S 8384: Relates to terms and conditions of employment for members of the collective negotiating unit consisting of investigators, senior investigators, and investigative specialists in the division of state police; relates to the employee benefit fund for members of such unit; makes an appropriation therefor; repeals certain provisions of law relating thereto.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8384 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE June 6, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. JACKSON -- (at request of the Governor) -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Finance AN ACT to amend the executive law, in relation to terms and conditions of employment for members of the collective negotiating unit consist- ing of investigators, senior investigators, and investigative special- ists in the division of state police; to amend the state finance law, in relation to the employee benefit fund for members of such unit; to repeal certain provisions of the executive law and the state finance law relating thereto; and making an appropriation therefor The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT BETWEEN 2 THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND THE NEW YORK STATE POLICE INVESTIGATORS 3 ASSOCIATION 4 FOR 2023-2026 5 Section 1. Paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 216 of the execu- 6 tive law is REPEALED and a new paragraph a is added to read as follows: 7 a. Salary schedules for investigators, senior investigators, and 8 investigative specialists in the division of state police. 9 (1) Effective April first, two thousand twenty-three, members assigned 10 to the bureau of criminal investigation as investigators and investi- 11 gative specialists appointed to the bureau by the superintendent, shall 12 receive a basic annual salary pursuant to the following schedule: 13 Orange New York City 14 Putnam Rockland Nassau 15 YOS All Other Dutchess Westchester Suffolk 16 0-1 $109,305 $109,305 $109,305 $109,305 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD12016-01-5 
 S. 8384 2 1 1-2 $112,519 $112,519 $112,519 $112,519 2 2-3 $114,985 $115,229 $116,525 $116,866 3 3-4 $114,985 $115,229 $116,525 $116,866 4 4-5 $114,985 $115,229 $116,525 $116,866 5 5-6 $114,985 $115,229 $116,525 $116,866 6 6+ $116,092 $116,334 $117,633 $117,974 7 (2) Effective April first, two thousand twenty-four, members assigned 8 to the bureau of criminal investigation as investigators and investi- 9 gative specialists appointed to the bureau by the superintendent, shall 10 receive a basic annual salary pursuant to the following schedule: 11 Orange New York City 12 Putnam Rockland Nassau 13 YOS All Other Dutchess Westchester Suffolk 14 0-1 $112,584 $112,584 $112,584 $112,584 15 1-2 $115,895 $115,895 $115,895 $115,895 16 2-3 $118,435 $118,686 $120,021 $120,372 17 3-4 $118,435 $118,686 $120,021 $120,372 18 4-5 $118,435 $118,686 $120,021 $120,372 19 5-6 $118,435 $118,686 $120,021 $120,372 20 6+ $119,575 $119,824 $121,162 $121,513 21 (3) Effective April first, two thousand twenty-five, members assigned 22 to the bureau of criminal investigation as investigators and investi- 23 gative specialists appointed to the bureau by the superintendent, shall 24 receive a basic annual salary pursuant to the following schedule: 25 Orange New York City 26 Putnam Rockland Nassau 27 YOS All Other Dutchess Westchester Suffolk 28 0-1 $119,372 $119,372 $119,372 $119,372 29 1-2 $119,372 $119,372 $119,372 $119,372 30 2-3 $121,988 $122,247 $123,622 $123,983 31 3-4 $121,988 $122,247 $123,622 $123,983 32 4-5 $121,988 $122,247 $123,622 $123,983 33 5-6 $121,988 $122,247 $123,622 $123,983 34 6+ $123,162 $123,419 $124,797 $125,158 35 (4) Effective April first, two thousand twenty-three, members assigned 36 to the bureau of criminal investigation as senior investigators 37 appointed to the bureau by the superintendent, shall receive a basic 38 annual salary pursuant to the following schedule: 39 Orange New York City 40 Putnam Rockland Nassau 41 YOS All Other Dutchess Westchester Suffolk 42 0-1 $127,515 $127,757 $129,056 $129,397 43 1-2 $127,515 $127,757 $129,056 $129,397 44 2-3 $127,515 $127,757 $129,056 $129,397 45 3-4 $127,515 $127,757 $129,056 $129,397 46 4-5 $127,515 $127,757 $129,056 $129,397 47 5-6 $127,515 $127,757 $129,056 $129,397 48 6+ $128,622 $128,864 $130,160 $130,502 
