Bill Text: NY S07933 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to credit for unused sick leave for employees of community colleges.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-06-18 - SUBSTITUTED BY A10735 [S07933 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S07933-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7933
                    IN SENATE
                                     March 12, 2018
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by Sen. BENJAMIN -- 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 credit for  unused
          sick leave for employees of community colleges
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 167 of the civil service  law,  as
     2  amended  by  section  7  of part T of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is
     3  amended to read as follows:
     4    4. Upon the retirement, on  or  after  July  first,  nineteen  hundred
     5  sixty-five,  of  a  state  employee whose salary or compensation is paid
     6  directly by the state, who is subject to  a  plan  established  by  law,
     7  rule, regulation, written order or written policy which provides for the
     8  regular  earning  and accumulation of sick leave, and who is eligible to
     9  continue coverage under the health benefit plan  after  retirement,  the
    10  department  shall  determine, based on the employee's age at the time of
    11  retirement, the actuarial equivalent in  monthly  installments  for  the
    12  remaining  life expectancy of such retired employee, of the dollar value
    13  of the earned and accumulated but unused sick leave standing to  his  or
    14  her  credit  at  the  time  of retirement, without interest. Such dollar
    15  value shall be based on the employee's salary at the time of retirement.
    16  In addition to regular  employer  contributions,  contributions  in  the
    17  amount  of  such  monthly  installments  shall  be paid from the state's
    18  appropriation to the health  insurance  fund  and  applied  towards  the
    19  charges  for health benefits on account of such retired employee and his
    20  or her dependents, to the extent necessary  to  pay  such  charges.  The
    21  remaining  amount,  if  any,  necessary  to  pay  such  charges shall be
    22  contributed by such retired employee. On or after October  first,  nine-
    23  teen  hundred  seventy when such dollar value of such sick leave amounts
    24  to less than one hundred dollars for a particular retired  employee,  in
    25  lieu  of  contributions  which  would  otherwise  be  required from such
    26  retired employee, additional contributions shall be paid for the state's
    27  appropriation to the health  insurance  fund  and  applied  towards  the
    28  charges  for health benefits on account of such retired employee and his
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1  or her dependents until the sum of such additional contributions  equals
     2  such  dollar  value  of  such  sick leave. The remaining amount, if any,
     3  necessary to pay such charges  shall  be  contributed  by  such  retired
     4  employee.  For  purposes  of  this  subdivision,  employees of the state
     5  colleges of agriculture, home economics, industrial labor relations, and
     6  veterinary medicine, the state agricultural experiment station at  Gene-
     7  va, and any other institution or agency under the management and control
     8  of  Cornell university as the representative of the board of trustees of
     9  the state university of New York, and employees of the state college  of
    10  ceramics  under  the  management and control of Alfred university as the
    11  representative of the board of trustees of the state university  of  New
    12  York,  and  employees  of a community college as such term is defined in
    13  article one hundred twenty-six of the education law, shall be deemed  to
    14  be  state  employees  whose salaries or compensation is paid directly by
    15  the state.
    16    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  any
    17  sick  leave  accrued  by  an  applicable  employee who has not otherwise
    18  retired prior to the effective date of this act.