Assembly Bill A9491

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the term "employee" for the purposes of defense and indemnification in the public officers law

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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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2023-A9491 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §18, Pub Off L

2023-A9491 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Removes provisions of law relating to sheriffs; includes sheriffs within the term "employee" for the purposes of defense and indemnification in the public officers law.

2023-A9491 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9491
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 14, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  public  officers  law,  in relation to the term
   "employee" for the purposes of defense and indemnification of officers
   and employees of public entities
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 18 of the public
 officers law, as added by chapter 277 of the laws of 1981, is amended to
 read as follows:
   (b) The term "employee" shall  mean  any  commissioner,  member  of  a
 public board or commission, trustee, director, officer, employee, volun-
 teer  expressly authorized to participate in a publicly sponsored volun-
 teer program, or any  other  person  holding  a  position  by  election,
 appointment  or employment in the service of a public entity, whether or
 not compensated, but shall not include [the sheriff of any county or an]
 ANY independent contractor. The term "employee" shall include  a  former
 employee,  [his] SUCH EMPLOYEE'S estate or judicially appointed personal
 representative.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14609-01-4

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