 S. 8384 3 1 (5) Effective April first, two thousand twenty-four, members assigned 2 to the bureau of criminal investigation as senior investigators 3 appointed to the bureau by the superintendent, shall receive a basic 4 annual salary pursuant to the following schedule: 5 Orange New York City 6 Putnam Rockland Nassau 7 YOS All Other Dutchess Westchester Suffolk 8 0-1 $131,340 $131,590 $132,928 $133,279 9 1-2 $131,340 $131,590 $132,928 $133,279 10 2-3 $131,340 $131,590 $132,928 $133,279 11 3-4 $131,340 $131,590 $132,928 $133,279 12 4-5 $131,340 $131,590 $132,928 $133,279 13 5-6 $131,340 $131,590 $132,928 $133,279 14 6+ $132,481 $132,730 $134,065 $134,417 15 (6) Effective April first, two thousand twenty-five, members assigned 16 to the bureau of criminal investigation as senior investigators 17 appointed to the bureau by the superintendent, shall receive a basic 18 annual salary pursuant to the following schedule: 19 Orange New York City 20 Putnam Rockland Nassau 21 YOS All Other Dutchess Westchester Suffolk 22 0-1 $135,280 $135,538 $136,916 $137,277 23 1-2 $135,280 $135,538 $136,916 $137,277 24 2-3 $135,280 $135,538 $136,916 $137,277 25 3-4 $135,280 $135,538 $136,916 $137,277 26 4-5 $135,280 $135,538 $136,916 $137,277 27 5-6 $135,280 $135,538 $136,916 $137,277 28 6+ $136,455 $136,712 $138,087 $138,450 29 (7) With respect to subparagraphs one, two, three, four, five and six 30 of this paragraph, members assigned to the bureau of criminal investi- 31 gation as investigators, investigative specialists and senior investi- 32 gators appointed to the bureau by the superintendent shall be paid a 33 basic annual salary consistent with their years of service in the bureau 34 and their principal place of employment, or, in the case of a field 35 employee, whose official station, as determined in accordance with the 36 regulations of the state comptroller, is located in the city of New York 37 or in the counties of Orange, Putnam, Dutchess, Rockland, Westchester, 38 Nassau, or Suffolk as depicted on the schedules contained in subpara- 39 graphs one, two, three, four, five and six of this paragraph. 40 (8) When any member assigned to the bureau of criminal investigation 41 completes a year of service entitling them to move to a higher salary, 42 they shall be paid the higher salary at the start of the pay period 43 immediately following their completion of the required years of service 44 in the bureau that move them to the next higher salary. 45 § 2. Paragraph b of subdivision 2 of section 207-b of the state 46 finance law is REPEALED and a new paragraph b is added to read as 47 follows: 48 b. Pursuant to the terms of an agreement negotiated between the execu- 49 tive branch of the state of New York and the employee organization 50 representing the collective negotiating unit consisting of investi- 51 gators, senior investigators, and investigative specialists in the divi- 52 sion of state police, and upon audit and warrant of the state comp- 
 S. 8384 4 1 troller, the director shall provide for the payment of monies to such 2 employee organization for the establishment and maintenance of an 3 employee benefit fund established by the employee organization for the 4 employees in the collective negotiating unit covered by the controlling 5 provisions of such agreement providing for such employee benefit fund, 6 such amount to be determined consistent with said agreement, including 7 any and all monies agreed to be transferred in said agreement, and on 8 the basis of the number of full-time annual salaried employees, other 9 than full-time seasonal employees, on the payroll for the payroll period 10 that includes March first, two thousand twenty-three, for payments to be 11 made on April first, two thousand twenty-three, and on the payroll for 12 the payroll period that includes March first, two thousand twenty-four, 13 for payments to be made on April first, two thousand twenty-four, and on 14 the payroll for the payroll period that includes March first, two thou- 15 sand twenty-five, for payments to be made on April first, two thousand 16 twenty-five. The amount, which will be determined pursuant to this 17 section, for employees who are paid from special or administrative 18 funds, other than the general fund or the capital projects fund of the 19 state, will be paid from the appropriations as provided by law, in which 20 case the state comptroller shall establish procedures to ensure repay- 21 ment from said special or administrative funds. The director shall enter 22 into an agreement with an employee organization, which sets forth the 23 specific terms and conditions for the transmittal of monies pursuant to 24 this section. 