Assembly Bill A4792

                             
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                                   4792
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 6, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M.  of A. E. BROWN, BEEPHAN -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Governmental Employees
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, the public officers law  and  the
   general municipal law, in relation to the employment by and funding of
   the Nassau county public library system

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative intent. This act seeks to enhance civil service
 exemptions for library employees in the state of New  York,  recognizing
 the unique challenges and contributions of libraries within their commu-
 nities.  It  aims to provide greater flexibility in hiring, fair compen-
 sation, and equitable funding for libraries.
   § 2. The civil service law is amended by adding a new section 61-a  to
 read as follows:
   §  61-A.  APPOINTMENT  AND  PROMOTION;  NASSAU  COUNTY  PUBLIC LIBRARY
 SYSTEM.  NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF  SECTION  FIFTY-ONE  OF  THIS
 ARTICLE  OR  SECTION  SIXTY-ONE  OF THIS TITLE, THE NASSAU COUNTY PUBLIC
 LIBRARY SYSTEM IS AUTHORIZED TO APPOINT OR PROMOTE FROM AN ELIGIBLE LIST
 TO A POSITION IN THE COMPETITIVE CLASS BY THE SELECTION OF  ONE  OF  THE
 FIVE  PERSONS  CERTIFIED  BY THE APPROPRIATE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION AS
 STANDING HIGHEST ON SUCH ELIGIBLE LIST WHO ARE WILLING  TO  ACCEPT  SUCH
 APPOINTMENT OR PROMOTION.
   §  3.  Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding a new
 subdivision 76 to read as follows:
   76. IN THE COUNTY OF NASSAU, THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION  REQUIRING
 A  PERSON  TO  BE  A  RESIDENT OF THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OR MUNICIPAL
 CORPORATION OF THE STATE FOR WHICH SUCH  PERSON  SHALL  BE  EMPLOYED  OR
 WITHIN  WHICH  THEIR  OFFICIAL  FUNCTIONS  ARE REQUIRED TO BE EXERCISED,
 SHALL NOT PREVENT A PERSON FROM HOLDING  THE  OFFICE  OF  NASSAU  COUNTY
 PUBLIC LIBRARY SYSTEM EMPLOYEE, PROVIDED THAT SUCH PERSON RESIDES WITHIN
 THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   §  4.  Subparagraph  (iv) of paragraph (g) of subdivision 2 of section
 3-c of the general municipal law, as added by section 1  of  part  A  of
 chapter 97 of the laws of 2011, is amended and a new subparagraph (v) is
 added to read as follows:
   (iv)  in  years  in which the normal contribution rate of the New York
 state teachers' retirement system, as defined by paragraph a of subdivi-
 sion two of  section  five  hundred  seventeen  of  the  education  law,
 increases  by  more than two percentage points from the previous year, a
 tax levy necessary for expenditures for the coming fiscal year for local
 government employer  contributions  to  the  New  York  state  teachers'
 retirement system caused by growth in the normal contribution rate minus
 two percentage points[.];
   (V)  A TAX LEVY NECESSARY FOR EXPENDITURES OF THE NASSAU COUNTY PUBLIC
 LIBRARY SYSTEM.
   § 5. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 273  of  the  education
 law, any library that falls under the purview of a school district with-
 in a county shall receive equal funding increases in allocation.
   §  6. The department of education shall promulgate any rules and regu-
 lations necessary for the implementation and enforcement  of  this  act,
 ensuring  that  the libraries have the necessary support and flexibility
 to provide essential services to their communities.
   § 7. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law.