Grants excused leave to civil service employees during states of emergency as declared by the federal, state or a municipal government, when such employees are members of a volunteer fire department or a volunteer ambulance or rescue squad.

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A5101-2011 Actions

• May 15, 2012: held for consideration in governmental employees
• Jan 4, 2012: referred to governmental employees
• Feb 11, 2011: referred to governmental employees

A5101-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
  ________________________________________________________________________

                                    5101

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                            I N  ASSEMBLY

                              February 11, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced by M. of A. OAKS, CALHOUN, CROUCH, HAWLEY, MONTESANO, SALADI-
    NO  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. BARCLAY, BURLING, BUTLER, CONTE,
    CORWIN, DUPREY, FINCH, FITZPATRICK, JORDAN, KOLB, McDONOUGH,  McLAUGH-
    LIN, J. MILLER, MOLINARO, PALMESANO, RABBITT, RAIA, SAYWARD, THIELE --
    read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees

  AN  ACT  to  amend  the  civil service law, in relation to directing the
    granting of excused leave to civil service employees who  are  members
    of  a  volunteer  fire  department  or a volunteer ambulance or rescue
    squad during a state of emergency

    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 88
  to read as follows:

    S 88. EXCUSED LEAVE DURING A STATE OF EMERGENCY. 1. EVERY PERSON HOLD-
  ING  A POSITION IN THE CIVIL SERVICE WHO IS A MEMBER OF A VOLUNTEER FIRE
  DEPARTMENT OR OF A VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE SQUAD SHALL BE ENTITLED TO ABSENT
  HIMSELF OR HERSELF AND SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE A LEAVE OF  ABSENCE  FROM
  HIS  OR  HER  DUTIES OR SERVICE AS SUCH CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEE, DURING A
  STATE OF EMERGENCY AS DECLARED BY THE FEDERAL, THE STATE OR A  MUNICIPAL
  GOVERNMENT,  WHEN  SUCH  CIVIL  SERVICE  EMPLOYEE IS REQUIRED TO PERFORM
  DUTIES OR SERVICES FOR SUCH VOLUNTEER DEPARTMENT OR SQUAD AS THE  RESULT
  OF THE STATE OF EMERGENCY.
    2.  THE ENTIRE PERIOD OF THE LEAVE OF ABSENCE GRANTED PURSUANT TO THIS
  SECTION SHALL BE EXCUSED LEAVE AND SHALL  NOT  BE  CHARGED  AGAINST  ANY
  OTHER LEAVE SUCH CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEE IS OTHERWISE ENTITLED TO.
    3.  EVERY  CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEE TAKING SUCH A LEAVE OF ABSENCE SHALL
  MAINTAIN A LOG OF ALL VOLUNTEER HOURS  PERFORMED  DURING  THE  STATE  OF
  EMERGENCY.  SUCH  LOG SHALL BE SIGNED BY THE EMPLOYEE AND A LINE OFFICER
  OF THE VOLUNTEER  ORGANIZATION,  AND  BE  SUBMITTED  TO  THE  EMPLOYEE'S
  EMPLOYER.
    S  2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeed-
  ing the date on which it shall have become a law.

   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD04305-01-1