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                                   7933
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 12, 2018
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 Introduced  by Sen. BENJAMIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to credit for  unused
   sick leave for employees of community colleges
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 167 of the civil service  law,  as
 amended  by  section  7  of part T of chapter 56 of the laws of 2010, is
 amended to read as follows:
   4. Upon the retirement, on  or  after  July  first,  nineteen  hundred
 sixty-five,  of  a  state  employee whose salary or compensation is paid
 directly by the state, who is subject to  a  plan  established  by  law,
 rule, regulation, written order or written policy which provides for the
 regular  earning  and accumulation of sick leave, and who is eligible to
 continue coverage under the health benefit plan  after  retirement,  the
 department  shall  determine, based on the employee's age at the time of
 retirement, the actuarial equivalent in  monthly  installments  for  the
 remaining  life expectancy of such retired employee, of the dollar value
 of the earned and accumulated but unused sick leave standing to  his  or
 her  credit  at  the  time  of retirement, without interest. Such dollar
 value shall be based on the employee's salary at the time of retirement.
 In addition to regular  employer  contributions,  contributions  in  the
 amount  of  such  monthly  installments  shall  be paid from the state's
 appropriation to the health  insurance  fund  and  applied  towards  the
 charges  for health benefits on account of such retired employee and his
 or her dependents, to the extent necessary  to  pay  such  charges.  The
 remaining  amount,  if  any,  necessary  to  pay  such  charges shall be
 contributed by such retired employee. On or after October  first,  nine-
 teen  hundred  seventy when such dollar value of such sick leave amounts
 to less than one hundred dollars for a particular retired  employee,  in
 lieu  of  contributions  which  would  otherwise  be  required from such
 retired employee, additional contributions shall be paid for the state's
 appropriation to the health  insurance  fund  and  applied  towards  the
 charges  for health benefits on account of such retired employee and his
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 or her dependents until the sum of such additional contributions  equals
 such  dollar  value  of  such  sick leave. The remaining amount, if any,
 necessary to pay such charges  shall  be  contributed  by  such  retired
 employee.  For  purposes  of  this  subdivision,  employees of the state
 colleges of agriculture, home economics, industrial labor relations, and
 veterinary medicine, the state agricultural experiment station at  Gene-
 va, and any other institution or agency under the management and control
 of  Cornell university as the representative of the board of trustees of
 the state university of New York, and employees of the state college  of
 ceramics  under  the  management and control of Alfred university as the
 representative of the board of trustees of the state university  of  New
 York,  AND  EMPLOYEES  OF A COMMUNITY COLLEGE AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN
 ARTICLE ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX OF THE EDUCATION LAW, shall be deemed  to
 be  state  employees  whose salaries or compensation is paid directly by
 the state.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and  shall  apply  to  any
 sick  leave  accrued  by  an  applicable  employee who has not otherwise
 retired prior to the effective date of this act.