Senate Bill S1333

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Provides additional compensation to certain city employees who possess and use foreign languages in performance of duties

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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-S1333 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5950
Current Committee:
Senate Local Government
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §209-ff, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S2721
2013-2014: S1023
2015-2016: S1180
2017-2018: S3204
2019-2020: S3566
2021-2022: S1420
2023-2024: S804

2009-S1333 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides additional compensation to certain city employees who possess or make substantial use of foreign languages in the performance of official duties in addition to salary; further creates the "language services program" and a language services director to implement the program.

2009-S1333 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S1333 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  1333

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 28, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by Sens. SERRANO, ADAMS, MONSERRATE, ONORATO, PERKINS, SMITH,
  STACHOWSKI  --  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;
  (E) MAINTAINING A RECORD OF PUBLIC CONTACT POSITIONS;

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06474-01-9
              

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