25 § 3. Subdivision 5 of section 216-b of the executive law is REPEALED 26 and a new subdivision 5 is added to read as follows: 27 5. (a) (1) Effective April first, two thousand twenty-three, all 28 members of the collective negotiating unit consisting of investigators, 29 senior investigators and investigative specialists in the division of 30 state police, who on their anniversary date of employment with the divi- 31 sion of state police have attained six or more years of such satisfac- 32 tory service in the division, shall be paid a longevity award according 33 to the following schedule for each year of such satisfactory service up 34 to twenty-five years: 35 Years of Service Amount per year 36 6-10 $556 37 11-15 $608 38 16-25 $659 39 (2) Effective April first, two thousand twenty-four, all members of 40 the collective negotiating unit consisting of investigators, senior 41 investigators and investigative specialists in the division of state 42 police, who on their anniversary date of employment with the division of 43 state police have attained six or more years of such satisfactory 44 service in the division, shall be paid a longevity award according to 45 the following schedule for each year of such satisfactory service up to 46 twenty-five years: 47 Years of Service Amount per year 48 6-10 $573 49 11-15 $626 50 16-25 $679 51 (3) Effective April first, two thousand twenty-five, all members of 52 the collective negotiating unit consisting of investigators, senior 
 S. 8384 5 1 investigators and investigative specialists in the division of state 2 police, who on their anniversary date of employment with the division of 3 state police have attained six or more years of such satisfactory 4 service in the division, shall be paid a longevity award according to 5 the following schedule for each year of such satisfactory service up to 6 twenty-five years: 7 Years of Service Amount per year 8 6-10 $590 9 11-15 $645 10 16-25 $699 11 (4) Individuals with greater than twenty-five years of service shall 12 continue to receive a longevity award at the twenty-five-year amount. 13 Such payment shall commence in the pay period following such anniversary 14 date and shall be annualized and paid over the year-long period between 15 anniversary dates. 16 (b) The longevity amounts provided by this subdivision shall be in 17 addition to, and shall not be a part of, a member's annual basic salary, 18 and shall not impair any increments or other rights or benefits to which 19 a member may be entitled; provided, however, that longevity awards shall 20 be included as compensation for purposes of computation of overtime pay 21 and for retirement purposes. 22 § 4. Subdivision 2 of section 216-c of the executive law is REPEALED 23 and a new subdivision 2 is added to read as follows: 24 2. In addition to the compensation provided in subdivision one of this 25 section, members of the collective negotiating unit consisting of inves- 26 tigators, senior investigators and investigative specialists in the 27 division of state police, on the payroll on November first of each year, 28 shall receive holiday compensation as follows: 29 April 1, 2023 $1,835 30 April 1, 2024 $1,890 31 April 1, 2025 $1,947 32 Such payments shall be in addition to, and shall not be part of, the 33 member's annual basic salary, except for the purpose of retirement and, 34 effective May eighth, two thousand twenty-five, overtime, and shall be 35 made in a separate check during the payroll period which includes Decem- 36 ber first each year. 37 § 5. Health benefits committee. Pursuant to the terms of an agreement 38 negotiated between the executive branch of the state of New York and the 39 employee organization representing the collective negotiating unit 40 consisting of investigators, senior investigators, and investigative 41 specialists in the division of state police, during the period April 1, 42 2023 through March 31, 2026, there shall continue to be a committee on 43 health benefits funded in the following amounts: 44 April 1, 2023 - March 31, 2024 $6,095 45 April 1, 2024 - March 31, 2025 $6,278 46 April 1, 2025 - March 31, 2026 and beyond $6,466 47 One-half of this amount in each year shall be made available to the 48 state and one-half shall be made available to the employee organization 49 representing such unit. 
