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                                   8184
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             October 27, 2023
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 Introduced by M. of A. E. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Employees
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the civil service law, the public officers law and the
   general municipal law, in relation to the employment by and funding of
   the Nassau county public library system

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Legislative intent. This act seeks to enhance civil service
 exemptions  for  library employees in the state of New York, recognizing
 the unique challenges and contributions of libraries within their commu-
 nities. It aims to provide greater flexibility in hiring,  fair  compen-
 sation, and equitable funding for libraries.
   §  2. The civil service law is amended by adding a new section 61-a to
 read as follows:
   § 61-A.  APPOINTMENT  AND  PROMOTION;  NASSAU  COUNTY  PUBLIC  LIBRARY
 SYSTEM.    NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS OF SECTION FIFTY-ONE OF THIS
 ARTICLE OR SECTION SIXTY-ONE OF THIS TITLE,  THE  NASSAU  COUNTY  PUBLIC
 LIBRARY SYSTEM IS AUTHORIZED TO APPOINT OR PROMOTE FROM AN ELIGIBLE LIST
 TO  A  POSITION  IN THE COMPETITIVE CLASS BY THE SELECTION OF ONE OF THE
 FIVE PERSONS CERTIFIED BY THE APPROPRIATE CIVIL  SERVICE  COMMISSION  AS
 STANDING  HIGHEST  ON  SUCH ELIGIBLE LIST WHO ARE WILLING TO ACCEPT SUCH
 APPOINTMENT OR PROMOTION.
   § 3. Section 3 of the public officers law is amended by adding  a  new
 subdivision 74 to read as follows:
   74.  IN THE COUNTY OF NASSAU, THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION REQUIRING
 A PERSON TO BE A RESIDENT OF  THE  POLITICAL  SUBDIVISION  OR  MUNICIPAL
 CORPORATION OF THE STATE FOR WHICH HE OR SHE SHALL BE EMPLOYED OR WITHIN
 WHICH  HIS OR HER OFFICIAL FUNCTIONS ARE REQUIRED TO BE EXERCISED, SHALL
 NOT PREVENT A PERSON FROM HOLDING THE OFFICE  OF  NASSAU  COUNTY  PUBLIC
 LIBRARY  SYSTEM  EMPLOYEE,  PROVIDED THAT SUCH PERSON RESIDES WITHIN THE
 STATE OF NEW YORK.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   § 4. Subparagraph (iv) of paragraph (g) of subdivision  2  of  section
 3-c  of  the  general  municipal law, as added by section 1 of part A of
 chapter 97 of the laws of 2011, is amended and a new subparagraph (v) is
 added to read as follows:
   (iv)  in  years  in which the normal contribution rate of the New York
 state teachers' retirement system, as defined by paragraph a of subdivi-
 sion two of  section  five  hundred  seventeen  of  the  education  law,
 increases  by  more than two percentage points from the previous year, a
 tax levy necessary for expenditures for the coming fiscal year for local
 government employer  contributions  to  the  New  York  state  teachers'
 retirement system caused by growth in the normal contribution rate minus
 two percentage points[.];
   (V)  A TAX LEVY NECESSARY FOR EXPENDITURES OF THE NASSAU COUNTY PUBLIC
 LIBRARY SYSTEM.
   § 5. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 273  of  the  education
 law, any library that falls under the purview of a school district with-
 in a county shall receive equal funding increases in allocation.
   §  6. The department of education shall promulgate any rules and regu-
 lations necessary for the implementation and enforcement  of  this  act,
 ensuring  that  the libraries have the necessary support and flexibility
 to provide essential services to their communities.
   § 7. This act shall take effect on the first of July  next  succeeding
 the date on which it shall have become a law.