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Assembly Bill A5935

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes an additional thirty days military leave for public employees who are absent on military duty

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs Committee

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2009-A5935 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S2679
Current Committee:
Senate Veterans, Homeland Security And Military Affairs
Law Section:
Military Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง242, Mil L
Versions Introduced in 2011-2012 Legislative Session:
A6420

2009-A5935 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes sixty days or fifty-two working days military leave for public employees who are absent on military duty.

2009-A5935 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  5935

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 23, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. TOWNS, PHEFFER, ERRIGO, RAIA, SCHROEDER, COLTON,
  TITONE, CAHILL, REILLY, ALFANO, ESPAILLAT, CUSICK, CASTRO   --  Multi-
  Sponsored  by -- M. of A. ABBATE, BARCLAY, BOYLAND, DenDEKKER, GABRYS-
  ZAK, GIGLIO, GORDON, JOHN, P. LOPEZ, MAGEE, McKEVITT, OAKS, TOBACCO --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations

AN ACT to amend the military law, in relation to authorizing  additional
  paid leave for public employees who are absent on military duty

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

  Section 1. Subdivision 5 of  section  242  of  the  military  law,  as
amended  by  chapter  161  of  the  laws  of 1984, is amended to read as
follows:
  5. Pay for military duty. Every public officer or  employee  shall  be
paid his salary or other compensation as such public officer or employee
for  any  and all periods of absence while engaged in the performance of
ordered military duty, and while going to and returning from such  duty,
not  exceeding  a total of [thirty] SIXTY days or [twenty-two] FIFTY-TWO
working days, whichever is greater, in any one  calendar  year  and  not
exceeding  [thirty]  SIXTY  days or [twenty-two] FIFTY-TWO working days,
whichever is greater, in any one continuous period of such absence.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.




 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
A                                                          LBD08038-01-9

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