Bill Text: NY S04754 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 4754 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to the reduction of positions based upon seniority within the Suffolk county police department.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS [S04754 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S04754-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4754
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 22, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  Sen.  ZELDIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
       AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to reduction of posi-
         tions based upon seniority with an employer
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1. Subdivision 1-d of section 80 of the civil service law, as
    2  added by chapter 731 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows:
    3    1-d.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  subdivision  one  of  this
    4  section,  the  sworn members of the police force of the county of Nassau
    5  AND THE SWORN MEMBERS OF THE POLICE FORCE OF THE COUNTY OF SUFFOLK shall
    6  be subject to  the  following  procedure.  Where,  because  of  economy,
    7  consolidation  or  abolition  of functions, curtailment of activities or
    8  otherwise, positions in the competitive class are abolished  or  reduced
    9  in  rank  or  salary  grade, suspension or demotion, as the case may be,
   10  among incumbents holding the same or similar positions shall be made  in
   11  the  inverse  order  of original appointment on a permanent basis in the
   12  grade or title in the service of the governmental jurisdiction in  which
   13  such  abolition  or  reduction  of  positions  occurs,  subject  to  the
   14  provisions of subdivision seven of section eighty-five of this  chapter.
   15  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of this subdivision, however, upon the
   16  abolition or reduction  of  positions,  those  employees  who  have  not
   17  completed  their  probationary service shall be suspended or demoted, as
   18  the case may be, before any permanent incumbents, and among such  proba-
   19  tionary  employees  the  order of suspension or demotion shall be deter-
   20  mined as if such employees were permanent incumbents.
   21    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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