Bill Text: NY S07932 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Prohibits certain employment agreements by state and local authorities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-20 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S07932 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S07932-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          7932
                    IN SENATE
                                     March 12, 2018
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  RANZENHOFER -- read twice and ordered printed, and
          when printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations, Author-
          ities and Commissions
        AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in  relation  to  employment
          agreements by state and local authorities
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The public authorities law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
     2  section 2854 to read as follows:
     3    § 2854. Employment agreements. No state or local authority shall enter
     4  into  an  employment  contract or agreement or extension or renewal of a
     5  contract or agreement with any person that provides that, in  the  event
     6  the person shall cease employment, such person shall receive any payment
     7  or  other benefit not required by state or federal law: (a) in an amount
     8  in excess of the periodic payment or benefit such person  was  receiving
     9  when  employment ended; or (b) for a period in excess of ten weeks after
    10  such employment ends.
    11    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  any
    12  contract  or renewal or extension of contract dated after this act shall
    13  have become a law.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15038-01-8
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