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                                  6398--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 16, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. GOLDEN, KAMINSKY -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local  Government
   -- reported favorably from said committee and committed to the Commit-
   tee  on Rules -- 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.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11520-05-7
              

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   § 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.
   §  3.  This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, that
 any officer or employee who is currently employed by the  state,  public
 authority  or municipal corporation who has been diagnosed with a quali-
 fying World Trade Center condition and is using sick leave due  to  such
 condition  shall receive a restoration of such sick leave retroactive to
 the date such officer or employee was diagnosed with a qualifying  World
 Trade Center condition.