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S04292 Summary:
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SAME AS | SAME AS A02480 |
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SPONSOR | COMRIE |
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Add §2854, Pub Auth L | |
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Sets limits on severance packages equal to three months salary for public at-will employees not subject to a collective bargaining agreement or union contract. |
S04292 Actions:
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03/06/2019 | REFERRED TO CORPORATIONS, AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/08/2019 | 1ST REPORT CAL.369 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/09/2019 | 2ND REPORT CAL. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
04/10/2019 | ADVANCED TO THIRD READING | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/13/2019 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/13/2019 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/13/2019 | referred to ways and means | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/04/2019 | substituted for a2480 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/04/2019 | ordered to third reading cal.489 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/04/2019 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/04/2019 | returned to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11/26/2019 | DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/06/2019 | SIGNED CHAP.595 |
S04292 Committee Votes:
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Yes
Abbate
Yes
Crespo
ER
Gantt
Yes
LiPetri
Yes
Perry
Yes
Simon
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Crouch
Yes
Garbarino
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Simotas
Yes
Arroyo
Yes
Cruz
Yes
Giglio
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Pichardo
Yes
Smith
Yes
Ashby
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Glick
Yes
Malliotakis
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Smullen
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Manktelow
Yes
Quart
Yes
Solages
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Davila
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Ra
Yes
Stec
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
De La Rosa
Yes
Griffin
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Raia
Yes
Steck
Yes
Barrett
Yes
DenDekker
Yes
Gunther
Yes
McMahon
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Stern
Yes
Barron
Yes
DeStefano
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Mikulin
Yes
Raynor
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Miller B
Yes
Reilly
No
Tague
ER
Bichotte
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Miller MG
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Blake
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Miller ML
Yes
Richardson
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Blankenbush
No
DiPietro
Yes
Jacobson
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Rivera
Yes
Titus
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
D'Urso
Yes
Jaffee
No
Morinello
Yes
Rodriguez
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Eichenstein
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Mosley
Yes
Romeo
Yes
Walczyk
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Johns
Yes
Niou
Yes
Rosenthal D
Yes
Walker
Yes
Buchwald
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Jones
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Burke
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Joyner
Yes
Norris
Yes
Rozic
No
Walsh
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Fall
Yes
Kim
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Ryan
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Byrne
Yes
Fernandez
Yes
Kolb
Yes
Ortiz
Yes
Salka
Yes
Weprin
No
Byrnes
Yes
Finch
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Otis
Yes
Santabarbara
ER
Williams
Yes
Cahill
No
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Sayegh
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Carroll
No
Friend
No
Lawrence
Yes
Palumbo
Yes
Schimminger
Yes
Wright
Yes
Colton
Yes
Frontus
Yes
Lentol
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Schmitt
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Cook
Yes
Galef
Yes
Lifton
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Mr. Speaker
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
S04292 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4292 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 6, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to setting limits on severance packages for public at-will employees The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "severance 2 pay limitation act". 3 § 2. The public authorities law is amended by adding a new section 4 2854 to read as follows: 5 § 2854. Severance packages. 1. For the purposes of this section: 6 (a) "at-will employee" shall mean an employee of any entity organized 7 under this chapter. Any employee that is covered by a collective 8 bargaining agreement or union contract shall not be considered an 9 at-will employee for the purpose of this section. 10 (b) "severance pay for an at-will employee" shall include benefits or 11 compensation with a quantifiable monetary value that are provided for an 12 at-will employee upon termination of employment and shall not be consid- 13 ered part of the at-will employee's annual wages and benefits. "Sever- 14 ance pay for an at-will employee" shall not include payments for accumu- 15 lated vacation, accumulated sick leave, and accumulated sick leave 16 liquidated to cover the cost of group term insurance or payments of 17 periodic contributions by an employer toward premiums for group insur- 18 ance policies. 19 2. Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, 20 severance pay provided for an at-will employee leaving employment shall 21 not exceed an amount equivalent to their prior three months' salary. 22 3. Notwithstanding any other law, rule or regulation to the contrary, 23 the severance pay for an at-will employee shall be excluded from retire- 24 ment deductions and from any calculations of retirement benefits. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD00384-01-9S. 4292 2 1 4. If a retired or terminated at-will employee dies before all of 2 their severance pay has been disbursed, the balance due must be paid to 3 a named beneficiary or, lacking one, to the decedent's estate. 4 5. No collective bargaining agreement or union contract shall be 5 altered by the provisions of this section. 6 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.