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                                   4934
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 10, 2025
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 Introduced  by  M.  of A. CHANG, E. BROWN, MANKTELOW, ANGELINO, BENDETT,
   GRAY, BLANKENBUSH, NORBER, McDONOUGH, BEEPHAN,  LEMONDES,  SMULLEN  --
   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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 findings  and policy recommendations for a period of not less than sixty
 days.
   (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.