Relates to the residency requirements of certain employees of political subdivisions or municipal corporations of the state; prohibits certain employees from being required to make a payment or satisfy a levy due to him or her becoming a nonresident of the political subdivision or municipal corporation of the state.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10646
I N A S S E M B L Y
June 10, 2016
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Ramos) --
read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Operations
AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in relation to the residency
requirements of certain employees of political subdivisions or munici-
pal corporations of the state
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Legislative finding and declaration. The legislature hereby
finds and declares that there is a substantial state interest in the
fair and equitable treatment of public employees throughout the state
who are permitted to reside in localities outside the political subdivi-
sion or municipal corporation of the state for which they work. That
substantial state interest would be furthered by establishing that no
employee who resides in a permitted locality be subject to any levy or
payment by choosing to reside in such permitted locality. Therefore,
the legislature declares the necessity for the enactment of this act to
establish that no public employee who is or becomes a nonresident of
political subdivision or municipal corporation of the state for which he
or she works shall be obligated to make a payment because he or she is
or becomes a nonresident by residing in a locality permitted by state or
other applicable law.
S 2. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a new
subdivision 65 to read as follows:
65. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION OR OF ANY GENERAL,
SPECIAL OR LOCAL LAW, CHARTER, CODE, ORDINANCE, RESOLUTION, RULE OR
REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, NO EMPLOYEE OF ANY POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR
MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OF THE STATE WHO IS SUBJECT TO THE RESIDENCY
REQUIREMENTS OF THIS SECTION OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE LAW SHALL BE OBLI-
GATED TO MAKE ANY PAYMENT OR SATISFY ANY LEVY PURSUANT TO A CONDITION OF
EMPLOYMENT OR AN AGREEMENT SIGNED BY THE EMPLOYEE IF SUCH EMPLOYEE IS OR
BECOMES A NONRESIDENT OF THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR MUNICIPAL CORPO-
RATION OF THE STATE.
S 3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
ing the date on which it shall have become a law; provided, however,
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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