Bill Text: NY A07739 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 7739 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to authorizing additional paid leave for certain employees with military combat experience, while engaged in the performance of ordered military duty.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to governmental operations [A07739 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A07739-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7739
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     May 26, 2015
                                      ___________
       Introduced by M. of A. PAULIN -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Governmental Operations
       AN  ACT to amend the military law, in relation to authorizing additional
         paid leave for certain employees
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision  5  of  section  242  of the military law, as
    2  amended by chapter 161 of the laws  of  1984,  is  amended  to  read  as
    3  follows:
    4    5.  Pay for military duty. [Every] (A) EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN
    5  PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SUBDIVISION,  EVERY  public  officer  or  employee
    6  shall  be  paid  his  OR HER salary or other compensation as such public
    7  officer or employee for any and all periods of absence while engaged  in
    8  the performance of ordered military duty, and while going to and return-
    9  ing  from  such duty, not exceeding a total of thirty days or twenty-two
   10  working days, whichever is greater, in any one  calendar  year  and  not
   11  exceeding  thirty days or twenty-two working days, whichever is greater,
   12  in any one continuous period of such absence.
   13    (B) EVERY PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE EMPLOYED BY THE STATE OF NEW YORK
   14  WITH MILITARY COMBAT EXPERIENCE, AS EVIDENCED BY THE PUBLIC  OFFICER  OR
   15  EMPLOYEE'S  DD-214  AND OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DOCUMENTATION, SHALL
   16  BE PAID HIS OR HER SALARY OR OTHER COMPENSATION AS SUCH  PUBLIC  OFFICER
   17  OR  EMPLOYEE  FOR  ANY  AND  ALL PERIODS OF ABSENCE WHILE ENGAGED IN THE
   18  PERFORMANCE OF ORDERED MILITARY DUTY, WHILE GOING TO AND RETURNING  FROM
   19  SUCH  DUTY,  AND WHILE UTILIZING ANY HEALTHCARE RELATED SERVICES RELATED
   20  TO SUCH DUTY, NOT EXCEEDING FORTY DAYS OR THIRTY WORKING DAYS, WHICHEVER
   21  IS GREATER, IN ANY ONE CALENDAR YEAR AND NOT  EXCEEDING  FORTY  DAYS  OR
   22  THIRTY  WORKING DAYS, WHICHEVER IS GREATER, IN ANY ONE CONTINUOUS PERIOD
   23  OF SUCH ABSENCE.
   24    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10805-04-5