Assembly Bill A243

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Allows public employee organizations an opportunity to reconsider and re-vote on a written agreement that was initially voted down

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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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2021-A243 (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§201, 209 & 209-a, Civ Serv L; amd §12-306, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3550
2011-2012: A4409
2013-2014: A4802
2015-2016: A6551
2017-2018: A324
2019-2020: A14

2021-A243 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows public employee organizations an opportunity to reconsider and re-vote on a written agreement that was initially voted down.

2021-A243 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    243
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                (PREFILED)
 
                              January 6, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. PERRY, COLTON -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Employees
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil service law and the administrative code of the
   city of New York, in relation to the ratification of a written  agree-
   ment between a public employer and an employee organization
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.  Section 201 of the civil service law is amended by  adding
 a new subdivision 13 to read as follows:
   13.  THE  TERM  "RATIFICATION  PERIOD" MEANS THE PERIOD OF TIME DURING
 WHICH THE EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION  SUBMITS  A  WRITTEN  AGREEMENT  TO  ITS
 MEMBERSHIP  FOR A VOTE OR RE-VOTE TO ACCEPT OR REJECT THE AGREEMENT, AND
 (A) IF SUCH AGREEMENT IS APPROVED BY  SUCH  MEMBERSHIP,  THE  SUBSEQUENT
 PERIOD  OF  TIME DURING WHICH THE EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS MAY PROVIDE THE
 EMPLOYER WITH WRITTEN NOTICE FORMALLY ACCEPTING THE  WRITTEN  AGREEMENT;
 OR  (B)  IF  SUCH AGREEMENT IS VOTED DOWN BY SUCH MEMBERSHIP, THE SUBSE-
 QUENT PERIOD OF TIME DURING WHICH THE EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION MAY  PROVIDE
 THE EMPLOYER AND THE BOARD WRITTEN NOTICE FORMALLY REJECTING THE WRITTEN
 AGREEMENT AND NOT SUBJECTING SUCH AGREEMENT TO A RE-VOTE.
   § 2. Subdivision 1 of section 209 of the civil service law, as amended
 by  chapter  216 of the laws of 1977, is amended and a new subdivision 7
 is added to read as follows:
   1. For purposes of this section, an impasse may be deemed to exist  if
 the  parties  fail to achieve agreement at least one hundred twenty days
 prior to the end of the fiscal year of the public  employer;  EXCEPT  AS
 OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF THIS SECTION.
   7.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  LAW,  RULE,  REGULATION  OR AGREEMENT TO THE
 CONTRARY, ONCE A WRITTEN AGREEMENT REGARDING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF
 EMPLOYMENT HAS BEEN NEGOTIATED SUBJECT TO RATIFICATION BY ALL OR PART OF
 THE MEMBERSHIP OF AN EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION, THE PUBLIC EMPLOYER, WHO  IS
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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