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                                  7436--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 7, 2021
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 Introduced  by  M. of A. ABBATE -- (at request of the State Comptroller)
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on  Governmental  Employees
   --  recommitted  to the Committee on Governmental Employees in accord-
   ance with Assembly Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee  discharged,  bill
   amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
   tee
 
 AN ACT to amend the state finance law, in relation to the direct deposit
   of certain salaries
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Paragraph (a) of subdivision 4 of section 200 of the state
 finance law, as amended by chapter 641 of the laws of 1997,  is  amended
 to read as follows:
   (a)  (I)  Upon  the  written request from a state employee HIRED ON OR
 BEFORE JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE,  the  comptroller  may
 cause, in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant
 to paragraph (b) of this subdivision, such employee's net salary, or any
 portion  thereof designated by the employee, to be deposited directly in
 a bank for any purpose to an account in the name of  such  employee,  on
 forms  provided  by  the  comptroller, and duly filed in accordance with
 such regulations.
   (II) ON AND AFTER JANUARY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-THREE, THE  COMP-
 TROLLER  SHALL  CAUSE,  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE  RULES AND REGULATIONS
 PROMULGATED PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH  (B)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION,  A  STATE
 EMPLOYEE'S NET SALARY TO BE DEPOSITED DIRECTLY IN A BANK FOR ANY PURPOSE
 TO AN ACCOUNT IN THE NAME OF SUCH EMPLOYEE, AND INTO WHICH SUCH EMPLOYEE
 HAS  AUTHORIZED  SUCH  EMPLOYEE'S  NET  SALARY  BE  DEPOSITED,  ON FORMS
 PROVIDED BY THE COMPTROLLER, AND DULY  FILED  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  SUCH
 REGULATIONS.  PROVIDED,  HOWEVER, SUCH EMPLOYEE MAY SUBMIT A REQUEST FOR
 EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH ON A FORM PROVIDED BY
 THE COMPTROLLER.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (III) THE NET SALARY OF SUCH STATE EMPLOYEE SHALL BE PAID IN THE  FORM
 OF A PAPER CHECK UNTIL THE EMPLOYEE PROVIDES THE ACCOUNT INFORMATION FOR
 A  BANK  ACCOUNT  IN  SUCH  EMPLOYEE'S  NAME  WHICH IS AUTHORIZED BY THE
 EMPLOYEE FOR THE PURPOSE OF THE DIRECT DEPOSIT  OF  HIS  OR  HER  SALARY
 PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (IV)  NOTHING  SET  FORTH  IN  THIS  SUBDIVISION SHALL BE CONSTRUED TO
 IMPEDE, INFRINGE UPON, OR  SUPERSEDE  AN  AGREEMENT  PROVIDING  FOR  THE
 PAYMENT  OF  SALARIES  BETWEEN  THE  STATE  AND AN EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATION
 REPRESENTING STATE OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES WHO ARE IN POSITIONS WHICH ARE
 IN COLLECTIVE NEGOTIATING UNITS PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE  FOURTEEN  OF  THE
 CIVIL SERVICE LAW.
   §  2.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2023 and shall only apply
 to state employees hired on and after such date. Effective  immediately,
 the  adoption,  amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation neces-
 sary for the implementation of  this  act  on  its  effective  date  are
 authorized to be made by the state comptroller on or before such date.