Senate Bill S2879

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Defines employees of the state

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations 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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2021-S2879 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Executive Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §292, Exec L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S6816
2023-2024: S2511

2021-S2879 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Defines employees of the state to include statewide elected officials, state officers and employees, legislative employees and legislative members.

2021-S2879 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S2879 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2879
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 26, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RAMOS  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
   ment Operations
 
 AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to defining employees  of
   the state
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section  292  of  the  executive  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  481  of  the  laws  of 2010, is amended to read as
 follows:
   6. The term "employee" in this article does not include any individual
 employed by his or her parents, spouse or  child,  or  in  the  domestic
 service  of  any person except as set forth in section two hundred nine-
 ty-six-b of this  [title]  ARTICLE;  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT  FOR  THE
 PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE, THE FOLLOWING SHALL BE DEEMED EMPLOYEES OF THE
 STATE:
   (A)  STATEWIDE  ELECTED  OFFICIALS, INCLUDING THE GOVERNOR, LIEUTENANT
 GOVERNOR, COMPTROLLER, AND ATTORNEY GENERAL;
   (B) STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING:
   (I) HEADS OF STATE DEPARTMENTS AND THEIR DEPUTIES AND  ASSISTANTS  WHO
 SERVE AT THE DISCRETION OF A STATEWIDE ELECTED OFFICIAL; AND
   (II)  OFFICERS  AND EMPLOYEES OF STATEWIDE ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO SERVE
 AT THE DISCRETION OF THE STATEWIDE ELECTED OFFICIAL;
   (C) LEGISLATIVE EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING OFFICERS  AND  EMPLOYEES  OF  THE
 LEGISLATURE; AND
   (D)  LEGISLATIVE MEMBERS, INCLUDING SENATORS AND MEMBERS OF THE ASSEM-
 BLY.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06657-01-1

              

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