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Assembly Bill A9659

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to the effect of a public employer designating funds for the resolution of disputes in the course of collective negotiations

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2013-A9659 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง209, Civ Serv L

2013-A9659 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the effect of a public employer designating funds for the resolution of disputes in the course of collective negotiations.

2013-A9659 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  9659

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 14, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. BUCHWALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Governmental Employees

AN  ACT  to  amend the civil service law, in relation to the effect of a
  public employer designating funds for the resolution  of  disputes  in
  the course of collective negotiations

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Clause b of subparagraph (v) of paragraph (c)  of  subdivi-
sion  4  of  section 209 of the civil service law, as amended by chapter
216 of the laws of 1977, is amended to read as follows:
  b. the interests and welfare of the public and the  financial  ability
of the public employer to pay, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT TO THE EXTENT THE
LEGISLATIVE BODY OF THE PUBLIC EMPLOYER HAS DESIGNATED CERTAIN FUNDS FOR
THE  PURPOSE  OF ACCOMMODATING ANY POTENTIAL EMPLOYEE CONTRACT AGREEMENT
OR ARBITRATION AWARD WITH AN EMPLOYEE  ORGANIZATION,  SUCH  FUNDS  SHALL
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES BE CONSIDERED IN DETERMINING THE FINANCIAL ABILI-
TY OF THE PUBLIC EMPLOYER TO PAY;
  S  2.  Subparagraph (iii) of paragraph (d) of subdivision 5 of section
209 of the civil service law, as added by chapter 929  of  the  laws  of
1986, is amended to read as follows:
  (iii)  the impact of the panel's award on the financial ability of the
public employer to pay, on  the  present  fares  and  on  the  continued
provision  of  services  to  the  public, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT TO THE
EXTENT THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE PUBLIC EMPLOYER HAS DESIGNATED CERTAIN
FUNDS FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACCOMMODATING ANY POTENTIAL  EMPLOYEE  CONTRACT
AGREEMENT OR ARBITRATION AWARD WITH AN EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION, SUCH FUNDS
SHALL  UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES BE CONSIDERED IN DETERMINING THE FINANCIAL
ABILITY OF THE PUBLIC EMPLOYER TO PAY;
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
the  amendments  to  subdivisions  4  and  5 of section 209 of the civil
service law made by sections one and two of this act  shall  not  affect
the expiration of such subdivisions and shall be deemed to expire there-
with.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10261-03-4

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