Assembly Bill A8670

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes a state employee to exchange up to five days of earned and accumulated vacation credits for a cash payment

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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-A8670 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง130-a, Civ Serv L

2009-A8670 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes a state employee to exchange up to five days of earned and accumulated vacation credits for a cash payment.

2009-A8670 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-A8670 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8670

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 3, 2009
                               ___________

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 a vacation
  exchange option

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

  Section  1.  The  civil service law is amended by adding a new section
130-a to read as follows
  S 130-A. VACATION EXCHANGE OPTION. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION
OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, EFFECTIVE APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TEN  THROUGH
MARCH  THIRTY-FIRST,  TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN, STATE EMPLOYEES, AS DEFINED
HEREIN, WHO ARE ENTITLED TO EARN AND  ACCUMULATE  VACATION  CREDITS  MAY
ONCE  PER FISCAL YEAR ELECT TO RECEIVE CASH PAYMENT IN EXCHANGE FOR SUCH
EARNED AND ACCUMULATED CREDITS IN UNITS OF FULL DAYS UP TO A MAXIMUM  OF
FIVE  DAYS,  PROVIDED  THAT AT THE TIME OF SUCH ELECTION SUCH EARNED AND
ACCUMULATED CREDITS TOTAL THIRTY-FIVE OR MORE DAYS, AND PROVIDED FURTHER
THAT THE AVAILABILITY OF SUCH VACATION EXCHANGE SHALL BE SUBJECT TO  THE
APPROVAL  OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE DIVISION OF THE BUDGET FOR EACH RESPEC-
TIVE STATE FISCAL YEAR. VACATION CREDITS DESIGNATED FOR SUCH AN EXCHANGE
SHALL BE SEGREGATED FROM THE EMPLOYEE'S  ACCRUED  VACATION  CREDITS  FOR
FUTURE  CASH  PAYMENT AND SUCH DAYS SHALL NOT BE INCLUDED IN THE ACCRUED
CREDITS OF THE EMPLOYEE FOR THE PURPOSES OF DISALLOWING SUBSEQUENT VACA-
TION CREDITS WITHIN THE LIMITS OTHERWISE  PRESCRIBED.  THE  ELECTION  OF
SUCH  AN  EXCHANGE SHALL BE MADE ANNUALLY BY THE LAST DAY OF THE PAYROLL
PERIOD WHICH INCLUDES JULY FIRST. SUCH  PAYMENT  FOR  EXCHANGED  CREDITS
SHALL  BE  MADE  DURING  THE  FIRST WEEK OF DECEMBER OF THE YEAR OF SUCH
EXCHANGE AT A RATE DETERMINED BY THE  EMPLOYEE'S  SALARY  IN  EFFECT  ON
OCTOBER  FIRST  OF  THE YEAR OF SUCH PAYMENT. SUCH COMPENSATION SHALL BE
PAID IN ADDITION TO AND SHALL NOT BE PART OF AN EMPLOYEE'S BASIC  ANNUAL
SALARY,  NOR  SHALL IT BE CONSIDERED SALARY FOR THE PURPOSE OF COMPUTING
RETIREMENT BENEFITS. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, "STATE EMPLOYEES"
SHALL MEAN STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES IN THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH  OF  THE
STATE OF NEW YORK.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.

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