Bill Text: NY A07432 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes a member of the uniformed force of the department of correction in a city having a population of one million or more to exchange up to five days of earned and accumulated vacation credits for a cash payment.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to governmental employees [A07432 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A07432-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7432 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 4, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to a vacation exchange option for members of the uniformed force of the department of correction in a city having a population of one million or more 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 2 159-d to read as follows: 3 S 159-D. VACATION EXCHANGE OPTION. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION 4 OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, EFFECTIVE APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWELVE 5 THROUGH MARCH THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND SIXTEEN, IN A CITY HAVING A 6 POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE, MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED FORCE OF THE 7 DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION OF SUCH CITY, WHO ARE ENTITLED TO EARN AND 8 ACCUMULATE VACATION CREDITS MAY ONCE PER FISCAL YEAR ELECT TO RECEIVE 9 CASH PAYMENT IN EXCHANGE FOR SUCH EARNED AND ACCUMULATED CREDITS IN 10 UNITS OF FULL DAYS UP TO A MAXIMUM OF FIVE DAYS, PROVIDED THAT AT THE 11 TIME OF SUCH ELECTION SUCH EARNED AND ACCUMULATED CREDITS TOTAL THIRTY- 12 FIVE OR MORE DAYS, AND PROVIDED FURTHER THAT THE AVAILABILITY OF SUCH 13 VACATION EXCHANGE SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF THE DIRECTOR OF 14 THE BUDGET OF SUCH CITY FOR EACH RESPECTIVE FISCAL YEAR. VACATION CRED- 15 ITS DESIGNATED FOR SUCH AN EXCHANGE SHALL BE SEGREGATED FROM THE EMPLOY- 16 EE'S ACCRUED VACATION CREDITS FOR FUTURE CASH PAYMENT AND SUCH DAYS 17 SHALL NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE ACCRUED CREDITS OF THE EMPLOYEE FOR THE 18 PURPOSES OF DISALLOWING SUBSEQUENT VACATION CREDITS WITHIN THE LIMITS 19 OTHERWISE PRESCRIBED. THE ELECTION OF SUCH AN EXCHANGE SHALL BE MADE 20 ANNUALLY BY THE LAST DAY OF THE PAYROLL PERIOD WHICH INCLUDES JULY 21 FIRST. SUCH PAYMENT FOR EXCHANGED CREDITS SHALL BE MADE DURING THE FIRST 22 WEEK OF DECEMBER OF THE YEAR OF SUCH EXCHANGE AT A RATE DETERMINED BY 23 THE EMPLOYEE'S SALARY IN EFFECT ON OCTOBER FIRST OF THE YEAR OF SUCH 24 PAYMENT. SUCH COMPENSATION SHALL BE PAID IN ADDITION TO AND SHALL NOT BE 25 PART OF AN EMPLOYEE'S BASIC ANNUAL SALARY, NOR SHALL IT BE CONSIDERED 26 SALARY FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMPUTING RETIREMENT BENEFITS. 27 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD10854-01-1