Senate Bill S3566

                            
 
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                                   3566
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 8, 2019
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 Introduced  by  Sens.  SERRANO, RIVERA, SAVINO -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Local
   Government
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the general municipal law, in relation  to providing
   additional compensation to certain employees

   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 209-gg to read as follows:
   § 209-GG. SALARY COMPENSATION FOR EMPLOYEES  OF  A  POLICE  DEPARTMENT
 WITH CERTAIN LANGUAGE SKILLS. 1. A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE HUNDRED
 THOUSAND  OR MORE IS AUTHORIZED TO ADOPT A LOCAL LAW TO CREATE A PROGRAM
 TO BE KNOWN AS THE "LANGUAGE  SERVICES  PROGRAM",  WHICH  PROGRAM  SHALL
 PROVIDE  FOR ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION IN AN AMOUNT OF NOT LESS THAN  FIVE
 PERCENT OF THE BASE SALARY OF ANY EMPLOYEE OF A  POLICE  DEPARTMENT  WHO
 QUALIFIES FOR SUCH ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION UNDER THIS SECTION.
   2. THE COMMISSIONER, SUPERINTENDENT OR CHIEF OF POLICE, WHERE APPLICA-
 BLE,  OF  A POLICE DEPARTMENT IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE HUNDRED
 THOUSAND OR MORE WHICH HAS ADOPTED A LOCAL  LAW  TO  CREATE  A  LANGUAGE
 SERVICES  PROGRAM  AS DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL
 DESIGNATE A LANGUAGE SERVICES  PROGRAM  DIRECTOR.  THE  DUTIES  OF  SUCH
 PROGRAM DIRECTOR SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
   (A)  DETERMINING  QUALIFICATIONS  FOR  THE  LANGUAGE SERVICES PROGRAM,
 WHICH QUALIFICATIONS SHALL INCLUDE  SATISFYING  THE  REQUIREMENTS  OF  A
 PUBLIC CONTACT PERSON AS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION;
   (B)  CREATING  AN  APPLICATION  PROCESS FOR ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE SKILLS
 COMPENSATION;
   (C) DEFINING WHICH FOREIGN LANGUAGES SHALL QUALIFY UNDER THIS PROGRAM;
   (D) SETTING LANGUAGE SKILLS AND PROFICIENCY STANDARDS WHICH APPLICANTS
 MUST DEMONSTRATE TO QUALIFY;
   (E) MAINTAINING A RECORD OF PUBLIC CONTACT POSITIONS;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD03201-01-9

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   (F) KEEPING A RECORD OF ALL EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE  QUALIFIED  TO  RECEIVE
 LANGUAGE SKILLS PAY;
   (G)  INFORMING  EMPLOYEES  WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OF
 THE PROGRAM; AND
   (H) DISTRIBUTING TO ALL EMPLOYEES OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT INFORMATION
 REGARDING THE APPLICATION PROCEDURES FOR SUCH PROGRAM.
   THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR SHALL IDENTIFY THOSE POSITIONS WITHIN THE  POLICE
 DEPARTMENT  THAT  ARE  TO BE DESIGNATED AS PUBLIC CONTACT POSITIONS. THE
 DECISION OF THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR AS TO  THE  CLASSIFICATION  OF  SUCH  A
 POSITION IS FINAL.
   3.  A  PUBLIC  CONTACT  PERSON SHALL BE DEFINED AS A SWORN OR CIVILIAN
 POSITION WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WHEREIN THIRTY PERCENT  OR  MORE  OF
 THE  ASSIGNED WORK OF SUCH PERSON INVOLVES DIRECT COMMUNICATION WITH THE
 PUBLIC.  SUCH POSITIONS SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT  BE  LIMITED  TO,  PATROL
 OFFICERS,  POLICE  COMMUNICATION DISPATCHERS, INVESTIGATORS, DETECTIVES,
 AND OTHER SUCH POSITIONS AS DETERMINED BY THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of October next  succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.