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                                 9540--A
                                                        Cal. No. 867

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 6, 2014
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Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on  Governmental  Employees  -- reported from committee, advanced to a
  third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its  place  on
  the order of third reading

AN  ACT  to  amend  the  civil service law, in relation to suspension or
  demotion upon the abolition or reduction of positions

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

  Section  1. Section 80 of the civil service law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 1-f to read as follows:
  1-F.  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS
SECTION,  EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK,
APPOINTED TO THE TITLES OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST-BOE OR PHYSICAL THERA-
PIST-BOE, SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURE: WHERE, BECAUSE OF
ECONOMY, CONSOLIDATION OR ABOLITION OF FUNCTION, CURTAILMENT  OF  ACTIV-
ITIES OR OTHERWISE, POSITIONS IN THE COMPETITIVE CLASS ARE ABOLISHED, OR
REDUCED IN RANK OR SALARY GRADE, SUSPENSION OR DEMOTION, AS THE CASE MAY
BE,  AMONG  INCUMBENTS  HOLDING  THE SAME OR SIMILAR POSITIONS, SHALL BE
MADE IN THE INVERSE ORDER OF ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT ON A  PERMANENT  BASIS
IN THE GRADE OR TITLE IN THE SERVICE OF THE GOVERNMENTAL JURISDICTION IN
WHICH  SUCH  ABOLITION  OR REDUCTION OF POSITIONS OCCURS, SUBJECT TO THE
PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF SECTION EIGHTY-FIVE OF THIS  CHAPTER;
PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  IF ANY PERSON SO EMPLOYED WAS EMPLOYED IN THE
TITLE OF  OCCUPATIONAL  THERAPIST-BOE,  PHYSICAL  THERAPIST-BOE,  SENIOR
OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST-BOE, SENIOR PHYSICAL THERAPIST-BOE OR SUPERVISING
THERAPIST  PRIOR TO THE FIRST DAY OF JANUARY, TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN, FOR
PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION REGARDING PRIORITY OF RETENTION AND FOR  NO
OTHER PURPOSE, THE DATE OF ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT OF ANY SUCH PERSON SHALL
BE  DEEMED  TO  BE THE DATE SUCH EMPLOYMENT COMMENCED PRIOR TO THE FIRST
DAY OF JANUARY, TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14988-02-4