NY State Senate Bill 2011-S7454

Senate Bill S7454

Signed By Governor

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Authorizes the city of Glen Cove to amortize the cost of payments to employees upon separation of service from the city

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Introduced
- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
Delivered to Governor
Signed By Governor

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jul 18, 2012	signed chap.250
Jul 06, 2012	delivered to governor
Jun 20, 2012	returned to senate passed assembly home rule request ordered to third reading rules cal.425 substituted for a10299
Jun 18, 2012	referred to ways and means delivered to assembly passed senate home rule request
Jun 12, 2012	advanced to third reading
Jun 11, 2012	2nd report cal.
Jun 06, 2012	1st report cal.1134
May 21, 2012	referred to local government

Votes

- Jun 18, 2012 - Floor Vote
  S7454
  
  55
  
  Aye
  
  1
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  6
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 18, 2012
      
      aye (55)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Avella
      
      Ball
      
      Bonacic
      
      Breslin
      
      Carlucci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Diaz
      
      Dilan
      
      Duane
      
      Farley
      
      Flanagan
      
      Fuschillo
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Golden
      
      Griffo
      
      Grisanti
      
      Hannon
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      Johnson
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Libous
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Martins
      
      Maziarz
      
      McDonald
      
      Montgomery
      
      Nozzolio
      
      Oppenheimer
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Saland
      
      Sampson
      
      Savino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Skelos
      
      Smith
      
      Squadron
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Storobin
      
      Valesky
      
      Young
      
      Zeldin
      
      nay (1)
      
      Krueger
      
      excused (6)
      
      Adams
      
      Alesi
      
      Espaillat
      
      Huntley
      
      O'Mara
      
      Perkins
  Jun 6, 2012 - Local Government Committee Vote
  S7454
  
  8
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Local Government Committee Vote: Jun 6, 2012
      
      aye (8)
      
      Ball
      
      Klein
      
      Little
      
      Martins
      
      McDonald
      
      Oppenheimer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Stewart-Cousins

2011-S7454 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10299
Law Section:: Local Finance Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §11.00, Loc Fin L

2011-S7454 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the city of Glen Cove to amortize the cost of payments to employees upon separation of service from the city.

2011-S7454 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S7454

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to amend the local finance law, in relation to authorizing the city of
Glen Cove, county of Nassau to amortize the cost of payments to employees
upon separation of service from the city

PURPOSE:
This legislation would allow the City of
Glen Cove to
amortize the cost of payments to employees upon separation of service
from the city.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 of this bill amends paragraph a of
section 11.00 of local finance law by adding a new subdivision 106
that empowers the City of Glen Cove to amortize accrued and
accumulated but unused and unpaid sick leave, personal leave, holiday
leave, vacation time, time allowances granted in lieu of overtime
compensation and any other forms of payment for time earned by
employees of the City of Glen Cove and payable to such employees upon
separation of service from the city. The bill permits the city to
amortize any such separation payments made by the city on or after
January 1, 2012.

Section 2 authorizes this act shall take effect immediately.

JUSTIFICATION:
The City of Glen Cove is currently faced with
cumulative deficits of $4.7 million in its operating funds. In
addition, the City of Glen Cove is experiencing unexpected and
unplanned retirements in the city's police department which could
result in a turnover rate of between 20 to 40 percent, based on the
number of officers that actually retire.

Many of the retirees are senior and high ranking members of the police
department of the city who have earned significant amounts of accrued
and accumulated but unused and unpaid sick leave, personal leave,
holiday leave, vacation time, time allowances granted in lieu of
overtime compensation and any other forms of payment for time.

This phenomenon will create an unusual unbudgeted expense for the city
and would impose an additional significant financial hardship if the
separation payments are required to be paid during the current fiscal
year.

This legislation would allow the City of Glen Cove to spread the
impact of the separation payments over several years, not increase
its cumulative deficit in its general fund and provide the city with
the ability to operate within the State's imposed tax cap.

The City of Glen Cove also expects to realize budgetary savings in the
future as a result of the reduction in salaries attributable to the
retirees and the replacement of such retirees with lower paid
employees.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None to the State.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2011-S7454 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

    S. 7454                                                 A. 10299

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                              May 21, 2012
                               ___________

IN  SENATE  --  Introduced  by Sen. MARCELLINO -- read twice and ordered
  printed, and when printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Local
  Government

IN  ASSEMBLY  -- Introduced by M. of A. LAVINE -- read once and referred
  to the Committee on Governmental Employees

AN ACT to amend the local finance law, in relation  to  authorizing  the
  city  of  Glen Cove, county of Nassau to amortize the cost of payments
  to employees upon separation of service from the city

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Paragraph  a of section 11.00 of the local finance law is
amended by adding a new subdivision 106 to read as follows:
  106. ANY PAYMENTS BY THE CITY OF GLEN COVE MADE AFTER  JANUARY  FIRST,
TWO THOUSAND TWELVE TO EMPLOYEES UPON SEPARATION FROM EMPLOYMENT, AS MAY
BE  APPROVED BY THE CITY AND INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, CASH PAYMENT
FOR SEPARATION INCENTIVES  AND/OR  PAYMENT  OF  THE  MONETARY  VALUE  OF
ACCRUED  AND  ACCUMULATED  BUT  UNUSED  AND  UNPAID SICK LEAVE, PERSONAL
LEAVE, HOLIDAY LEAVE, VACATION TIME, TIME ALLOWANCES GRANTED IN LIEU  OF
OVERTIME COMPENSATION AND ANY OTHER FORMS OF PAYMENT REQUIRED TO BE PAID
TO SUCH EMPLOYEES UPON SEPARATION FROM EMPLOYMENT, TEN YEARS.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.





 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15880-01-2

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