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                                         5132
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 27, 2009
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       Introduced  by Sen. McDONALD -- 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 employer rates of contrib-
         ution to the unemployment insurance fund
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 581 of the labor law is amended by
    2  adding a new paragraph (e) to read as follows:
    3    (E)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY PROVISION OF THIS SECTION TO THE CONTRARY, A
    4  QUALIFIED EMPLOYER'S RATE  OF  CONTRIBUTION  AS  DETERMINED  UNDER  THIS
    5  SECTION  SHALL  NOT  BE  INCREASED  AS A RESULT OF THE DEPLOYMENT OF ANY
    6  EMPLOYEE INTO THE ACTIVE SERVICE OF THE NATIONAL GUARD OR  ARMED  FORCES
    7  RESERVES FOR A PERIOD IN EXCESS OF THIRTY DAYS.
    8    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD02693-01-9