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                                  6617--A
     Cal. No. 267
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 10, 2021
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 Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- (at request of the State Comptroller) --
   read  twice  and  ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
   the Committee on Finance -- recommitted to the Committee on Finance in
   accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from  said
   committee,  ordered  to  first  and  second report, ordered to a third
   reading, passed by Senate and delivered  to  the  Assembly,  recalled,
   vote  reconsidered,  restored  to  third  reading, amended and ordered
   reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading
 
 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 EXEMPTION FROM THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SUBPARAGRAPH ON A FORM PROVIDED BY
 THE COMPTROLLER.
   (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.