considered as part of compensation or  final
    3  compensation  or  of  annual  salary earned or earnable. The suspensions
    4  authorized hereunder shall continue until one year after the date of the
    5  order  and,  to  the extent of any determination of the authority that a
    6  continuation of such suspensions, to a date specified by the  authority,
    7  is  necessary  in order to achieve the objectives of the financial plan,
    8  such suspensions shall be continued to the date specified by the author-
    9  ity, which date shall in no event be later than the end of  the  interim
   10  finance  period,  provided  that  such  suspensions shall terminate with
   11  respect to employees who have agreed to a deferral  of  salary  or  wage
   12  increase upon the certification of the agreement by the authority pursu-
   13  ant to paragraph (b) of this subdivision.
   14    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
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