Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Jan 06, 2010 |
ordered to third reading cal.416 returned to assembly died in senate |
Jun 11, 2009 |
referred to rules |
Jun 10, 2009 |
delivered to senate passed assembly |
May 28, 2009 |
advanced to third reading cal.663 |
May 27, 2009 |
reported |
May 19, 2009 |
reported referred to ways and means |
Feb 23, 2009 |
referred to governmental employees |
Assembly Bill A5950
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
ESPAILLAT
Archive: Last Bill Status - On Floor Calendar
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2009-A5950 (ACTIVE) - Details
2009-A5950 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides additional compensation to certain city employees who possess or make substantial use of foreign languages in the performance of official duties in addition to salary; further creates the "language services program" and a language services director to implement the program.
2009-A5950 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5950 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y February 23, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ESPAILLAT, JOHN, WRIGHT, J. RIVERA -- Multi-Spon- sored by -- M. of A. GOTTFRIED, V. LOPEZ, RAMOS, WEISENBERG -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to providing additional compensation to certain employees THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The general municipal law is amended by adding a new section 209-ff to read as follows: S 209-FF. SALARY COMPENSATION FOR EMPLOYEES OF A POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH CERTAIN LANGUAGE SKILLS. 1. A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND OR MORE IS AUTHORIZED TO ADOPT A LOCAL LAW TO CREATE A PROGRAM TO BE KNOWN AS THE "LANGUAGE SERVICES PROGRAM", WHICH PROGRAM SHALL PROVIDE FOR ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION IN AN AMOUNT OF NOT LESS THAN FIVE PERCENT OF THE BASE SALARY OF ANY EMPLOYEE OF A POLICE DEPARTMENT WHO QUALIFIES FOR SUCH ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION UNDER THIS SECTION. 2. THE COMMISSIONER, SUPERINTENDENT OR CHIEF OF POLICE, WHERE APPLICA- BLE, OF A POLICE DEPARTMENT IN A CITY WITH A POPULATION OF ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND OR MORE WHICH HAS ADOPTED A LOCAL LAW TO CREATE A LANGUAGE SERVICES PROGRAM AS DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION SHALL DESIGNATE A LANGUAGE SERVICES PROGRAM DIRECTOR. THE DUTIES OF SUCH PROGRAM DIRECTOR SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO: (A) DETERMINING QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE LANGUAGE SERVICES PROGRAM, WHICH QUALIFICATIONS SHALL INCLUDE SATISFYING THE REQUIREMENTS OF A PUBLIC CONTACT PERSON AS SET FORTH IN SUBDIVISION THREE OF THIS SECTION; (B) CREATING AN APPLICATION PROCESS FOR ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE SKILLS COMPENSATION; (C) DEFINING WHICH FOREIGN LANGUAGES SHALL QUALIFY UNDER THIS PROGRAM; (D) SETTING LANGUAGE SKILLS AND PROFICIENCY STANDARDS WHICH APPLICANTS MUST DEMONSTRATE TO QUALIFY; (E) MAINTAINING A RECORD OF PUBLIC CONTACT POSITIONS; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06474-01-9
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