Relates to the annual maintenance allowance received by employees of the unified court system who are required to wear an employer-approved blazer; categorizes such allowance as compensation for retirement purposes, rather than part of the employee's basic annual salary.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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10197
IN ASSEMBLY
May 10, 2024
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Lavine) --
(at request of the Office of Court Administration) -- read once and
referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees
AN ACT to amend chapter 1 of the laws of 2023 relating to terms and
conditions of employment of certain nonjudicial officers and employees
of the unified court system and amending chapter 400 of the laws of
2014 relating to terms and conditions of employment of certain nonju-
dicial officers and employees of the unified court system, relating to
annual longevity payments for certain employees, in relation to the
annual maintenance allowance received by employees who are required to
wear an employer-approved blazer
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Chapter 1 of the laws of 2023 relating to terms and condi-
2 tions of employment of certain nonjudicial officers and employees of the
3 unified court system and amending chapter 400 of the laws of 2014 relat-
4 ing to terms and conditions of employment of certain nonjudicial offi-
5 cers and employees of the unified court system, relating to annual
6 longevity payments for certain employees, is amended by adding a new
7 section 8-b to read as follows:
8 § 8-b. Where a nonjudicial officer or employee of the unified court
9 system to whom the provisions of section three or four of this act apply
10 is required to wear an employer-approved blazer while performing the
11 duties of his or her position and, on account thereof, is entitled to
12 receive an annual maintenance allowance pursuant to a collective
13 bargaining agreement between the unified court system and an employee
14 organization representing such nonjudicial officer or employee, such
15 allowance shall not be a part of such employee's basic annual salary but
16 shall be included as compensation for retirement purposes.
17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
18 have been in full force and effect on and after April 1, 2021.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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