S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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4930
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
February 13, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Governmental Employees
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
relation to the composition of the board of trustees of the New York
city employees' retirement system
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph 5 of subdivision b of section 13-103 of the
administrative code of the city of New York is amended to read as
follows:
5. (a) [Three] FOUR employee representatives, who shall each be enti-
tled to cast one vote. The chief executive officer of each of the
[three] FOUR employee organizations designated as [herein] provided IN
THIS SUBDIVISION shall be one of such representatives.
(b) On or before July first of the year in which this subparagraph
shall take effect, the director of labor relations of the city (or other
officer performing the same or similar functions under another title)
shall, by instrument in writing filed in his or her office and with the
board, designate (I) the three employee organizations which represent,
for the purposes of collective bargaining on pension matters, the larg-
est number of employees who are members of the retirement system, AND
(II) THE EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION WHICH REPRESENTS, FOR THE PURPOSES OF
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING ON PENSION MATTERS, THE LARGEST NUMBER OF
UNIFORMED EMPLOYEES WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM. Such
designation shall be reviewed annually by such director or other offi-
cer, and if such review discloses a change in the standing of the
employee organizations concerned, such designation shall thereupon be
revised by him or her to specify the [three] FOUR such organizations
having the leading representational status as [hereinabove] prescribed
IN THIS SUBPARAGRAPH.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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(c) Any such employee representative may, by written authorization
filed with the board, designate one or more persons to act in the place
of such member on such board in the event of the absence of such member,
provided, however, that the by-laws or constitution of the organization
of which he or she is chief executive officer authorize such desig-
nation.
(d) Each act of such board shall be by a resolution adopted by at
least [three] FOUR and [three-fifths] ONE-FIFTH votes. The concurrence
of one employee representative and one non-employee representative
member or members entitled to one vote shall be necessary for an act of
such board. A quorum of such board shall consist of members entitled to
cast at least [three] FOUR and [three-fifths] ONE-FIFTH votes.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.