Senate Bill S7788

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to the use of accrued vacation time

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Civil Service And Pensions Committee

  • 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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2019-S7788 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8391
Current Committee:
Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §159-c, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A1583
2023-2024: A1998

2019-S7788 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the use of accrued vacation time toward student loan payments; defines terms; requires the president of the civil service commission to promulgate necessary rules and regulations.

2019-S7788 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S7788 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7788
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 20, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- 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 use of accrued
   vacation time
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  The  civil service law is amended by adding a new section
 159-c to read as follows:
   § 159-C. USE OF ACCRUED VACATION TIME TOWARDS STUDENT  LOAN  PAYMENTS.
 1.  EVERY  PUBLIC  OFFICER,  EMPLOYEE  OF  THIS STATE, COUNTY, COMMUNITY
 COLLEGE, PUBLIC AUTHORITY, PUBLIC BENEFIT CORPORATION, BOARD OF  COOPER-
 ATIVE  EDUCATIONAL  SERVICES (BOCES), VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND EXTENSION
 BOARD, SCHOOL DISTRICT ENUMERATED IN SECTION ONE OF CHAPTER FIVE HUNDRED
 SIXTY-SIX OF THE LAWS OF  NINETEEN  HUNDRED  SIXTY-SEVEN,  MUNICIPALITY,
 SCHOOL  DISTRICT  OR  PARTICIPATING  EMPLOYER  IN THE NEW YORK STATE AND
 LOCAL EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM OR A PARTICIPATING  EMPLOYER  IN  THE
 NEW  YORK  STATE  TEACHERS'  RETIREMENT  SYSTEM SHALL BE ENTITLED TO USE
 ACCRUED VACATION TIME TOWARD THE PAYMENT OF STUDENT LOANS.
   2. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL NOT  APPLY  TO  ANY  EMPLOYEES
 SUBJECT TO A COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT AS OF THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
 THIS  SECTION.  AN  EMPLOYEE  ORGANIZATION  MAY,  PURSUANT TO COLLECTIVE
 BARGAINING, OPT IN TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION ON BEHALF OF  THOSE
 PUBLIC  EMPLOYEES  IT  IS  EITHER  CERTIFIED OR RECOGNIZED TO REPRESENT,
 WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE FOURTEEN OF THIS CHAPTER, OR MAY  ALTERNA-
 TIVELY  BARGAIN  FOR BENEFITS GREATER OR LESS THAN THOSE PROVIDED FOR BY
 THIS SECTION.  AN  EMPLOYEE  ORGANIZATION  THAT  HAS  OPTED  IN  TO  THE
 PROVISIONS  OF  THIS SECTION MAY, PURSUANT TO COLLECTIVE BARGAINING, OPT
 OUT OF IT AS IS MUTUALLY AGREED UPON BETWEEN THE  EMPLOYEE  ORGANIZATION
 AND ANY PUBLIC EMPLOYER.
   3.  NOTHING  SET  FORTH  IN THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO IMPEDE,
 INFRINGE OR DIMINISH THE RIGHTS AND BENEFITS THAT  ACCRUE  TO  EMPLOYEES
 AND  EMPLOYERS  THROUGH  COLLECTIVE  BARGAINING AGREEMENTS, OR OTHERWISE
 DIMINISH THE INTEGRITY OF THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING RELATIONSHIP.
   4. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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