Senate Bill S1739

                             
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                                   1739
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 13, 2025
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 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 longevity payments
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  The  civil service law is amended by adding a new section
 137 to read as follows:
   § 137. LONGEVITY PAYMENTS. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER  PROVISION  OF
 LAW  TO  THE  CONTRARY, EFFECTIVE THE FIRST OF APRIL NEXT SUCCEEDING THE
 EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS  SECTION  AND  ANNUALLY  THEREAFTER,  EACH  STATE
 EMPLOYEE  DESIGNATED  MANAGERIAL OR CONFIDENTIAL WHO AS OF THE PRECEDING
 MARCH THIRTY-FIRST HAS COMPLETED TWELVE  YEARS  OR  MORE  OF  CONTINUOUS
 SERVICE  AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (C) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION ONE
 HUNDRED THIRTY OF THIS ARTICLE IN THE  EXECUTIVE  BRANCH  OF  THE  STATE
 GOVERNMENT,  AND  HAS  ATTAINED  A PERFORMANCE RATING HIGHER THAN "BELOW
 MINIMUM" OR ITS EQUIVALENT IN A GRADED POSITION SHALL RECEIVE  A  TWELVE
 YEAR PERFORMANCE AWARD OF ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.
   2.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, EFFEC-
 TIVE THE FIRST OF APRIL NEXT  SUCCEEDING  THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS
 SECTION  AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, EACH STATE EMPLOYEE DESIGNATED MANAGE-
 RIAL OR CONFIDENTIAL WHO AS OF  THE  PRECEDING  MARCH  THIRTY-FIRST  HAS
 COMPLETED  SEVENTEEN  YEARS  OR MORE OF CONTINUOUS SERVICE AS DEFINED IN
 PARAGRAPH (C) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY OF THIS
 ARTICLE IN THE  EXECUTIVE  BRANCH  OF  THE  STATE  GOVERNMENT,  AND  HAS
 ATTAINED  A PERFORMANCE RATING HIGHER THAN "BELOW MINIMUM" OR ITS EQUIV-
 ALENT, SHALL RECEIVE A SEVENTEEN YEAR PERFORMANCE AWARD OF ONE  THOUSAND
 FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS.  SUCH EMPLOYEES SHALL ALSO CONTINUE TO RECEIVE THE
 TWELVE-YEAR  PERFORMANCE  AWARD  OF  ONE  THOUSAND  FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS
 PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION.
   3. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY,  EFFEC-
 TIVE  THE  FIRST  OF  APRIL  NEXT  SUCCEEDING THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04577-01-5
              

 S. 1739                             2
 
 SECTION AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, EACH STATE EMPLOYEE DESIGNATED  MANAGE-
 RIAL  OR  CONFIDENTIAL  WHO  AS  OF THE PRECEDING MARCH THIRTY-FIRST HAS
 COMPLETED TWENTY-TWO YEARS OR MORE OF CONTINUOUS SERVICE AS  DEFINED  IN
 PARAGRAPH (C) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF SECTION ONE HUNDRED THIRTY OF THIS
 ARTICLE  IN  THE  EXECUTIVE  BRANCH  OF  THE  STATE  GOVERNMENT, AND HAS
 ATTAINED A PERFORMANCE RATING HIGHER THAN "BELOW MINIMUM" OR ITS  EQUIV-
 ALENT, SHALL RECEIVE A TWENTY-TWO YEAR PERFORMANCE AWARD OF ONE THOUSAND
 FIVE  HUNDRED  DOLLARS.    SUCH EMPLOYEES SHALL ALSO CONTINUE TO RECEIVE
 BOTH THE TWELVE AND SEVENTEEN-YEAR PERFORMANCE AWARDS  OF  ONE  THOUSAND
 FIVE  HUNDRED  DOLLARS EACH PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISIONS ONE AND TWO OF THIS
 SECTION.
   4. PERFORMANCE AWARDS MADE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE LUMP-SUM,
 NON-RECURRING PAYMENTS FOR EMPLOYEES IN FULL-TIME  STATUS  AS  OF  MARCH
 THIRTY-FIRST EACH YEAR, OR A PRO RATA SHARE OF SUCH AMOUNT FOR EMPLOYEES
 IN  PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT STATUS ON SUCH DATE, AND SHALL BE PAID IN APRIL
 OF EACH YEAR.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of April next  succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law.