Senate Bill S7815

Signed By Governor
2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to leaves of absence for state employees

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A10019 - Signed by Governor


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-S7815 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10019
Law Section:
State
Laws Affected:
Amd ยง1, Chap 675 of 1984

2013-S7815 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to leaves of absence for state employees.

2013-S7815 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S7815 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7815

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 11, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. FLANAGAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend chapter 675 of the laws of 1984  relating  to  providing
  fringe  benefits  for certain employees of school districts and boards
  of cooperative educational services, in relation to leaves of absence

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

  Section  1.  Section 1 of chapter 675 of the laws of 1984, relating to
providing fringe benefits for certain employees of school districts  and
boards  of  cooperative  educational  services,  is  amended  to read as
follows:
  Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law,  except  in  a
city  having a population of one million or more, an employer as defined
in subdivision three of section five hundred one of  the  education  law
may  grant  a  leave  of absence with full salary to a member of the New
York state teachers' retirement system who is employed  as  a  full-time
teacher  as  defined  in subdivision four of section five hundred one of
the education law from his or her regular position, for the  purpose  of
serving  as  an  elective  officer  [(not  to exceed four)] of the local
employee organization certified or recognized pursuant to article  four-
teen  of the civil service law as the collective negotiating agent of an
employee negotiating unit, OR ITS STATEWIDE AFFILIATE, provided that:
  a. the local employee organization OR ITS STATEWIDE AFFILIATE requests
that a leave of absence be granted with full salary for such purpose;
  b. each such leave, its terms and  renewal  shall  be  subject  to  an
agreement pursuant to article fourteen of the civil service law;
  c.  such  local employee organization OR ITS STATEWIDE AFFILIATE shall
periodically, as specified by the public employer, reimburse the  public
employer for the salary or wages paid to such employee during such leave
of  absence  together  with  the  full cost of fringe benefits including
retirement credit with the New York state teachers'  retirement  system;
and
  d.  The salary paid shall be the salary the employee would have earned
and received had [he] THE EMPLOYEE remained in service in  the  position

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

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