Assembly Bill A5595

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Grants excused leave to civil service employees who are volunteer firefighters or ambulance workers during state of emergency

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • 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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2019-A5595 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §89, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: A5588
2011-2012: A5101
2013-2014: A6707
2015-2016: A5990
2017-2018: A6196
2021-2022: A4703
2023-2024: A3668

2019-A5595 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Grants excused leave to civil service employees during states of emergency as declared by the federal, state or a municipal government, when such employees are members of a volunteer fire department or a volunteer ambulance or rescue squad.

2019-A5595 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5595
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 13, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. MANKTELOW, BRABENEC, DeSTEFANO, GIGLIO, MONTESA-
   NO, HAWLEY, CROUCH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. McDONOUGH,  STEC,
   WALSH  --  read  once  and  referred  to the Committee on Governmental
   Employees
 
 AN ACT to amend the civil service law,  in  relation  to  directing  the
   granting  of  excused leave to civil service employees who are members
   of a volunteer fire department or  a  volunteer  ambulance  or  rescue
   squad during a state of emergency
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The civil service law is amended by adding a new section 89
 to read as follows:
   § 89. EXCUSED LEAVE DURING A STATE OF EMERGENCY. 1. EVERY PERSON HOLD-
 ING A POSITION IN THE CIVIL SERVICE WHO IS A MEMBER OF A VOLUNTEER  FIRE
 DEPARTMENT OR OF A VOLUNTEER AMBULANCE SQUAD SHALL BE ENTITLED TO ABSENT
 HIMSELF  OR  HERSELF AND SHALL BE DEEMED TO HAVE A LEAVE OF ABSENCE FROM
 HIS OR HER DUTIES OR SERVICE AS SUCH CIVIL SERVICE  EMPLOYEE,  DURING  A
 STATE  OF EMERGENCY AS DECLARED BY THE FEDERAL, THE STATE OR A MUNICIPAL
 GOVERNMENT, WHEN SUCH CIVIL SERVICE  EMPLOYEE  IS  REQUIRED  TO  PERFORM
 DUTIES  OR SERVICES FOR SUCH VOLUNTEER DEPARTMENT OR SQUAD AS THE RESULT
 OF THE STATE OF EMERGENCY.
   2. THE ENTIRE PERIOD OF THE LEAVE OF ABSENCE GRANTED PURSUANT TO  THIS
 SECTION  SHALL  BE  EXCUSED  LEAVE  AND SHALL NOT BE CHARGED AGAINST ANY
 OTHER LEAVE SUCH CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEE IS OTHERWISE ENTITLED TO.
   3. EVERY CIVIL SERVICE EMPLOYEE TAKING SUCH A LEAVE OF  ABSENCE  SHALL
 MAINTAIN  A  LOG  OF  ALL  VOLUNTEER HOURS PERFORMED DURING THE STATE OF
 EMERGENCY. SUCH LOG SHALL BE SIGNED BY THE EMPLOYEE AND A  LINE  OFFICER
 OF  THE  VOLUNTEER  ORGANIZATION,  AND  BE  SUBMITTED  TO THE EMPLOYEE'S
 EMPLOYER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect on the first of January next  succeed-
 ing the date on which it shall have become a law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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