Bill Text: NY S04229 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 4229 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to reduction of positions in the New York city departments of sanitation and correction based upon seniority with an employer.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-20 - RECOMMITTED TO RULES [S04229 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S04229-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4229
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 15, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
       AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to reduction of posi-
         tions in the New York city departments of  sanitation  and  correction
         based upon seniority with an employer
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 80 of the civil service law is amended by adding  a
    2  new subdivision 1-e to read as follows:
    3    1-E.  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  THIS
    4  SECTION, ANY OF THE UNIFORMED FORCE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF  SANITATION  OR
    5  THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK SHALL BE SUBJECT TO
    6  THE  FOLLOWING  PROCEDURE.  WHERE,  BECAUSE OF ECONOMY, CONSOLIDATION OR
    7  ABOLITION OF FUNCTIONS, CURTAILMENT OF ACTIVITIES  OR  OTHERWISE,  POSI-
    8  TIONS IN THE COMPETITIVE CLASS ARE ABOLISHED OR REDUCED IN RANK OR SALA-
    9  RY  GRADE,  SUSPENSION OR DEMOTION, AS THE CASE MAY BE, AMONG INCUMBENTS
   10  HOLDING THE SAME OR SIMILAR POSITIONS SHALL BE MADE IN THE INVERSE ORDER
   11  OF ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT ON A PERMANENT BASIS IN THE GRADE  OR  TITLE  IN
   12  THE  SERVICE OF THE GOVERNMENTAL JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH ABOLITION OR
   13  REDUCTION OF POSITIONS OCCURS, SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF  SUBDIVISION
   14  SEVEN  OF  SECTION  EIGHTY-FIVE  OF  THIS CHAPTER.   NOTWITHSTANDING THE
   15  PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBDIVISION, HOWEVER, UPON THE ABOLITION OR REDUCTION
   16  OF POSITIONS, THOSE EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE NOT COMPLETED THEIR  PROBATIONARY
   17  SERVICE  SHALL  BE  SUSPENDED OR DEMOTED, AS THE CASE MAY BE, BEFORE ANY
   18  PERMANENT INCUMBENTS, AND AMONG SUCH PROBATIONARY EMPLOYEES THE ORDER OF
   19  SUSPENSION OR DEMOTION SHALL BE DETERMINED AS  IF  SUCH  EMPLOYEES  WERE
   20  PERMANENT INCUMBENTS.
   21    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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