 S. 8384 6 1 § 6. Maintenance allowance. (a) Pursuant to the terms of an agreement 2 negotiated between the executive branch of the state of New York and the 3 employee organization representing the collective negotiating unit 4 consisting of investigators, senior investigators, and investigative 5 specialists in the division of state police, each member of such unit 6 shall receive a maintenance allowance as follows: 7 April 1, 2023 $3,779 8 April 1, 2024 $3,892 9 April 1, 2025 $4,009 10 (b) Such maintenance allowance shall be paid on an annualized basis in 11 regular bi-weekly paychecks. Such additional compensation, as provided 12 in this section, shall be in addition to, and shall not be part of, the 13 member's basic annual salary, and shall not affect or impair any rights 14 or benefits to which the member may be entitled; provided, however, that 15 such additional compensation shall be included as compensation for 16 purposes of computation of overtime pay and retirement. 17 § 7. Expertise pay. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to 18 the contrary, pursuant to the terms of an agreement negotiated between 19 the executive branch of the state of New York and the employee organiza- 20 tion representing the collective negotiating unit consisting of investi- 21 gators, senior investigators, and investigative specialists in the divi- 22 sion of state police, members in such collective negotiating unit shall 23 receive expertise pay as follows: 24 April 1, 2023 $4,734 25 April 1, 2024 $5,109 26 April 1, 2025 $5,609 27 (b) Such expertise pay shall be payable to those unit members on the 28 payroll on November 1 of each year during the pay period that includes 29 December 1. Such additional compensation as provided in this section 30 shall be in addition to, and shall not be part of, the member's basic 31 annual salary, and shall not affect or impair any rights or benefits to 32 which the member may be entitled; provided, however, that such addi- 33 tional compensation shall be included as compensation for purposes of 34 computation of overtime pay and as compensation for retirement. 35 § 8. Professional development and training funds. Pursuant to the 36 terms of an agreement negotiated between the executive branch of the 37 state of New York and the employee organization representing the collec- 38 tive negotiating unit consisting of investigators, senior investigators, 39 and investigative specialists in the division of state police, during 40 the period April 1, 2023 through March 31, 2026, there shall continue to 41 be a professional development and quality of working life committee 42 funded in the following amounts from which the tuition reimbursement 43 program, the master's program, the employee assistance program and other 44 activities as outlined in the collective bargaining agreement shall be 45 supported: 46 April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2024 $99,829 47 April 1, 2024 to March 31, 2025 $102,824 48 April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026 and beyond $105,909 49 § 9. Expanded duty pay. (a) Pursuant to the terms of an agreement 50 negotiated between the executive branch of the state of New York and the 
 S. 8384 7 1 employee organization representing the collective negotiating unit 2 consisting of investigators, senior investigators, and investigative 3 specialists in the division of state police, the annual payment for 4 expanded duty pay shall continue to be $9,235. Effective April 1, 2023, 5 this amount shall be $9,512. Effective April 1, 2024, the amount shall 6 be $9,797. Effective April 1, 2025, this amount shall be $11,860. 7 (b) Such expanded duty pay shall be annualized and paid during regular 8 bi-weekly periods. Such additional compensation as provided in this 9 section shall be in addition to, and shall not be part of, the member's 10 basic annual salary, and shall not affect or impair any rights or bene- 11 fits to which the member may be entitled; provided, however, that such 12 additional compensation shall be included as compensation for purposes 13 of computation of overtime pay and as compensation for retirement. 14 § 10. Supervisory responsibility pay. (a) Pursuant to the terms of an 15 agreement negotiated between the executive branch of the state of New 16 York and the employee organization representing the collective negotiat- 17 ing unit consisting of investigators, senior investigators, and investi- 18 gative specialists in the division of state police, effective March 31, 19 2005, certain members shall continue to receive additional compensation, 20 as prescribed in the interest arbitration award dated February 4, 2005 21 as modified by and contained within such agreement, when designated by 22 the division of state police to work as a "unit coordinator", "acting 23 senior investigator", or "acting administrative senior investigator". 24 (b) Such additional compensation as provided in this section shall be 25 in addition to, and shall not be part of, the member's basic annual 26 salary, and shall not affect or impair any rights or benefits to which 27 the member may be entitled; provided, however, that such additional 28 compensation shall be included as compensation for the purposes of 29 computation of overtime pay and retirement. 30 § 11. Location compensation. