Bill Text: NY A01220 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Prohibits payment of bonuses to employees and board members of state and local authorities.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-01-06 - referred to corporations, authorities and commissions [A01220 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A01220-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         1220
                              2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    January 8, 2015
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       Introduced by M. of A. BRENNAN, GALEF, ABINANTI, BRINDISI, SANTABARBARA,
         STECK,  CRESPO,  FAHY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. MALLIOTAKIS --
         read once and referred to the Committee on  Corporations,  Authorities
         and Commissions
       AN  ACT  to amend the public authorities law, in relation to prohibiting
         bonuses for employees of state or local authorities
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  The  public  authorities  law  is amended by adding a new
    2  section 2854 to read as follows:
    3    S 2854. PROHIBITION ON PAYMENT OF BONUSES AT STATE AND LOCAL  AUTHORI-
    4  TIES.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW, COMPENSATION PAID OR OTHER-
    5  WISE PROVIDED TO INDIVIDUALS EMPLOYED BY OR ON BEHALF OF STATE OR  LOCAL
    6  AUTHORITIES  SHALL BE LIMITED TO COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS COMPARABLE TO
    7  THOSE BENEFITS PROVIDED TO CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEES, AND, IF  APPLICABLE,
    8  REIMBURSEMENT  OF  EXPENSES. NO BONUS OF ANY NATURE SHALL BE PAID TO ANY
    9  INDIVIDUAL EMPLOYED BY OR ON BEHALF OF A STATE OR LOCAL AUTHORITY UNLESS
   10  THE BONUS IS PAID PURSUANT  TO  A  WRITTEN  AGREEMENT  WITH  PERFORMANCE
   11  GOALS, EXECUTED AND RATIFIED BY THE BOARD OF THE STATE OR LOCAL AUTHORI-
   12  TY  BEFORE  THE  PERFORMANCE IS RENDERED. PRIOR TO AWARDING THE BONUS, A
   13  WRITTEN EVALUATION OF THE PERFORMANCE RENDERED,  IN  COMPARISON  TO  THE
   14  PREDETERMINED  PERFORMANCE  GOALS,  SHALL  BE  RATIFIED BY THE BOARD AND
   15  RECORDED IN THE BOARD MINUTES. NOTHING IN THIS SECTION  SHALL  SUPERSEDE
   16  ANY  COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT ENTERED INTO PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE
   17  DATE OF THIS SECTION. IN NO EVENT SHALL MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF A  STATE
   18  OR  LOCAL  AUTHORITY  RECEIVE  A  BONUS OF ANY NATURE.   NOTHING IN THIS
   19  SECTION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO AUTHORIZE PAYMENT OF AFTER THE FACT BONUS-
   20  ES OR PAYMENTS FOR PERFORMANCE ALREADY RENDERED AND  FULLY  COMPENSATED,
   21  INCLUDING  BUT  NOT  LIMITED  TO A RETROACTIVE PAY INCREASE OR INCENTIVE
   22  PAYMENT.
   23    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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