What's happening
This bill grants paid leave to New York state employees who are Civil Air Patrol or Coast Guard Auxiliary Pilots for training or emergency missions, up to 20 days per year.
Why it matters
Supports emergency response readiness. by allowing trained state employees to participate in critical Civil Air Patrol or Coast Guard Auxiliary missions without risking their income or job security, potentially improving New York’s ability to respond to disasters and emergencies.
Incentivizes volunteerism among skilled pilots. by removing barriers (like unpaid leave or use of personal vacation/sick days), which may encourage more state workers with flight training to join or remain active in these auxiliary services.
Protects employee benefits and career progression. by ensuring that time spent on these missions does not result in loss of seniority, vacation, sick leave, or overtime eligibility—key factors in long-term job satisfaction and retention for state employees.
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Paid Leave for Air Patrol
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Sponsors
2 Co-sponsors
History
- Held for consideration in governmental employees
- Referred to governmental employees
- Referred to governmental employees
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STATE OF NEW YORK
820
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 9, 2017
Introduced by M. of A. CROUCH, McDONOUGH, RAIA -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. LOPEZ -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees
AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to paid leave for members of the civil air patrol
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. The civil service law is amended by adding a new section 82-c to read as follows:
§ 82-c. Civil air patrol volunteers; paid leave. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary, public officers and employees of the state who are members of the United States Air Force Auxiliary Civil Air Patrol or the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Pilots shall be granted leave from work with pay to participate in training, drills or emergency services upon a written request from a unit commander and the approval of the chief administrative officer of the state agency, department or bureau for which the public officer or employee serves. The public officer or employee shall be compensated at his or her regular rate of pay for those regular work hours during which the public officer or employee is absent from work while participating in authorized training, drills or emergency services missions. Such leave shall be provided without loss of seniority, compensation, sick leave, vacation leave or other overtime compensation to which the volunteer is otherwise entitled and shall not exceed twenty days in any calendar year.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04525-01-7
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