Designates local employees exercising executive functions on behalf of the chief executive officer of the locality, as unclassified service employees.

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S2011-2011 Actions

• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS
• Jan 14, 2011: REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

S2011-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S2011

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the civil service law, in relation to unclassified service of
civil divisions of the state

PURPOSE:
Designates local employees exercising executive functions of
the chief executive officer, as unclassified service employees.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Subdivisions (j) and (k) of section 35 of the
civil service law, subdivision (j) as amended by chapter 723 of the
law of 1965 and subdivision (k) as added by chapter 1054 of the laws
of 1969, are amended and a new subdivision (1) is added to read as
follows: (1), all persons employed by a civil division of the state
who principal functions and duties are directly related to the
executive functions of its mayor, supervisor or chief executive
officer.

JUSTIFICATION:
Currently, all officers and employees of any
municipality whose principal functions and duties are directly
related to the performance of the executive functions of its
respective municipal Mayor or Supervisor are required to take civil
service exams for their position while legislative staffs of said
municipality are general appointments. This legislation puts
employees of a municipality's legislative branch and employees of a
municipal Mayor or Supervisor within the same category.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
2010- S.7623 (Died - Civil Service, Pensions Committee)

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeeding the
date on which it shall have become a law.

S2011-2011 Text

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

                                    2011

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                              January 14, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sen.  STEWART-COUSINS -- 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  unclassified
    service of civil divisions of the state

    THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
  BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


    Section 1. Subdivisions (j) and (k) of section 35 of the civil service
  law, subdivision (j) as amended by chapter 723 of the laws of  1965  and
  subdivision  (k)  as  added  by  chapter  1054  of the laws of 1969, are
  amended and a new subdivision (l) is added to read as follows:

    (j) all persons, other than persons covered  under  paragraph  (g)  or
  paragraph  (h)  or  paragraph (i) of this section, whose principal func-
  tions are teaching or the supervision of teaching in  a  public  school,
  academy or college[.];
    (k)  all  positions  in the professional service in the New York State
  School for the Blind and the New York State School for the Deaf, requir-
  ing the performance of educational functions, which positions  shall  be
  determined  by the commissioner of education and certified by him to the
  civil service commission[.]; AND
    (L) ALL PERSONS EMPLOYED BY A CIVIL DIVISION OF THE STATE WHOSE  PRIN-
  CIPAL  FUNCTIONS  AND DUTIES ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE EXECUTIVE FUNC-
  TIONS OF ITS MAYOR, SUPERVISOR OR CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.
    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.
                                                             LBD07563-01-1