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- Referred to local government
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Provides additional compensation to certain city employees who possess and use foreign languages in performance of duties
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Adriano Espaillat
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Title of bill
An act to amend the general municipal law, in relation to providing additional compensation to certain employees
Purpose
To provide additional salary compensation to certain municipal police department employees who possess or utilize a foreign language in the performance of their duties.
Summary of provisions
Section one of the bill amends the general municipal law to authorize the adoption of a local law by a city with a population of one hundred thousand or more to create a language services program that would provide additional compensation in an amount not less than five percent of the base salary to qualified police department employees.
Section two of the bill establishes the date on which the bill, if enacted into law, would take effect.
Existing law
New law.
Justification
With the significant influx of immigrants into the state, it is imperative that municipalities provide economic incentives to foreign language speaking police officers in order to succeed at recruiting and retaining such officers and better serving the state's increasingly diverse communities.
Legislative history
2007-2008: S.8417 Serrano - Referred to Rules
Fiscal implications
None.
Local fiscal implications
To be determined.
Effective date
The first of October next succeeding the date on which the bill shall have become law.
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