S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6057
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
March 13, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- (at request of the Public Employment
Relations Board) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Govern-
mental Employees
AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to the powers of the
public employment relations board concerning injunctive relief in aid
of improper practice charges
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 4 of section 209-a of the
civil service law, as added by chapter 695 of the laws of 1994, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) Within ten WORKING days of the receipt by the board of such peti-
tion, if the board determines that a charging party has made a suffi-
cient showing both that there is reasonable cause to believe an improper
practice has occurred and it appears that immediate and irreparable
injury, loss or damage will result thereby rendering a resulting judg-
ment on the merits ineffectual necessitating maintenance of, or return
to, the status quo to provide meaningful relief, the board shall peti-
tion the supreme court, in Albany county, upon notice to all parties for
the necessary injunctive relief or in the alternative may issue an order
permitting the charging party to seek injunctive relief by petition to
the supreme court, in which case the board must be joined as a necessary
party. The board or, where applicable, the charging party, shall not be
required to give any undertakings or bond and shall not be liable for
any damages or costs which may have been sustained by reason of any
injunctive relief ordered. If the board fails to act within ten days as
provided herein, the board, for purposes of review, shall be deemed to
have made a final order determining not to seek injunctive relief.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that
the amendment to subdivision 4 of section 209-a of the civil service law
made by section one of this act shall not affect the repeal of such
subdivision and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.