S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N A S S E M B L Y
June 14, 2016
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Abbate,
Brennan) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental
Employees
AN ACT to amend chapter 154 of the laws of 1921 relating to the port
authority of New York and New Jersey, in relation to interviews of any
officer or employee of the port authority or its subsidiaries
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subparagraph 4 of paragraph e of subdivision 6 of article
IV of section 1 of chapter 154 of the laws of 1921 relating to the port
authority of New York and New Jersey, as amended by chapter 559 of the
laws of 2015, is amended to read as follows:
(4) interview any officer or employee of the port authority or its
subsidiaries on any matter related to the performance of such officer or
employee's official duties. [To the extent that any portion of this
paragraph is inconsistent with any current contractual obligations of
the port authority, this paragraph shall not be applicable to those
obligations until the earliest expiration of those terms under the
contract] TO THE EXTENT THAT THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT OF
ANY EMPLOYEE ARE ESTABLISHED BY COLLECTIVE NEGOTIATIONS, ANY INTERVIEW
CONDUCTED PURSUANT TO THIS PARAGRAPH MUST BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY
APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF THE CURRENT, OR MOST RECENT, IF EXPIRED,
COLLECTIVE NEGOTIATIONS AGREEMENT COVERING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF
EMPLOYMENT OF THE EMPLOYEE;
S 2. This act shall take effect upon the enactment into law by the
state of New Jersey of legislation having an identical effect with this
act, and upon the enactment into law by the state of New Jersey of
legislation having an identical effect with chapter 559 of the laws of
2015 pursuant to section 6 of such chapter, but if the state of New
Jersey shall have already enacted such legislation, then this act shall
take effect immediately. The chairperson of the port authority shall
notify the legislative bill drafting commission upon the enactment into
law of such legislation by both such states in order that the commission
may maintain an accurate and timely effective data base of the official
text of the laws of the state of New York in furtherance of effecting
the provisions of section 44 of the legislative law and section 70-b of
the public officers law.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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