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Senate Bill S6978

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to procedures and other matters related to the receipt or discontinuation of certain benefits

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

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2023-S6978 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7579
Current Committee:
Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §201, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in 2025-2026 Legislative Session:
S5026, A3838

2023-S6978 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires that all procedures and other matters related to the receipt or discontinuation of benefits available under section two hundred seven-c of the general municipal law shall be mandatorily negotiable terms and conditions of employment.

2023-S6978 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6978 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6978
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 16, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- 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  procedures  and
   other  matters  related  to  the receipt or discontinuation of certain
   benefits

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 4 of section 201 of the civil
 service law, as amended by chapter 674 of the laws of 2022,  is  amended
 to read as follows:
   (a)  salaries,  wages, hours and other terms and conditions of employ-
 ment provided, however, that such term shall not  include  any  benefits
 provided by or to be provided by a public retirement system, or payments
 to  a  fund  or insurer to provide an income for retirees, or payment to
 retirees or their beneficiaries. No such retirement  benefits  shall  be
 negotiated  pursuant  to  this  article,  and any benefits so negotiated
 shall be void. ALL PROCEDURES AND OTHER MATTERS RELATED TO  THE  RECEIPT
 OR  DISCONTINUATION  OF  BENEFITS  AVAILABLE  UNDER  SECTION TWO HUNDRED
 SEVEN-C OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW  SHALL  BE  MANDATORILY  NEGOTIABLE
 TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11203-01-3

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