Bill Text: NY S00028 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Expands the composition of the board of trustees of the New York City Employees' Retirement system to include the employee organization which represents the largest number of uniformed employees for the purposes of collective bargaining on pension matters.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - REFERRED TO CITIES [S00028 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S00028-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           28
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 4, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Cities
        AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the  city  of  New  York,  in
          relation  to  the composition of the board of trustees of the New York
          city employees' retirement system
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Paragraph  5  of  subdivision  b of section 13-103 of the
     2  administrative code of the city of  New  York  is  amended  to  read  as
     3  follows:
     4    5.  (a) [Three] Four employee representatives, who shall each be enti-
     5  tled to cast one vote. The  chief  executive  officer  of  each  of  the
     6  [three]  four  employee organizations designated as [herein] provided in
     7  this subdivision shall be one of such representatives.
     8    (b) On or before July first of the year  in  which  this  subparagraph
     9  shall take effect, the director of labor relations of the city (or other
    10  officer  performing  the  same or similar functions under another title)
    11  shall, by instrument in writing filed in his or her office and with  the
    12  board,  designate  (i) the three employee organizations which represent,
    13  for the purposes of collective bargaining on pension matters, the  larg-
    14  est  number  of  employees who are members of the retirement system, and
    15  (ii) the employee organization which represents,  for  the  purposes  of
    16  collective   bargaining  on  pension  matters,  the  largest  number  of
    17  uniformed employees who are  members  of  the  retirement  system.  Such
    18  designation  shall  be reviewed annually by such director or other offi-
    19  cer, and if such review discloses  a  change  in  the  standing  of  the
    20  employee  organizations  concerned,  such designation shall thereupon be
    21  revised by him or her to specify the  [three]  four  such  organizations
    22  having  the  leading representational status as [hereinabove] prescribed
    23  in this subparagraph.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1    (c) Any such employee representative  may,  by  written  authorization
     2  filed  with the board, designate one or more persons to act in the place
     3  of such member on such board in the event of the absence of such member,
     4  provided, however, that the by-laws or constitution of the  organization
     5  of  which  he  or  she  is chief executive officer authorize such desig-
     6  nation.
     7    (d) Each act of such board shall be by  a  resolution  adopted  by  at
     8  least  [three]  four and [three-fifths] one-fifth votes. The concurrence
     9  of one  employee  representative  and  one  non-employee  representative
    10  member  or members entitled to one vote shall be necessary for an act of
    11  such board. A quorum of such board shall consist of members entitled  to
    12  cast at least [three] four and [three-fifths] one-fifth votes.
    13    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.