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 31 of law to the contrary, members in the collective negotiating unit 32 consisting of investigators, senior investigators, and investigative 33 specialists in the division of state police whose principal place of 34 employment or, in the case of a field employee, whose official station, 35 as determined in accordance with the regulations of the state comp- 36 troller, is located in the county of Monroe, who were on the payroll on 37 March 31, 1985, and who have received this location compensation contin- 38 ually since then, shall continue to receive location pay at the rate of 39 $200 per year; provided that each such member continues to be otherwise 40 eligible. 41 (b) Pursuant to the terms of an agreement negotiated between the exec- 42 utive branch of the state of New York and the employee organization 43 representing the collective negotiating unit consisting of investi- 44 gators, senior investigators, and investigative specialists in the divi- 45 sion of state police, members of such unit whose principal place of 46 employment or, in the case of a field employee, whose official station, 47 as determined in accordance with the regulations of the state comp- 48 troller, is located in the city of New York or in the counties of Rock- 49 land, Westchester, Nassau, or Suffolk shall receive location pay effec- 50 tive April 1, 2023 in the amount of $1,807; $1,861 effective April 1, 51 2024 and $2,461 effective April 1, 2025. Notwithstanding any other 52 provision of law to the contrary, pursuant to the terms of the agreement 53 negotiated between the state and the employee organization representing 54 the collective negotiating unit consisting of investigators, senior 55 investigators, and investigative specialists in the division of state 56 police, members in this collective negotiating unit whose principal 
 S. 8384 8 1 place of employment, or, in the case of a field employee, whose official 2 station as determined in accordance with the regulations of the state 3 comptroller, is located in the county of Orange, Putnam or Dutchess 4 shall receive location pay at the rate of $1,807 effective April 1, 5 2023; $1,861 effective April 1, 2024 and $2,211 effective April 1, 2025. 6 (c) Such location pay as provided in this section shall be annualized 7 and paid during the regular bi-weekly periods. Such compensation shall 8 be in addition to and shall not be part of the member's basic annual 9 salary and shall not affect or impair any rights or benefits to which 10 the member may be entitled; provided, however, that location pay shall 11 be included as compensation for the purposes of computation of overtime 12 pay and retirement. 13 § 12. Supplemental location pay. (a) Pursuant to the terms of an 14 agreement negotiated between the executive branch of the state of New 15 York and the employee organization representing the collective negotiat- 16 ing unit consisting of investigators, senior investigators, and investi- 17 gative specialists in the division of state police, members of such unit 18 whose principal place of employment, or, in the case of a field employ- 19 ee, whose official station, as determined in accordance with the regu- 20 lations of the state comptroller, is located in the city of New York or 21 in the county of Putnam, Orange, Dutchess, Rockland, Westchester, 22 Nassau, or Suffolk shall continue to receive supplemental location pay, 23 in addition to the location pay provided in section eleven of this act, 24 as follows: 25 Effective Date April 1, 2023 April 1, 2024 April 1, 2025 26 Orange/Putnam/ 27 Dutchess $1,372 $1,413 $1,413 28 NYC/Rockland/ 29 Westchester $2,400 $2,472 $2,472 30 Nassau/Suffolk $2,400 $2,472 $2,472 31 (b) Such supplemental location pay shall be annualized and paid during 32 the regular bi-weekly periods. Such compensation shall be in addition to 33 and shall not be part of the member's basic annual salary and shall not 34 affect or impair any rights or benefits to which the member may be enti- 35 tled; provided, however, that supplemental location pay shall be 36 included as compensation for the purposes of computation of overtime pay 37 and retirement. 38 § 13. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, 39 pursuant to the terms of an agreement negotiated between the executive 40 branch of the state of New York and the employee organization represent- 41 ing the collective negotiating unit consisting of investigators, senior 42 investigators, and investigative specialists in the division of state 43 police, members in such collective negotiating unit shall, upon reaching 44 eight years of service in the division, continue to receive seniority 45 pay as of April 1, 2023 at the rate of $1519. However, effective May 8, 46 2025, unit members shall receive seniority pay when such individual 47 reaches eight or more years with the New York state police, holds the 48 rank of sergeant, or takes the sergeant's exam and is placed on the 49 sergeant's list for promotion. 50 (b) Such seniority pay shall be annualized and paid during the regular 51 bi-weekly periods. Such compensation shall be in addition to and shall 52 not be part of the member's basic annual salary and shall not affect or 53 impair any rights or benefits to which the member may be entitled; 
