Authorizes a member of the uniformed force of the department of correction in a city having a population of one million or more to exchange up to five days of earned and accumulated vacation credits for a cash payment.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7432
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 4, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Governmental Employees
AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to a vacation
exchange option for members of the uniformed force of the department
of correction in a city having a population of one million or more
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The civil service law is amended by adding a new section
2 159-d to read as follows:
3 § 159-d. Vacation exchange option. Notwithstanding any other provision
4 of law to the contrary, effective April first, two thousand twelve
5 through March thirty-first, two thousand sixteen, in a city having a
6 population of one million or more, members of the uniformed force of the
7 department of correction of such city, who are entitled to earn and
8 accumulate vacation credits may once per fiscal year elect to receive
9 cash payment in exchange for such earned and accumulated credits in
10 units of full days up to a maximum of five days, provided that at the
11 time of such election such earned and accumulated credits total thirty-
12 five or more days, and provided further that the availability of such
13 vacation exchange shall be subject to the approval of the director of
14 the budget of such city for each respective fiscal year. Vacation cred-
15 its designated for such an exchange shall be segregated from the employ-
16 ee's accrued vacation credits for future cash payment and such days
17 shall not be included in the accrued credits of the employee for the
18 purposes of disallowing subsequent vacation credits within the limits
19 otherwise prescribed. The election of such an exchange shall be made
20 annually by the last day of the payroll period which includes July
21 first. Such payment for exchanged credits shall be made during the first
22 week of December of the year of such exchange at a rate determined by
23 the employee's salary in effect on October first of the year of such
24 payment. Such compensation shall be paid in addition to and shall not be
25 part of an employee's basic annual salary, nor shall it be considered
26 salary for the purpose of computing retirement benefits.
27 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD10854-01-1
