Bill Text: NY A05364 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Provides that members of the civil air patrol shall be entitled to paid leave for training, drill and sanctioned missions.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to governmental employees [A05364 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A05364-Introduced.html


                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
                                          5364
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    February 11, 2019
                                       ___________
        Introduced  by M. of A. LUPARDO, CROUCH -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Governmental Employees
        AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation  to  paid  leave  for
          members of the civil air patrol
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The civil service law is amended by adding  a  new  section
     2  82-c to read as follows:
     3    §  82-c.  Civil air patrol volunteers; paid leave. Notwithstanding any
     4  other provisions of law to the contrary, public officers  and  employees
     5  of  the  state  who are members of the United States Air Force Auxiliary
     6  Civil Air Patrol or the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Pilots shall
     7  be granted leave from work with pay to participate in  training,  drills
     8  or  emergency  services upon a written request from a unit commander and
     9  the approval of the chief administrative officer of  the  state  agency,
    10  department  or  bureau  for which the public officer or employee serves.
    11  The public officer or employee shall be compensated at his or her  regu-
    12  lar  rate  of  pay  for those regular work hours during which the public
    13  officer or employee is absent from work while participating  in  author-
    14  ized  training,  drills or emergency services missions. Such leave shall
    15  be provided without loss of seniority, compensation, sick  leave,  vaca-
    16  tion  leave  or  other  overtime  compensation to which the volunteer is
    17  otherwise entitled and shall not exceed  twenty  days  in  any  calendar
    18  year.
    19    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD07842-01-9
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