Senate Bill S5548

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Grants employees in labor class positions rights with regards to the suspension or demotion upon abolition or reduction of certain positions

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2009-S5548 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8330
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§80-a & 75, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S5708, A8112
2013-2014: S7493, A6581
2015-2016: S5796, A7940

2009-S5548 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Grants employees in labor class positions rights with regards to the suspension or demotion upon abolition or reduction of certain positions.

2009-S5548 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S5548 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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    S. 5548                                                  A. 8330

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                              May 15, 2009
                               ___________

IN  SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. SAVINO -- read twice and ordered print-
  ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service
  and Pensions

IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once  and  referred
  to the Committee on Governmental Employees

AN  ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to layoff and recall
  rights and disciplinary hearings for certain employees in the non-com-
  petitive and labor class

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1. Section 80-a of the civil service law, as added by chapter
283 of the laws of 1972, subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 376 of  the
laws  of  1977,  and  subdivision 3 as added and subdivisions 4 and 5 as
renumbered by chapter 360 of the laws of 1985, is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  S 80-a. Suspension  or  demotion  upon  the  abolition or reduction of
non-competitive class positions [in the state service] AND  LABOR  CLASS
POSITIONS.  1.    Suspension  or  demotion.  Where,  because of economy,
consolidation or abolition of functions, curtailment  of  activities  or
otherwise, positions in the non-competitive class [of the state service]
OR LABOR CLASS are abolished or reduced in rank or salary grade, suspen-
sion  or  demotion,  as  the case may be, among incumbents having tenure
protection pursuant to [paragraph] PARAGRAPHS (c) AND (F) of subdivision
one of section seventy-five of this [chapter] ARTICLE  and  holding  the
same or similar positions shall be made in the inverse order of original
appointment on a permanent basis in the classified service [of the state
service],  subject  to  the  provisions  of subdivision seven of section
eighty-five of  this  chapter;  provided,  however,  that  the  date  of
original  appointment  of  any such incumbent who was transferred to the
state service from another governmental jurisdiction upon  the  transfer

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11783-01-9
              

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