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Assembly Bill A6794

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Enacts provisions relating to reduction of positions based upon seniority for sworn members of the police force of the county of Suffolk

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2013-A6794 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง80, Civ Serv L

2013-A6794 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts provisions relating to reduction of positions based upon seniority for sworn members of the police force of the county of Suffolk; provides that abolition of positions or reduction in rank or salary grade shall be made in the inverse order of original appointment.

2013-A6794 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6794

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 18, 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 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, THE SWORN MEMBERS OF THE POLICE FORCE OF THE COUNTY OF  SUFFOLK
SHALL  BE SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURE. WHERE, BECAUSE OF ECONOMY,
CONSOLIDATION OR ABOLITION OF FUNCTIONS, CURTAILMENT  OF  ACTIVITIES  OR
OTHERWISE,  POSITIONS  IN THE COMPETITIVE CLASS ARE ABOLISHED OR REDUCED
IN RANK OR SALARY 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 PROBA-
TIONARY EMPLOYEES THE ORDER OF SUSPENSION OR DEMOTION  SHALL  BE  DETER-
MINED 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.
                                                           LBD10229-01-3

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