Bill Text: NY S09730 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the annual maintenance allowance received by employees of the unified court system who are required to wear an employer-approved blazer; categorizes such allowance as compensation for retirement purposes, rather than part of the employee's basic annual salary.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-06-07 - returned to senate [S09730 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S09730-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9730

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 23, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. HOYLMAN-SIGAL -- (at request of the Office of Court
          Administration) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to
          be committed to the Committee on Judiciary

        AN ACT to amend chapter 1 of the laws of  2023  relating  to  terms  and
          conditions of employment of certain nonjudicial officers and employees
          of  the  unified  court system and amending chapter 400 of the laws of
          2014 relating to terms and conditions of employment of certain  nonju-
          dicial officers and employees of the unified court system, relating to
          annual  longevity  payments  for certain employees, in relation to the
          annual maintenance allowance received by employees who are required to
          wear an employer-approved blazer

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1. Chapter 1 of the laws of 2023 relating to terms and condi-
     2  tions of employment of certain nonjudicial officers and employees of the
     3  unified court system and amending chapter 400 of the laws of 2014 relat-
     4  ing to terms and conditions of employment of certain  nonjudicial  offi-
     5  cers  and  employees  of  the  unified  court system, relating to annual
     6  longevity payments for certain employees, is amended  by  adding  a  new
     7  section 8-b to read as follows:
     8    §  8-b.  Where  a nonjudicial officer or employee of the unified court
     9  system to whom the provisions of section three or four of this act apply
    10  is required to wear an employer-approved  blazer  while  performing  the
    11  duties  of  his  or her position and, on account thereof, is entitled to
    12  receive  an  annual  maintenance  allowance  pursuant  to  a  collective
    13  bargaining  agreement  between  the unified court system and an employee
    14  organization representing such nonjudicial  officer  or  employee,  such
    15  allowance shall not be a part of such employee's basic annual salary but
    16  shall be included as compensation for retirement purposes.
    17    §  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
    18  have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2021.


         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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