Bill Text: NY S06398 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to granting sick leave for officers and employees of the state, a public authority or a municipal corporation outside of a city with a population of one million or more with a qualifying World Trade Center condition; provides that such leave shall be provided without loss of an officer or employee's accrued sick leave.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-5)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-06-21 - SUBSTITUTED BY A7901A [S06398 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6398
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      May 16, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government
        AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to granting  sick
          leave  for officers and employees with a qualifying World Trade Center
          condition
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The  general  municipal  law  is  amended by adding a new
     2  section 92-d to read as follows:
     3    § 92-d. Sick leave for officers and employees with a qualifying  World
     4  Trade  Center  condition.  Notwithstanding  any other law, rule or regu-
     5  lation to the contrary, officers and employees of any  municipal  corpo-
     6  ration  or  public  authority outside of a city with a population of one
     7  million or more who previously filed a notice of participation in  World
     8  Trade  Center  rescue,  recovery  or cleanup operations and subsequently
     9  develop a qualifying World Trade Center condition, as defined in section
    10  two of the retirement and social security law, while employed with  such
    11  municipal  corporation or public authority shall be granted line of duty
    12  sick leave. The officer or employee shall be compensated at his  or  her
    13  regular  rate of pay for those regular work hours during which the offi-
    14  cer or employee is absent from work. Such leave shall be provided  with-
    15  out loss of an officer or employee's accrued sick leave.
    16    §  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
    17  have become a law; provided, however, that  effective  immediately,  the
    18  addition,  amendment  and/or  repeal of any rule or regulation necessary
    19  for the implementation of this act on its effective date  is  authorized
    20  and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11520-01-7