STATE OF NEW YORK
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6816
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
October 28, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. RAMOS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to defining employees of
the state
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 6 of section 292 of the executive law, as
2 amended by chapter 481 of the laws of 2010, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 6. The term "employee" in this article does not include any individual
5 employed by his or her parents, spouse or child, or in the domestic
6 service of any person except as set forth in section two hundred nine-
7 ty-six-b of this [title] article; provided, however, that for the
8 purposes of this article, the following shall be deemed employees of the
9 state:
10 (a) statewide elected officials, including the governor, lieutenant
11 governor, comptroller, and attorney general;
12 (b) state officers and employees, including:
13 (i) heads of state departments and their deputies and assistants who
14 serve at the discretion of a statewide elected official; and
15 (ii) officers and employees of statewide elected officials who serve
16 at the discretion of the statewide elected official;
17 (c) legislative employees, including officers and employees of the
18 legislature; and
19 (d) legislative members, including senators and members of the assem-
20 bly.
21 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD13813-01-9
