What's happening
This bill allows local governments and districts in New York to jointly establish centralized offices for public employee administrative and personnel services.
Why it matters
Enables resource pooling and cost savings. By allowing multiple local entities (like schools, villages, libraries, fire districts, and more) to jointly manage personnel administration, the bill could reduce redundant administrative costs and streamline staff management.
Standardizes employee services. Centralized offices could provide uniform payroll, benefits, and HR services, potentially leading to more consistent employee experiences and fewer errors or discrepancies across districts and municipalities.
Expands access to employee benefits. Joint administration may make it easier for smaller entities to offer comprehensive benefits—such as health insurance, retirement plans, and savings options—that they might struggle to administer or afford independently.
Facilitates professional HR support. By creating the option to contract with third-party HR specialists, even small districts or towns could access expert personnel services, improving compliance and modernizing human resources practices.
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Who cares
Local governments, school districts and BOCES
The bill would authorize cooperative agreements establishing centralized offices for payroll, timekeeping, personnel administration and employee benefits services.
Public libraries
The bill would add public libraries to the definition of municipal corporation for municipal cooperation agreements.
Public employees
Shared offices could administer participation in the New York State Health Insurance Program and savings plans and provide information on health insurance and other benefits.
Payroll and human resources service providers
Centralized offices could contract with qualified third parties for services needed to carry out their duties.
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Sponsors
7 Co-sponsors
2 Multi-sponsors
History
- Referred to local governments
- Referred to local governments
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Share Employee Services
In Senate Committee · Local Government · Sponsor David Carlucci
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1488
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 12, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. ZEBROWSKI, JAFFEE, BUCHWALD, KEARNS, LUPINACCI, STIRPE, STECK, ENGLEBRIGHT, CROUCH, RAIA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. COOK, McKEVITT, SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments
AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to authorizing cities, towns, villages, school districts, boards of cooperative educational services, library districts, fire districts, improvement districts and special districts to enter into cooperative agreements for the provision of centralized public employee administrative and personnel services
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision a of section 119-n of the general municipal law, as amended by chapter 413 of the laws of 1991, is amended to read as follows:
a. The term "municipal corporation" means a county outside the city of New York, a city, a town, a village, a board of cooperative educational services, a public library as defined in section two hundred fifty-three of the education law, a fire district or a school district.
§ 2. Subdivision 2 of section 119-o of the general municipal law is amended by adding a new paragraph b-1 to read as follows:
b-1. The establishment of a centralized office to collectively provide:
(i) employee payroll, time, attendance and personnel administration services;
(ii) participation in the New York state health insurance program;
(iii) a personnel office to provide information on employee health insurance and other employee benefits;
(iv) employee participation in tax deferred retirement plans, health care or medical savings plans, college savings plans, and child care savings plans;
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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(v) any other function or activity typically performed by a personnel or human resources office; and
(vi) contracting with qualified third parties for the provision of any service necessary to carry out such office's powers and duties.
§ 3. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
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