Bill Text: NY A05587 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

---

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

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-03-06 - advanced to third reading cal.488 [A05587 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A05587-Introduced.html

---

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
       ________________________________________________________________________
                                         5587
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     March 4, 2013
                                      ___________
       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BRENNAN,  GALEF,  ABINANTI  -- 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.
                                                                  LBD09453-01-3