Assembly Bill A7901A

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to granting sick leave for officers and employees with a qualifying World Trade Center condition

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2017-A7901 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6398
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §92-d, Gen Muni L

2017-A7901 - Summary

Relates to granting sick leave for officers and employees of the state, a public authority or a municipal corporation outside of a city with a population of one million or more with a qualifying World Trade Center condition; provides that such leave shall be provided without loss of an officer or employee's accrued sick leave.

2017-A7901 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7901
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 18, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Employees
 
 AN  ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to granting sick
   leave for officers and employees with a qualifying World Trade  Center
   condition
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The general municipal  law  is  amended  by  adding  a  new
 section 92-d to read as follows:
   §  92-D. SICK LEAVE FOR OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES WITH A QUALIFYING WORLD
 TRADE CENTER CONDITION. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER  LAW,  RULE  OR  REGU-
 LATION  TO  THE CONTRARY, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF ANY MUNICIPAL CORPO-
 RATION OR PUBLIC AUTHORITY OUTSIDE OF A CITY WITH A  POPULATION  OF  ONE
 MILLION  OR MORE WHO PREVIOUSLY FILED A NOTICE OF PARTICIPATION IN WORLD
 TRADE CENTER RESCUE, RECOVERY OR  CLEANUP  OPERATIONS  AND  SUBSEQUENTLY
 DEVELOP A QUALIFYING WORLD TRADE CENTER CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN SECTION
 TWO  OF THE RETIREMENT AND SOCIAL SECURITY LAW, WHILE EMPLOYED WITH SUCH
 MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OR PUBLIC AUTHORITY SHALL BE GRANTED LINE OF  DUTY
 SICK  LEAVE.  THE OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE SHALL BE COMPENSATED AT HIS OR HER
 REGULAR RATE OF PAY FOR THOSE REGULAR WORK HOURS DURING WHICH THE  OFFI-
 CER  OR EMPLOYEE IS ABSENT FROM WORK. SUCH LEAVE SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH-
 OUT LOSS OF AN OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE'S ACCRUED SICK LEAVE.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day  after  it  shall
 have  become  a  law; provided, however, that effective immediately, the
 addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule  or  regulation  necessary
 for  the  implementation of this act on its effective date is authorized
 and directed to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11520-01-7

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2017-A7901A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6398
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Add §92-d, Gen Muni L

2017-A7901A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to granting sick leave for officers and employees of the state, a public authority or a municipal corporation outside of a city with a population of one million or more with a qualifying World Trade Center condition; provides that such leave shall be provided without loss of an officer or employee's accrued sick leave.

2017-A7901A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7901--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 18, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Governmental  Employees  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to granting  sick
   leave  for officers and employees with a qualifying World Trade Center
   condition
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The  general  municipal  law  is  amended by adding a new
 section 92-d to read as follows:
   § 92-D. SICK LEAVE FOR OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES WITH A QUALIFYING  WORLD
 TRADE  CENTER  CONDITION.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY OTHER LAW, RULE OR REGU-
 LATION TO THE CONTRARY, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE  STATE,  A  PUBLIC
 AUTHORITY  OR  ANY  MUNICIPAL CORPORATION OUTSIDE OF A CITY WITH A POPU-
 LATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE WHO FILED A  NOTICE  OF  PARTICIPATION  IN
 WORLD  TRADE  CENTER  RESCUE,  RECOVERY OR CLEANUP OPERATIONS AND SUBSE-
 QUENTLY DEVELOP A QUALIFYING WORLD TRADE CENTER CONDITION, AS DEFINED IN
 SECTION TWO OF THE RETIREMENT AND SOCIAL SECURITY LAW, WHILE EMPLOYED BY
 THE STATE, A PUBLIC AUTHORITY OR SUCH MUNICIPAL  CORPORATION  OR  PUBLIC
 AUTHORITY  SHALL  BE  GRANTED  LINE OF DUTY SICK LEAVE COMMENCING ON THE
 DATE THAT SUCH EMPLOYEE WAS DIAGNOSED  WITH  A  QUALIFYING  WORLD  TRADE
 CENTER  CONDITION  REGARDLESS  OF  WHETHER  SUCH OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE WAS
 EMPLOYED BY HIS OR HER CURRENT EMPLOYER AT THE TIME THAT SUCH OFFICER OR
 EMPLOYEE PARTICIPATED IN WORLD TRADE CENTER RESCUE, RECOVERY OR  CLEANUP
 OPERATIONS.  THE  OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE SHALL BE COMPENSATED AT HIS OR HER
 REGULAR RATE OF PAY FOR THOSE REGULAR WORK HOURS DURING WHICH THE  OFFI-
 CER  OR EMPLOYEE IS ABSENT FROM WORK. SUCH LEAVE SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH-
 OUT LOSS OF AN OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE'S ACCRUED SICK LEAVE.
   § 2. The state shall  reimburse  any  public  authority  or  municipal
 corporation  of  less  than  one million people for the cost of any line
 duty sick leave granted pursuant to this act.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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