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Senate Bill S1613

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to the granting of excused leave to public officers and state or county employees to undertake screening for colon cancer

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2009-S1613 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง159-b, Civ Serv L

2009-S1613 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the granting of excused leave to public officers and state or county employees to undertake screening for colon cancer.

2009-S1613 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S1613 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  1613

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 3, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions

AN ACT to amend the civil service law,  in  relation  to  directing  the
  granting  of  excused  leave  to  public  officers and state or county
  employees to undertake screening for colon cancer

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

  Section  1.  The section heading and subdivision 1 of section 159-b of
the civil service law, the section heading as amended by chapter 566  of
the laws of 2006 and subdivision 1 as amended by chapter 391 of the laws
of 2008, are amended to read as follows:
  Excused  leave  to  undertake  a  screening for breast cancer OR COLON
CANCER. 1.  Every public officer, employee of this  state,  employee  of
any  county,  employee  of any community college, employee of any public
authority, employee of any public benefit corporation, employee  of  any
board of cooperative educational services (BOCES), employee of any voca-
tional education and extension board, or a school district enumerated in
section  one  of  chapter five hundred sixty-six of the laws of nineteen
hundred sixty-seven, employee  of  any  municipality,  employee  of  any
school  district  or any employee of a participating employer in the New
York state and local employees' retirement system or any employee  of  a
participating employer in the New York state teachers' retirement system
shall  be  entitled  to absent himself or herself and shall be deemed to
have a paid leave of absence from his or her duties or service  as  such
public  officer  or  employee  of  this  state,  employee of any county,
employee of any community college, employee  of  any  public  authority,
employee  of  any  public  benefit corporation, employee of any board of
cooperative educational services (BOCES),  employee  of  any  vocational
education  and  extension  board,  or  a  school  district enumerated in
section one of chapter five hundred sixty-six of the  laws  of  nineteen
hundred  sixty-seven,  employee  of  any  municipality,  employee of any

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05239-01-9

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