Bill Text: NY S08146 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to interviews of any officer or employee of the port authority or its subsidiaries.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-06-17 - referred to governmental employees [S08146 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S08146-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8146
                    IN SENATE
                                      June 14, 2016
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by  Sen.  LANZA  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
        AN ACT to amend chapter 154 of the laws of 1921  relating  to  the  port
          authority of New York and New Jersey, in relation to interviews of any
          officer or employee of the port authority or its subsidiaries
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subparagraph 4 of paragraph e of subdivision 6  of  article
     2  IV  of section 1 of chapter 154 of the laws of 1921 relating to the port
     3  authority of New York and New Jersey, as amended by chapter 559  of  the
     4  laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
     5    (4)  interview  any  officer  or employee of the port authority or its
     6  subsidiaries on any matter related to the performance of such officer or
     7  employee's official duties. [To the extent  that  any  portion  of  this
     8  paragraph  is  inconsistent  with any current contractual obligations of
     9  the port authority, this paragraph shall  not  be  applicable  to  those
    10  obligations  until  the  earliest  expiration  of  those terms under the
    11  contract] To the extent that the terms and conditions of  employment  of
    12  any  employee  are established by collective negotiations, any interview
    13  conducted pursuant to this paragraph must  be  in  accordance  with  any
    14  applicable  provisions  of  the  current,  or  most  recent, if expired,
    15  collective negotiations agreement covering the terms and  conditions  of
    16  employment of the employee;
    17    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect upon the enactment into law by the
    18  state of New Jersey of legislation having an identical effect with  this
    19  act,  and  upon  the  enactment  into  law by the state of New Jersey of
    20  legislation having an identical effect with chapter 559 of the  laws  of
    21  2015  pursuant  to  section  6  of such chapter, but if the state of New
    22  Jersey shall have already enacted such legislation, then this act  shall
    23  take  effect  immediately.  The  chairperson of the port authority shall
    24  notify the legislative bill drafting commission upon the enactment  into
    25  law of such legislation by both such states in order that the commission
    26  may  maintain an accurate and timely effective data base of the official
    27  text of the laws of the state of New York in  furtherance  of  effecting
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD15891-01-6
        S. 8146                             2
     1  the  provisions of section 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of
     2  the public officers law.