Senate Bill S4971

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to hazard duty pay for essential work performed in accordance with a state emergency disaster declaration

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Current 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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2023-S4971 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3759
Current Committee:
Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §130, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S8839
2021-2022: S496, A6559

2023-S4971 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for hazard duty pay of an additional twenty-five hundred dollars for essential work performed in accordance with a state emergency disaster declaration.

2023-S4971 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4971 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4971
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. GOUNARDES, BAILEY, JACKSON, MANNION, SANDERS, SKOUF-
   IS -- 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 hazard duty pay
   for essential work performed in  accordance  with  a  state  emergency
   disaster declaration
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 130 of the civil service law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 15 to read as follows:
   15. ESSENTIAL WORKER HAZARD DUTY PAYMENTS  DURING  A  STATE  EMERGENCY
 DISASTER   DECLARATION.  (A)  ANY  STATE  EMPLOYEE  PROVIDING  ESSENTIAL
 SERVICES OR FUNCTIONS  DURING  ANY  STATE  DISASTER  EMERGENCY  DECLARED
 PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE  TWO-B  OF  THE EXECUTIVE LAW AND DESIGNATED ON OR
 AFTER MARCH FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY AS AN ESSENTIAL  WORKER  PURSUANT
 TO  ANY  LAW,  RULE,  REGULATION  OR  EXECUTIVE ORDER SHALL BE AWARDED A
 HAZARDOUS DUTY PAY DIFFERENTIAL.
   (B) SUCH DIFFERENTIAL SHALL EQUAL TWENTY-FIVE  HUNDRED  DOLLARS.  SUCH
 DIFFERENTIAL  SHALL  BE  IN  ADDITION TO SUCH ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEE'S BASIC
 ANNUAL SALARY, AND SHALL NOT AFFECT OR IMPAIR ANY  PERFORMANCE  ADVANCE-
 MENT PAYMENTS, PERFORMANCE AWARDS, LONGEVITY PAYMENTS OR OTHER RIGHTS OR
 BENEFITS  TO WHICH SUCH EMPLOYEE MAY BE ENTITLED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF
 THIS CHAPTER; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT ANY DIFFERENTIAL PAYABLE  PURSUANT
 TO  THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL  BE INCLUDED AS COMPENSATION FOR RETIREMENT
 PURPOSES. EMPLOYEES ELIGIBLE FOR THE HAZARD DUTY PAYMENTS AUTHORIZED  BY
 THIS  SUBDIVISION  SHALL  ALSO  RECEIVE  THIRTY-FIVE HOURS OF ADDITIONAL
 VACATION TIME ACCRUAL.
   (C) THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUDGET SHALL ADOPT REGULATIONS  TO  CARRY  OUT
 THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   §  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
 have been in full force and effect on and after March 1, 2020.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07853-01-3
              

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