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Assembly Bill A6537

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to retaliatory action by public employers; includes violation of recognized and established ethical practice to the definition of improper governmental action

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2011-A6537 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง75-b, Civ Serv L

2011-A6537 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to retaliatory action by public employers; includes violation of recognized and established ethical practice to the definition of improper governmental action.

2011-A6537 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6537

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 21, 2011
                               ___________

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 retaliatory
  actions by public employers

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

  Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 75-b of the civil
service  law,  as amended by chapter 899 of the laws of 1986, is amended
to read as follows:
  (a) A public employer shall not dismiss or take other disciplinary  or
other  adverse  personnel action against a public employee regarding the
employee's employment because the employee discloses to  a  governmental
body information: (i) regarding a violation of a law, rule or regulation
which  violation  creates and presents a substantial and specific danger
to the public health or safety; or (ii) which  the  employee  reasonably
believes  to  be  true  and  reasonably believes constitutes an improper
governmental action.  "Improper  governmental  action"  shall  mean  any
action by a public employer or employee, or an agent of such employer or
employee,  which  is undertaken in the performance of such agent's offi-
cial duties, whether or not such action  is  within  the  scope  of  his
employment,  and  which  is  in violation of any federal, state or local
law, rule or regulation OR RECOGNIZED AND ESTABLISHED ETHICAL PRACTICE.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10280-01-1

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