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Apr 30, 2015 |
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Senate Bill S5080
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Labor Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2015-S5080 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A7937
- Current Committee:
- Senate Labor
- Law Section:
- Labor Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §27-a, Lab L
2015-S5080 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5080 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring employers who employ one or more police officers to provide ballistic soft-body armor vests to New York city police officers PURPOSE: To require employers who employ one or more police officers to provide ballistic soft-body armor vests to New York City police officers. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1 of this bill amends Labor Law section 27-a(4)(d) by adding a new paragraph (d) to provide that any employer located in a city with a population of over one million and that employs one or more police officers must provide at the employer's expense, a ballistic soft body armor vest to each police officer on or after the effective date of this paragraph and shall replace each police officer's vest as required by this paragraph or more stringent regulations promulgated by the Commissioner of the Department of Labor in consultation with the Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS). An employer shall not require a police officer to purchase his or her own vest out of a uniform allowance provided by the employer or any other amount paid by
2015-S5080 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5080 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 30, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to requiring employers who employ one or more police officers to provide ballistic soft-body armor vests to New York city police officers THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph d of subdivision 4 of section 27-a of the labor law is relettered paragraph e and a new paragraph d is added to read as follows: D. ANY EMPLOYER LOCATED IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF OVER ONE MILLION AND THAT EMPLOYS ONE OR MORE POLICE OFFICERS, AS DEFINED BY SUBDIVISION THIRTY-FOUR OF SECTION 1.20 OF THE CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW, SHALL PROVIDE, AT THE EXPENSE OF THE EMPLOYER, A BALLISTIC SOFT-BODY ARMOR VEST TO EACH POLICE OFFICER ON OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS PARAGRAPH AND SHALL REPLACE EACH POLICE OFFICER'S BALLISTIC SOFT-BODY ARMOR VEST AS REQUIRED BY THIS PARAGRAPH OR MORE STRINGENT REGULATIONS PROMULGATED BY THE COMMISSIONER IN CONSULTATION WITH THE DIVISION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SERVICES PURSUANT TO SECTION EIGHT HUNDRED THIRTY-SEV- EN-D OF THE EXECUTIVE LAW. UNLESS EXPRESSLY AGREED PURSUANT TO A COLLEC- TIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT, AN EMPLOYER SHALL NOT REQUIRE A POLICE OFFI- CER TO PURCHASE A BALLISTIC SOFT-BODY ARMOR VEST OUT OF A UNIFORM ALLOWANCE PROVIDED BY THE EMPLOYER OR ANY OTHER AMOUNT PAID BY THE EMPLOYER TO A POLICE OFFICER FOR THE PURPOSE OF PURCHASING UNIFORMS AND/OR EQUIPMENT. (I) AS USED IN THIS PARAGRAPH, "BALLISTIC SOFT-BODY ARMOR VEST" SHALL MEAN A CUSTOM-FITTED, CONCEALABLE, SOFT-BODY ARMOR OR BULLETPROOF VEST THAT MEETS OR EXCEEDS THE STANDARDS OF VESTS COMMONLY KNOWN OR CLASSI- FIED AS TYPE III-A WITH SIDE AND EXTENDED PROTECTION, OR ANY OTHER CUSTOM-FITTED, CONCEALABLE, SOFT-BODY ARMOR VEST THAT MAY BE DEVELOPED, TESTED, AND APPROVED WHICH EXCEEDS THE LEVEL OF PROTECTION OF THOSE EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09901-01-5
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