STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5815 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE May 2, 2017 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GOLDEN -- 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 employees classi- fied as the Triborough bridge and tunnel authority superior officers benevolent association of an MTA-employer and the resolution of disputes in the course of collective negotiations The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (f) of subdivision 5 of 2 section 209 of the civil service law is renumbered subparagraph (iv) and 3 a new subparagraph (iii) is added to read as follows: 4 (iii) Within ninety days of the enactment of this subparagraph, and 5 only within such time period, any such public employee organization 6 certified or registered to represent employees classified as the Tribor- 7 ough bridge and tunnel authority superior officer benevolent association 8 of an MTA-public employer (described in subparagraph (ii) of paragraph 9 (a) of this subdivision) may elect to be covered by the provisions of 10 this section by filing in writing a notice of participation with the 11 chairman of the board and the chairman of the metropolitan transporta- 12 tion authority. 13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that 14 the amendments to paragraph (f) of subdivision 5 of section 209 of the 15 civil service law made by section one of this act shall not affect the 16 expiration of such subdivision and shall be deemed to expire therewith. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11286-01-7