Bill Text: NY A07432 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7432
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      May 4, 2011
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       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