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                                   8286
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             November 27, 2023
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 Introduced  by M. of A. CHANG -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Employees
 
 AN ACT in relation to  establishing  the  organized  militia  as  public
   employees  working  group;  and  providing  for  the  repeal  of  such
   provisions upon the expiration thereof

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  1.  No  later than six months after the effective date of
 this act, the division of military and naval affairs shall establish the
 organized militia as public employees working group. Such working  group
 shall  be  comprised  of no more than three representatives from each of
 the following categories:   veteran organizations,  the  office  of  the
 state  comptroller,  the New York state and local retirement system, the
 division of military and naval affairs, the department of civil service,
 and the department of labor. The working group shall examine:
   (a) the potential costs and benefits of designating members of the New
 York state organized militia as public employees;
   (b) relevant limitations or stipulations if members of  the  organized
 militia are designated public employees while serving on active duty;
   (c)  any  regulatory  or legislative reforms needed to facilitate such
 designation; and
   (d) potential consequences to the New York state and local  retirement
 system,  the  military pension system, and any other fiscal or actuarial
 consequences arising from designating members of the  organized  militia
 as public employees.
   2.  (a)  The  working  group  shall issue its preliminary findings and
 policy recommendations no later than one year from the effective date of
 this act. Upon issuing such preliminary findings and policy  recommenda-
 tions,  the  working group shall allow public comment on the preliminary
 findings and policy recommendations for a period of not less than  sixty
 days.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (b)  Upon  the closure of the public comment period, the working group
 shall, where appropriate, take into consideration  public  comments  for
 the  purpose of revising its preliminary findings and policy recommenda-
 tions.  Such revisions shall be completed, and final findings and policy
 recommendations shall be issued to the public, no later than one hundred
 eighty days from the date such public comment period closes.
   (c) The working group shall share its final findings and policy recom-
 mendations  with  the  temporary president of the senate, the speaker of
 the assembly, the minority leader of the senate, and the minority leader
 of the assembly as soon thereafter as practicably possible.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall  expire  and  be
 deemed repealed four years after such effective date.