Bill Text: NY A04732 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Voids as contrary to public policy provision in contracts for employment in law enforcement agencies which permit an employee to refuse to cooperate with agency officials investigating an incident for a period of time following such incident; applies prospectively.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-08 - referred to labor [A04732 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A04732-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4732
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 8, 2013
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       Introduced  by  M.  of A. PERRY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CLARK,
         COOK, GLICK, HOOPER, ORTIZ, RIVERA, WRIGHT -- read once  and  referred
         to the Committee on Labor
       AN  ACT  to amend the labor law, in relation to contracts for employment
         in law enforcement agencies
         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 211-b to
    2  read as follows:
    3    S 211-B.  CONTRACTS;  LAW  ENFORCEMENT  AGENCIES;  CERTAIN  PROVISIONS
    4  PROHIBITED.  NO CONTRACT, COVENANT, AGREEMENT OR UNDERSTANDING IN, OR IN
    5  CONNECTION WITH OR COLLATERAL TO AN AGREEMENT OR CONTRACT FOR EMPLOYMENT
    6  IN ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY IN THIS STATE SHALL CONTAIN ANY  PROVISION
    7  OR LANGUAGE WHICH PERMITS ANY EMPLOYEE OF SUCH AGENCY WHO IS INVOLVED IN
    8  AN  INCIDENT,  WHICH  IS  OR MAY BECOME THE SUBJECT OF A DEPARTMENTAL OR
    9  AGENCY INVESTIGATION OR DISCIPLINARY PROCESS,  TO  REFUSE  TO  COOPERATE
   10  WITH  OR SPEAK TO AGENCY OR DEPARTMENT OFFICIALS FOR A DESIGNATED PERIOD
   11  OF TIME FOLLOWING SUCH INCIDENT. ANY SUCH LANGUAGE  OR  PROVISION  WHICH
   12  PURPORTS TO CREATE SUCH A PERIOD OF TIME DURING WHICH AN EMPLOYEE IS NOT
   13  REQUIRED  TO REPORT AN INCIDENT OR DURING WHICH SUCH EMPLOYEE MAY NOT BE
   14  SUBJECT TO QUESTIONING BY AGENCY  OFFICIALS  SHALL  BE  DEEMED  VOID  AS
   15  AGAINST PUBLIC POLICY.
   16    S  2.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
   17  contracts entered into, renewed, modified or amended on  or  after  such
   18  effective date.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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