Brown E, Manktelow, Angelino, Bendett, Gray, Blankenbush, Norber, McDonough, Beephan, Lemondes,
Smullen
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Establishes the organized militia as public employees working group to examine the potential costs and benefits of designating members of the New York state organized militia as public employees.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4934
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 10, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. CHANG, E. BROWN, MANKTELOW, ANGELINO, BENDETT,
GRAY, BLANKENBUSH, NORBER, McDONOUGH, BEEPHAN, LEMONDES, SMULLEN --
read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees
AN ACT in relation to establishing the organized militia as public
employees working group; and providing for the repeal of such
provisions upon the expiration thereof
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. 1. No later than six months after the effective date of
2 this act, the division of military and naval affairs shall establish the
3 organized militia as public employees working group. Such working group
4 shall be comprised of no more than three representatives from each of
5 the following categories: veteran organizations, the office of the
6 state comptroller, the New York state and local retirement system, the
7 division of military and naval affairs, the department of civil service,
8 and the department of labor. The working group shall examine:
9 (a) the potential costs and benefits of designating members of the New
10 York state organized militia as public employees;
11 (b) relevant limitations or stipulations if members of the organized
12 militia are designated public employees while serving on active duty;
13 (c) any regulatory or legislative reforms needed to facilitate such
14 designation; and
15 (d) potential consequences to the New York state and local retirement
16 system, the military pension system, and any other fiscal or actuarial
17 consequences arising from designating members of the organized militia
18 as public employees.
19 2. (a) The working group shall issue its preliminary findings and
20 policy recommendations no later than one year from the effective date of
21 this act. Upon issuing such preliminary findings and policy recommenda-
22 tions, the working group shall allow public comment on the preliminary
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 findings and policy recommendations for a period of not less than sixty
2 days.
3 (b) Upon the closure of the public comment period, the working group
4 shall, where appropriate, take into consideration public comments for
5 the purpose of revising its preliminary findings and policy recommenda-
6 tions. Such revisions shall be completed, and final findings and policy
7 recommendations shall be issued to the public, no later than one hundred
8 eighty days from the date such public comment period closes.
9 (c) The working group shall share its final findings and policy recom-
10 mendations with the temporary president of the senate, the speaker of
11 the assembly, the minority leader of the senate, and the minority leader
12 of the assembly as soon thereafter as practicably possible.
13 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be
14 deemed repealed four years after such effective date.
