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                                  1023

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               (PREFILED)

                             January 9, 2013
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Introduced by Sens. SERRANO, ADAMS, PERKINS, RIVERA, SMITH -- read twice
  and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee
  on Local Government

AN  ACT  to  amend  the general municipal law, in relation  to providing
  additional compensation to certain employees

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

  Section  1.  The  general  municipal  law  is  amended by adding a new
section 209-ff to read as follows:
  S 209-FF. SALARY COMPENSATION FOR EMPLOYEES  OF  A  POLICE  DEPARTMENT
WITH CERTAIN LANGUAGE SKILLS. 1. A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE HUNDRED
THOUSAND  OR MORE IS AUTHORIZED TO ADOPT A LOCAL LAW TO CREATE A PROGRAM
TO BE KNOWN AS THE "LANGUAGE  SERVICES  PROGRAM",  WHICH  PROGRAM  SHALL
PROVIDE  FOR ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION IN AN AMOUNT OF NOT LESS THAN  FIVE
PERCENT OF THE BASE SALARY OF ANY EMPLOYEE OF A  POLICE  DEPARTMENT  WHO
QUALIFIES FOR SUCH ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION UNDER THIS SECTION.
  2. THE COMMISSIONER, SUPERINTENDENT OR CHIEF OF POLICE, WHERE APPLICA-
BLE,  OF  A POLICE DEPARTMENT IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE HUNDRED
THOUSAND OR MORE WHICH HAS ADOPTED A LOCAL  LAW  TO  CREATE  A  LANGUAGE
SERVICES  PROGRAM  AS DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL
DESIGNATE A LANGUAGE SERVICES  PROGRAM  DIRECTOR.  THE  DUTIES  OF  SUCH
PROGRAM DIRECTOR SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
  (A)  DETERMINING  QUALIFICATIONS  FOR  THE  LANGUAGE SERVICES PROGRAM,
WHICH QUALIFICATIONS SHALL INCLUDE  SATISFYING  THE  REQUIREMENTS  OF  A
PUBLIC CONTACT PERSON AS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION;
  (B)  CREATING  AN  APPLICATION  PROCESS FOR ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE SKILLS
COMPENSATION;
  (C) DEFINING WHICH FOREIGN LANGUAGES SHALL QUALIFY UNDER THIS PROGRAM;
  (D) SETTING LANGUAGE SKILLS AND PROFICIENCY STANDARDS WHICH APPLICANTS
MUST DEMONSTRATE TO QUALIFY;

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

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  (E) MAINTAINING A RECORD OF PUBLIC CONTACT POSITIONS;
  (F)  KEEPING  A  RECORD OF ALL EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE QUALIFIED TO RECEIVE
LANGUAGE SKILLS PAY;
  (G) INFORMING EMPLOYEES WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE  POLICE  DEPARTMENT  OF
THE PROGRAM; AND
  (H) DISTRIBUTING TO ALL EMPLOYEES OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT INFORMATION
REGARDING THE APPLICATION PROCEDURES FOR SUCH PROGRAM.
  THE  PROGRAM DIRECTOR SHALL IDENTIFY THOSE POSITIONS WITHIN THE POLICE
DEPARTMENT THAT ARE TO BE DESIGNATED AS PUBLIC  CONTACT  POSITIONS.  THE
DECISION  OF  THE  PROGRAM  DIRECTOR  AS TO THE CLASSIFICATION OF SUCH A
POSITION IS FINAL.
  3. A PUBLIC CONTACT PERSON SHALL BE DEFINED AS  A  SWORN  OR  CIVILIAN
POSITION  WITH  THE  POLICE DEPARTMENT WHEREIN THIRTY PERCENT OR MORE OF
THE ASSIGNED WORK OF SUCH PERSON INVOLVES DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH  THE
PUBLIC.    SUCH  POSITIONS  SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, PATROL
OFFICERS, POLICE COMMUNICATION DISPATCHERS,  INVESTIGATORS,  DETECTIVES,
AND OTHER SUCH POSITIONS AS DETERMINED BY THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR.
  S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of October next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law.