 S. 8384 9 1 provided, however, that seniority pay shall be included as compensation 2 for the purposes of computation of overtime pay and retirement. 3 § 14. Unused sick leave at retirement. Pursuant to the terms of an 4 agreement negotiated between the executive branch of the state of New 5 York and the employee organization representing the collective negotiat- 6 ing unit consisting of investigators, senior investigators, and investi- 7 gative specialists in the division of state police, members of such unit 8 shall continue to receive a lump sum cash payment for accumulated and 9 unused sick leave credits standing to the employee's credit at the time 10 of separation from service by retirement. The amount of such payment 11 shall be determined in the following manner: 12 (a) Effective April 1, 1998, the number of days of such accumulated 13 and unused sick leave, not to exceed 300 days, less 165 days, shall be 14 multiplied by the member's daily rate of pay in effect at the time of 15 separation from service by retirement. 16 (b) The lump sum payment shall be one-fifth of such amount provided 17 for in subdivision (a) of this section. 18 (c) Such additional compensation shall be in addition to and shall not 19 be part of the member's basic annual salary and shall not affect or 20 impair any rights or benefits to which the member may be entitled; 21 provided, however, that such additional compensation shall be included 22 as compensation for retirement purposes. 23 § 15. Lump sum payment. Each eligible member of this unit shall 24 receive a one-time lump sum payment in the amount of $3,000. This 25 payment is not part of basic annual salary, is not subject to any salary 26 increases and is not pensionable. The one-time lump sum payment shall be 27 pro-rated for those employees paid on any basis other than an annual 28 basis. To qualify, employees must be in continuous service in the unit 29 between the period September 26, 2024 through July 25, 2025. Employees 30 who leave state service between September 26, 2024 through July 25, 31 2025, are not eligible for this bonus unless they retire directly from 32 active state employment. This bonus shall be effective July 25, 2025. If 33 a member received a lump sum payment as a member of another state 34 bargaining unit, they shall not receive a second lump sum payment. 35 § 16. Recognized degree pay. (a) Pursuant to the terms of an agreement 36 negotiated between the executive branch of the state of New York and the 37 employee organization representing the collective negotiating unit 38 consisting of investigators, senior investigators, and investigative 39 specialists in the division of state police, members of such unit who 40 possess or obtain a recognized degree from an accredited and recognized 41 college or university on or after April 1, 2001, shall continue to 42 receive a lump sum payment of $250 for an associate degree, $500 for a 43 bachelor's degree, and $750 for a graduate degree. Payment for such 44 degree shall occur annually in June of each year and shall be for one 45 degree only. When such degree is obtained in a fiscal year, such 46 payment shall be made as soon as practicable after conferral of the 47 degree. 48 (b) Such additional compensation as provided in this section shall be 49 in addition to, and shall not be part of, the member's basic annual 50 salary, and shall not affect or impair any rights or benefits to which 51 the member may be entitled; provided, however, that such additional 52 compensation shall be included as compensation for retirement purposes. 53 § 17. Short swings. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the 54 contrary, pursuant to the terms of an agreement negotiated between the 55 executive branch of the state of New York and the employee organization 56 representing the collective negotiating unit consisting of investi- 
 S. 8384 10 1 gators, senior investigators, and investigative specialists in the divi- 2 sion of state police, effective September 1, 2016, members of this unit 3 who are required to work short swings shall receive compensation of 4 thirty dollars ($30) for each short swing they are required to work and 5 actually work. There shall be no short swing compensation where the 6 short swing is worked at the request of, or for the convenience of the 7 member, as determined by the division of state police. The definition 8 of short swing shall be when there are eight hours or less between the 9 scheduled end time of a member's tour of duty and the start time of the 10 next scheduled tour of duty. Such compensation shall not be payable if 11 such member's hours of work continue from the end time of the member's 12 tour of duty to the commencement of the start time of the next scheduled 13 tour of duty without interruption. 14 § 18. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, pursuant 15 to the terms of an agreement negotiated between the executive branch of 16 the state of New York and the employee organization representing the 17 collective negotiating unit consisting of investigators, senior investi- 18 gators, and investigative specialists in the division of state police, 19 members of such unit shall receive recall overtime only in accordance 20 with the terms of the collective bargaining agreement. 21 § 19. Payment and publication of grievance arbitration settlements and 22 awards. