New York S 6405: Relates to the disposition of vendor fees for the operation of video lottery gaming at certain race tracks

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S06405 Summary:

BILL NOS06405 

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SAME ASSAME AS A06754

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SPONSORJACKSON

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §159-e, Civ Serv L

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Allows New York state employees to use accrued vacation time toward student loan payments; defines terms; requires the president of the civil service commission to promulgate necessary rules and regulations.

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BILL NOS06405 

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03/13/2025REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6405

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 13, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions

 AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to use of accrued
 vacation time

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. The civil service law is amended by adding a new section
 2 159-e to read as follows:
 3 § 159-e. Use of accrued vacation time towards student loan payments.
 4 1. Every public officer, employee of this state, county, community
 5 college, public authority, public benefit corporation, board of cooper-
 6 ative educational services (BOCES), vocational education and extension
 7 board, school district enumerated in section one of chapter five hundred
 8 sixty-six of the laws of nineteen hundred sixty-seven, municipality,
 9 school district or participating employer in the New York state and
 10 local employees' retirement system or a participating employer in the
 11 New York state teachers' retirement system shall be entitled to use
 12 accrued vacation time toward the payment of student loans.
 13 2. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any employees
 14 subject to a collective bargaining agreement as of the effective date of
 15 this section. An employee organization may, pursuant to collective
 16 bargaining, opt in to the provisions of this section on behalf of those
 17 public employees it is either certified or recognized to represent,
 18 within the meaning of article fourteen of this chapter, or may alterna-
 19 tively bargain for benefits greater or less than those provided for by
 20 this section. An employee organization that has opted in to the
 21 provisions of this section may, pursuant to collective bargaining, opt
 22 out of it as is mutually agreed upon between the employee organization
 23 and any public employer.
 24 3. Nothing set forth in this section shall be construed to impede,
 25 infringe or diminish the rights and benefits that accrue to employees

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD07565-01-5

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 1 and employers through collective bargaining agreements, or otherwise
 2 diminish the integrity of the collective bargaining relationship.
 3 4. For the purposes of this section:
 4 a. "Student loan" shall mean any loan to a borrower to finance postse-
 5 condary education or expenses related to postsecondary education.
 6 b. "Federal student loan" means (i) any student loan issued pursuant
 7 to the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program; (ii) any student
 8 loan issued pursuant to the Federal Family Education Loan Program, which
 9 was purchased by the government of the United States pursuant to the
 10 federal Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act and is presently
 11 owned by the government of the United States; and (iii) any other
 12 student loan issued pursuant to a federal program that is identified by
 13 the superintendent as a "federal student loan" in a regulation.
 14 5. The president shall promulgate any rules and regulations necessary
 15 for the implementation of this section.
 16 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred eightieth day after
 17 it shall have become a law.

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