Bill Text: NY A00126 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Establishes a commission to study and report on the potential implementation of staggered work start and end times for a percentage of state workers to alleviate traffic congestion on the New York state thruway and Adirondack northway during peak commuter travel times.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-01-03 - referred to governmental operations [A00126 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A00126-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                           126

                               2023-2024 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                       (Prefiled)

                                     January 4, 2023
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. SANTABARBARA -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Governmental Operations

        AN ACT in relation to establishing a commission to study and  report  on
          the potential implementation of staggered work start and end times for
          state  workers  to  alleviate  traffic congestion during peak commuter
          travel times; and providing for the repeal  of  such  provisions  upon
          expiration thereof

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. A temporary state commission is hereby  created  to  assess
     2  the potential implementation of staggered work start and end times for a
     3  percentage  of  state workers to alleviate traffic congestion on the New
     4  York state thruway and Adirondack northway during peak  commuter  travel
     5  times.
     6    § 2. The commission shall consist of eleven members, each to serve for
     7  a term of one year, to be forthwith appointed as follows: three shall be
     8  appointed by the temporary president of the senate and one by the minor-
     9  ity leader of the senate; three shall be appointed by the speaker of the
    10  assembly  and one by the minority leader of the assembly; three shall be
    11  appointed by the governor. No more than five appointees shall be  legis-
    12  lators. By a majority vote, the commission shall designate the chair and
    13  vice chair from among the appointees to the commission. Vacancies in the
    14  membership  of  the commission and among its officers shall be filled in
    15  the manner provided for original appointments.
    16    § 3. The commission may employ and at pleasure remove  such  personnel
    17  as  it  may  deem necessary for the performance of its functions and fix
    18  their compensation within the amounts made available therefor.
    19    § 4. The commission may meet within and without the state, shall  hold
    20  public  hearings, and shall have all the powers of a legislative commit-
    21  tee pursuant to the legislative law.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD01906-01-3
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     1    § 5. The members of the commission shall receive no  compensation  for
     2  their services, but shall be allowed their actual and necessary expenses
     3  incurred in the performance of their duties hereunder.
     4    §  6. To the maximum extent feasible, the commission shall be entitled
     5  to request and receive and shall  utilize  and  be  provided  with  such
     6  facilities,  resources,  and  data  of  any court, department, division,
     7  board, bureau, commission, or agency  of  the  state  or  any  political
     8  subdivision  thereof  as it may reasonably request to properly carry out
     9  its powers and duties hereunder.
    10    § 7. The commission shall make a final report to the governor and  the
    11  legislature  of  its findings, conclusions and recommendations not later
    12  than one year after the effective date of this act.
    13    § 8. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
    14  deemed repealed 1 year after such date.