Assembly Bill A5947

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Requires the head of a law enforcement department to enforce a special schedule on Memorial day/Veterans' day that allows law enforcement officers who are veterans to take such leave

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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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2021-A5947 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §63, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A9964
2011-2012: A2242
2013-2014: A3274
2015-2016: A5396
2017-2018: A2606
2019-2020: A5843

2021-A5947 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the head official of a law enforcement department to enforce a special schedule on Memorial day and Veterans' day that allows law enforcement officers, who are veterans entitled to paid leave, to take such leave on such public holidays.

2021-A5947 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5947
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 2, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. LALOR -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation  to  requiring  the
   head  official  of  any  state law enforcement department to enforce a
   special schedule on Memorial day and Veterans'  day  that  allows  law
   enforcement officers, who are veterans entitled to paid leave, to take
   such leave
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 63 of the public officers law, as amended by  chap-
 ter 490 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   § 63. Leave of absence for veterans on Memorial day and Veterans' day.
 It shall be the duty of the head of every public department and of every
 court  of  the  state of New York, of every superintendent or foreman on
 the public works of said state, of the county officers  of  the  several
 counties  of  said  state,  of the town officers of the various towns in
 this state, of the fire district officers of the various fire  districts
 in this state, and of the head of every department, bureau and office in
 the government of the various cities and villages in this state, and the
 officers  of  any  public benefit corporation or any public authority of
 this state, or of any public benefit corporation or public authority  of
 any  county  or subdivision of this state, to give leave of absence with
 pay for twenty-four hours on the day prescribed by law as a public holi-
 day for the observance of Memorial day and on the eleventh day of Novem-
 ber, known as Veterans' day, to every  person  in  the  service  of  the
 state, the county, the town, the fire district, the city or village, the
 public  benefit  corporation  or  public authority of this state, or any
 public benefit corporation or public authority of any county or subdivi-
 sion of this state, as the case may be, (i) who served on active duty in
 the armed forces of the United States during world war I  or  world  war
 II,  or who was employed by the War Shipping Administration or Office of
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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