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Assembly Bill A6598

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to reduction of positions in the New York city departments of sanitation and correction based upon seniority with an employer

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2013-A6598 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S4229
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง80, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: A6027, S3895
2015-2016: A4096, S2630

2013-A6598 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to reduction of positions in the New York city departments of sanitation and correction based upon seniority with an employer.

2013-A6598 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6598

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 12, 2013
                               ___________

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 reduction of posi-
  tions  in  the  New York city departments of sanitation and correction
  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,  ANY  OF THE UNIFORMED FORCE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SANITATION OR
THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK SHALL BE SUBJECT TO
THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURE. WHERE, BECAUSE  OF  ECONOMY,  CONSOLIDATION  OR
ABOLITION  OF  FUNCTIONS,  CURTAILMENT OF ACTIVITIES OR OTHERWISE, POSI-
TIONS IN THE COMPETITIVE CLASS ARE ABOLISHED OR REDUCED IN RANK OR SALA-
RY 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 EIGHTY-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 INCUMBENTS, AND AMONG SUCH PROBATIONARY EMPLOYEES THE ORDER OF
SUSPENSION  OR  DEMOTION  SHALL  BE DETERMINED AS IF SUCH EMPLOYEES WERE
PERMANENT INCUMBENTS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.


 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08914-01-3

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