Assembly Bill A6551

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Allows public employee organizations an opportunity to reconsider and re-vote on a written agreement that was initially voted down

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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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2015-A6551 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§201, 209 & 209-a, Civ Serv L; amd §12-306, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A3550
2011-2012: A4409
2013-2014: A4802
2017-2018: A324
2019-2020: A14
2021-2022: A243

2015-A6551 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows public employee organizations an opportunity to reconsider and revote on a written agreement that was initially voted down.

2015-A6551 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  6551

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 26, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. PERRY -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COLTON --
  read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees

AN ACT to amend the civil service law and the administrative code of the
  city  of New York, in relation to the ratification of a written agree-
  ment between a public employer and an employee organization

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

  Section  1.  Section 201 of the civil service law is amended by adding
a new subdivision 13 to read as follows:
  13. THE TERM "RATIFICATION PERIOD" MEANS THE  PERIOD  OF  TIME  DURING
WHICH  THE  EMPLOYEE  ORGANIZATION  SUBMITS  A  WRITTEN AGREEMENT TO ITS
MEMBERSHIP FOR A VOTE OR RE-VOTE TO ACCEPT OR REJECT THE AGREEMENT,  AND
(A)  IF  SUCH  AGREEMENT  IS APPROVED BY SUCH MEMBERSHIP, THE SUBSEQUENT
PERIOD OF TIME DURING WHICH THE EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS MAY  PROVIDE  THE
EMPLOYER  WITH  WRITTEN NOTICE FORMALLY ACCEPTING THE WRITTEN AGREEMENT;
OR (B) IF SUCH AGREEMENT IS VOTED DOWN BY SUCH  MEMBERSHIP,  THE  SUBSE-
QUENT  PERIOD OF TIME DURING WHICH THE EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION MAY PROVIDE
THE EMPLOYER AND THE BOARD WRITTEN NOTICE FORMALLY REJECTING THE WRITTEN
AGREEMENT AND NOT SUBJECTING SUCH AGREEMENT TO A RE-VOTE.
  S 2. Subdivision 1 of section 209 of the civil service law, as amended
by chapter 216 of the laws of 1977, is amended and a new  subdivision  7
is added to read as follows:
  1.  For purposes of this section, an impasse may be deemed to exist if
the parties fail to achieve agreement at least one hundred  twenty  days
prior  to  the  end of the fiscal year of the public employer; EXCEPT AS
OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION SEVEN OF THIS SECTION.
  7. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW,  RULE,  REGULATION  OR  AGREEMENT  TO  THE
CONTRARY, ONCE A WRITTEN AGREEMENT REGARDING THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF
EMPLOYMENT HAS BEEN NEGOTIATED SUBJECT TO RATIFICATION BY ALL OR PART OF
THE  MEMBERSHIP OF AN EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION, THE PUBLIC EMPLOYER, WHO IS
A PARTY TO SUCH AGREEMENT, SHALL NOT BE PERMITTED TO WITHDRAW OR  OTHER-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03546-01-5
              

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