Senate Bill S2911

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to authorizing additional paid leave for certain employees

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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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2017-S2911 - Details

Law Section:
Military Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §242, Mil L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
S5268

2017-S2911 - Summary

Relates to authorizing additional paid leave for certain employees who served in a combat theater or combat zone of operations.

2017-S2911 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S2911 - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2911
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 18, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CROCI  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
   ty and Military Affairs
 
 AN ACT to amend the military law, in relation to authorizing  additional
   paid leave for certain employees

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 5 of  section  242  of  the  military  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  161  of  the  laws  of 1984, is amended to read as
 follows:
   5. Pay for military duty. (A) Every public officer or  employee  shall
 be  paid  his OR HER salary or other compensation as such public officer
 or employee for any and all periods of  absence  while  engaged  in  the
 performance  of  ordered military duty, and while going to and returning
 from such duty, not exceeding a total of thirty days or twenty-two work-
 ing days, whichever is greater, in any one calendar year and not exceed-
 ing thirty days or twenty-two working days, whichever is greater, in any
 one continuous period of such absence.
   (B) EVERY PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE WITH MILITARY COMBAT  EXPERIENCE,
 AS  EVIDENCED  BY  THE  PUBLIC  OFFICER  OR  EMPLOYEE'S DD-214 AND OTHER
 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DOCUMENTATION, SHALL BE PAID HIS OR HER SALARY  OR
 OTHER  COMPENSATION  AS  SUCH PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE FOR ANY AND ALL
 PERIODS OF ABSENCE  WHILE  UTILIZING  ANY  HEALTHCARE  RELATED  SERVICES
 RELATED  TO  SUCH  DUTY,  NOT  EXCEEDING  EIGHT WORKING DAYS, IN ANY ONE
 CALENDAR YEAR.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00987-02-7

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2017-S2911A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Military Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §242, Mil L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
S5268

2017-S2911A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to authorizing additional paid leave for certain employees who served in a combat theater or combat zone of operations.

2017-S2911A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S2911A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  2911--A
     Cal. No. 308
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 18, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  CROCI  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
   ty and Military Affairs -- reported  favorably  from  said  committee,
   ordered  to  first  and  second  report,  ordered  to a third reading,
   amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place  in  the  order  of
   third reading
 
 AN  ACT to amend the military law, in relation to authorizing additional
   paid leave for certain employees
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  5  of  section  242  of the military law, as
 amended by chapter 161 of the laws  of  1984,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   5.  Pay  for military duty. (A) Every public officer or employee shall
 be paid his OR HER salary or other compensation as such  public  officer
 or  employee  for  any  and  all periods of absence while engaged in the
 performance of ordered military duty, and while going to  and  returning
 from such duty, not exceeding a total of thirty days or twenty-two work-
 ing days, whichever is greater, in any one calendar year and not exceed-
 ing thirty days or twenty-two working days, whichever is greater, in any
 one continuous period of such absence.
   (B) EVERY PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE EMPLOYED BY THE STATE OF NEW YORK
 WHO  SERVED  IN  A  COMBAT THEATER OR COMBAT ZONE OF OPERATIONS AS DOCU-
 MENTED BY A COPY  OF  HIS  OR  HER  DD214,  CERTIFICATE  OF  RELEASE  OR
 DISCHARGE  FROM  ACTIVE  DUTY, OR OTHER APPLICABLE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
 DOCUMENTATION, SHALL BE PAID HIS OR HER SALARY OR OTHER COMPENSATION  AS
 SUCH PUBLIC OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE FOR ANY AND ALL PERIODS OF ABSENCE WHILE
 UTILIZING  ANY  HEALTHCARE  RELATED  SERVICES  RELATED TO SUCH DUTY, NOT
 EXCEEDING EIGHT WORKING DAYS, IN ANY ONE CALENDAR YEAR.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 it shall have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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