| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jun 06, 2012 |
reported and committed to finance |
| Jan 04, 2012 |
referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs |
| May 24, 2011 |
reported and committed to finance |
| Apr 05, 2011 |
referred to veterans, homeland security and military affairs |
Senate Bill S4440
2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee
Actions
Votes
co-Sponsors
(D) 15th Senate District
(D) Senate District
2011-S4440 (ACTIVE) - Details
2011-S4440 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S4440 REVISED 05/20/11
TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the military law, in relation to granting public officers and
employees paid military leave for sixty total days or forty-four working
days
PURPOSE:
This legislation would amend the Military Law to extend the period of
time for which a public officer or employee shall be paid their salary
or other compensation during periods of absence while they are
engaged in the performance of ordered military duty not exceeding
sixty days or forty-four working days, whichever is greater.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
This legislation would amend Section 242(5) of the Military Law to
increase paid leave when a public officer or employee is engaged in
the performance of military duty from thirty to sixty calendar days
and from twenty-two to forty-four working days, whichever is greater.
JUSTIFICATION:
Due to the war effort there are now thousands more National Guard and
Reserve personnel who require, and are undergoing military training.
This has extended the amount of time required to train military
personnel past the originally allotted 22 working days. However, the
2011-S4440 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
4440
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
April 5, 2011
___________
Introduced by Sen. LARKIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
ty and Military Affairs
AN ACT to amend the military law, in relation to granting public offi-
cers and employees paid military leave for sixty total days or forty-
four working days
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. 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] SIXTY days or [twenty-two] FORTY-FOUR
working days, whichever is greater, in any one calendar year and not
exceeding [thirty] SIXTY days or [twenty-two] FORTY-FOUR working days,
whichever is greater, 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.
LBD10537-01-1
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