Enacts provisions relating to reduction of positions based upon seniority for sworn members of the division of correction of the sheriff's department of the county of Nassau; provides that abolition of positions or reduction in rank or salary grade shall be made in the inverse order of original appointment.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N A S S E M B L Y
May 18, 2012
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Introduced by M. of A. SCHIMEL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Governmental Employees
AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to reduction of posi-
tions based upon seniority with an employer
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 80 of the civil service law is amended by adding a
new subdivision 1-e to read as follows:
1-E. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS
SECTION, THE SWORN MEMBERS OF THE DIVISION OF CORRECTION OF THE SHER-
IFF'S DEPARTMENT OF THE COUNTY OF NASSAU SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOW-
ING PROCEDURE. WHERE, BECAUSE OF ECONOMY, CONSOLIDATION OR ABOLITION OF
FUNCTIONS, CURTAILMENT OF ACTIVITIES OR OTHERWISE, POSITIONS IN THE
COMPETITIVE CLASS ARE ABOLISHED OR REDUCED IN RANK OR SALARY GRADE,
SUSPENSION OR DEMOTION, AS THE CASE MAY BE, AMONG INCUMBENTS HOLDING THE
SAME OR SIMILAR POSITIONS SHALL BE MADE IN THE INVERSE ORDER OF ORIGINAL
APPOINTMENT ON A PERMANENT BASIS IN THE GRADE OR TITLE IN THE SERVICE OF
THE GOVERNMENTAL JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH ABOLITION OR REDUCTION OF
POSITIONS OCCURS, SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF
SECTION EIGHT-FIVE OF THIS CHAPTER. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF
THIS SUBDIVISION, HOWEVER, UPON THE ABOLITION OR REDUCTION OF POSITIONS,
THOSE EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE NOT COMPLETED THEIR PROBATIONARY SERVICE SHALL
BE SUSPENDED OR DEMOTED, AS THE CASE MAY BE, BEFORE ANY PERMANENT INCUM-
BENTS, AND AMONG SUCH PROBATIONARY EMPLOYEES THE ORDER OF SUSPENSION OR
DEMOTION SHALL BE DETERMINED AS IF SUCH EMPLOYEES WERE PERMANENT INCUM-
BENTS.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15873-01-2
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