Bill Text: NY A03878 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 3878 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Establishes the New York working soldiers' assistance program; provides a grant to private employers for paying employees currently in active duty in the military.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-05-17 - held for consideration in labor [A03878 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A03878-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         3878
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   January 28, 2015
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       Introduced  by  M. of A. TENNEY, FINCH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
         HAWLEY, LOPEZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Labor
       AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to  creating  the  "New  York
         working soldiers' assistance program"
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The labor law is amended by adding a new section  219-b  to
    2  read as follows:
    3    S  219-B.  NEW  YORK  WORKING  SOLDIERS'  ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.   1. THE
    4  DEPARTMENT SHALL ESTABLISH A MATCHING GRANT  PROGRAM  TO  AWARD  PRIVATE
    5  SECTOR  EMPLOYERS  OF NEW YORK STATE WHO PROVIDE WAGES TO NEW YORK STATE
    6  RESIDENTS WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL GUARD OR OTHER RESERVE  COMPO-
    7  NENT  OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES AND ARE ORDERED TO ACTIVE
    8  MILITARY DUTY IN A COMBAT THEATER OR COMBAT ZONE OF OPERATIONS.
    9    2. SUCH GRANT SHALL REIMBURSE THE EMPLOYER FOR NOT MORE THAN  ONE-HALF
   10  OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE MONTHLY WAGE PAID BY THE EMPLOYER PRIOR TO
   11  THE  DATE  THE EMPLOYEE WAS CALLED TO OR ORDERED TO ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY
   12  IN A COMBAT THEATER OR COMBAT ZONE OF OPERATION AND THE  AMOUNT  OF  THE
   13  EMPLOYEE'S MILITARY PAY AS DEFINED IN SECTION 101(21) OF TITLE 37 OF THE
   14  UNITED  STATES  CODE  AND  ALLOWANCES  PAYABLE TO A MEMBER OF THE UNITED
   15  STATES ARMED FORCES UNDER CHAPTER 7 OF TITLE 37  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES
   16  CODE AND IS ONLY AVAILABLE FOR FEDERAL MILITARY ACTIVE DUTY SERVED ON OR
   17  AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN.
   18    3. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL DEVELOP A PLAN BY NO LATER THAN OCTOBER FIRST,
   19  TWO  THOUSAND  FIFTEEN, TO ADMINISTER THE APPLICATION AND PAYMENT PROCE-
   20  DURES PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   21    4. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, THE  EMPLOYEE  MUST  BE  A  LEGAL
   22  RESIDENT  OF  THE STATE FOR THE PERIOD OF TIME HE OR SHE WAS DEPLOYED TO
   23  ACTIVE MILITARY DUTY.
   24    S 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
   25  ing  the date on which it shall have become a law. Effective immediately
   26  the commissioner of labor is authorized to promulgate any and all  rules
   27  and  regulations and take any other measures necessary to implement this
   28  act on its effective date on or before such date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD07533-01-5