Bill Text: NY S04854 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes municipal employees to be paid for up to 49 days of military deployment each year.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO LABOR [S04854 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S04854-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4854
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 27, 2009
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       Introduced  by  Sen. LEIBELL -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
       AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to allowing state, county and
         municipal employees to be compensated for up to 49  days  of  military
         deployment per year
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section  194-a  to
    2  read as follows:
    3    S  194-A. PAY ALLOWANCES FOR TIME SPENT ON MILITARY DUTY; DEDUCTION OF
    4  VACATION TIME PROHIBITED.  1. ALL STATE EMPLOYEES WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE
    5  ORGANIZED RESERVE OF THE  UNITED  STATES  ARMED  FORCES,  INCLUDING  THE
    6  NATIONAL GUARD OF THIS STATE, SHALL BE ALLOWED FULL PAY FOR ALL TIME NOT
    7  IN  EXCESS  OF FORTY-NINE DAYS PER YEAR SPENT ON DUTY IN CONNECTION WITH
    8  RESERVE TRAINING AND INSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE
    9  UNITED STATES, INCLUDING THE NATIONAL GUARD OF THIS  STATE.  THIS  LEAVE
   10  SHALL  BE  IN ADDITION TO ANY ANNUAL VACATION LEAVE WITH PAY TO WHICH AN
   11  EMPLOYEE MAY BE ENTITLED.
   12    2. ALL COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZED
   13  RESERVE OF THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES, INCLUDING THE NATIONAL  GUARD
   14  OF  THIS  STATE, SHALL BE ALLOWED FULL PAY FOR ALL TIME NOT IN EXCESS OF
   15  FORTY-NINE DAYS PER YEAR SPENT ON DUTY IN CONNECTION WITH RESERVE TRAIN-
   16  ING AND INSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS OF  THE  ARMED  FORCES  OF  THE  UNITED
   17  STATES,  INCLUDING THE NATIONAL GUARD OF THIS STATE. THIS LEAVE SHALL BE
   18  AT THE DISCRETION OF THE EMPLOYING COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY AND  SHALL  BE
   19  IN  ADDITION  TO ANY ANNUAL VACATION LEAVE WITH PAY TO WHICH AN EMPLOYEE
   20  MAY BE ENTITLED.
   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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