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Assembly Bill A2179

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Authorizes pay for military leave for public employees who are absent on military duty

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2011-A2179 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Military Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง242, Mil L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A2343
2013-2014: A2827

2011-A2179 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes pay for military leave for public employees who are absent due to military duty; allows public employees to collect paid salary and compensation for thirty days or twenty-two working days, whichever is greater, in addition to collecting the difference between salary and compensation for another three hundred thirty-five days.

2011-A2179 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  2179

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 14, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M. of A. REILICH, KOLB -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
  BUTLER, FINCH, McDONOUGH, THIELE, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred
  to the Committee on Governmental Employees

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.  (A) 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 days or twenty-two work-
ing days, whichever is greater, in any one calendar year and not exceed-
ing thirty days or twenty-two working days, whichever is greater, in any
one continuous period of such absence.
  (B) EVERY PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE  SHALL  BE  PAID  THE  DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN  HIS  SALARY  AND  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 THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE  DAYS
IN  ANY  ONE  CALENDAR YEAR, AND NOT EXCEEDING THREE HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE
DAYS 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.
                                                           LBD03785-01-1

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