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the 23 appropriations contained in this act shall be available to the state for 24 the payment and publication of grievance arbitration settlements and 25 awards pursuant to article 15 of the collective negotiating agreement 26 between the state and the employee organization representing the collec- 27 tive negotiating unit consisting of investigators, senior investigators, 28 and investigative specialists in the division of state police, such 29 provisions being in effect pursuant to paragraph (e) of subdivision 1 of 30 section 209-a of the civil service law. 31 § 20. The compensation and benefit modifications provided for by this 32 act for state employees in the collective negotiating unit consisting of 33 investigators, senior investigators, and investigative specialists in 34 the division of state police pursuant to article 14 of the civil service 35 law shall not be implemented until the director of employee relations 36 shall have delivered to the director of the budget and the comptroller a 37 letter certifying that there is in effect with respect to such negotiat- 38 ing unit a collective bargaining agreement which provides for such 39 compensation and benefit modifications and which is fully executed in 40 writing with the state pursuant to article 14 of the civil service law, 41 and ratified pursuant to the ratification procedure of the employee 42 organization certified pursuant to article 14 of the civil service law 43 to represent such collective negotiating unit. 44 § 21. Date of entitlement to salary increase. Notwithstanding the 45 provisions of this act or of any other provision of law to the contrary, 46 the increase of salary or compensation of any member of the collective 47 negotiating unit consisting of investigators, senior investigators, and 48 investigative specialists in the division of state police provided by 49 this act shall be added to the salary of such member at the beginning of 50 that payroll period the first day of which is nearest to the effective 51 date of such increase as provided in this act, or at the beginning of 52 the earlier of two payroll periods the first days of which are nearest 53 but equally near to the effective date of such increase as provided in 54 this act; provided, however, that, for the purposes of determining the 55 salary of such officer or employee upon reclassification, reallocation, 56 appointment, promotion, transfer, demotion, reinstatement, or other 
 S. 8384 11 1 change of status, such salary increase shall be deemed to be effective 2 on the date thereof as prescribed by this act, with payment thereof 3 pursuant to this section on a date prior thereto, instead of on such 4 effective date, and shall not operate to confer any additional salary 5 rights or benefits on such officer or employee. Payment of such salary 6 increase may be deferred pursuant to section twenty-two of this act. 7 § 22. Deferred payment of salary increase. Notwithstanding the 8 provisions of any other section of this act or of any other provision of 9 law to the contrary, pending payment pursuant to this act of the basic 10 annual salaries of incumbents of positions subject to this act, such 11 incumbents shall receive, as partial compensation for services rendered, 12 the rate of compensation otherwise payable in their respective posi- 13 tions. An incumbent holding a position subject to this act at any time 14 during the period from the effective dates of the salary increases 15 provided for in this act until the time when basic annual salaries are 16 first paid pursuant to this act for such services in excess of the 17 compensation actually received therefor, shall be entitled to a lump sum 18 payment for the difference between the salary to which such incumbent is 19 entitled for such service and the compensation actually received there- 20 for. Such lump sum payment shall be made as soon as practicable. Any 21 amount payable in such lump sum paid represents compensation earned in 22 each of the year or years for which it is calculated pursuant to this 23 act and not as compensation earned wholly in the year during which the 24 lump sum is paid. Notwithstanding any law, rule or regulation to the 25 contrary, no member of the unit consisting of investigators, senior 26 investigators, and investigative specialists in the division of state 27 police to whom the provisions of this act apply shall be entitled to, or 28 owed, any interest or other penalty for any reason on any monies due to 29 such member pursuant to the terms of the agreement covering employees in 30 the unit consisting of investigators, senior investigators, and investi- 31 gative specialists in the division of state police. 32 § 23. Use of appropriations. Notwithstanding any provision of the 33 state finance law or any other provision of law to the contrary, 34 commencing April 1, 2025, the state comptroller is authorized to pay any 35 amounts required by the provisions of this act to any state department 36 or agency from any appropriation or other funds available to such state 37 department or agency for personal service, other than personal service 38 and fringe benefits. To the extent that such appropriations are insuffi- 39 cient in any fund to accomplish the purposes herein set forth, the 40 director of the budget is authorized to allocate to the various depart- 41 ments and agencies, from any appropriations available in any fund, the 42 amounts necessary to pay such amounts. The aforementioned appropriations 43 shall be available for payment of any liabilities or obligations 44 incurred during the period April 1, 2023 to March 31, 2026. 45 § 24. Notwithstanding any provision of the state finance law or any 46 other provision of law to the contrary, the sum of $43,700,000 is hereby 47 appropriated in the general fund/state purposes account (10050) in 48 miscellaneous-all state departments and agencies solely for 49 apportionment/transfer by the director of the budget for use by any 50 state department or agency in any fund during the period April 1, 2023 51 through March 31, 2026 to supplement appropriations for personal 52 service, other than personal service and fringe benefits, and to carry 53 out the provisions of this act. No money shall be available for expendi- 54 ture from this appropriation until a certificate of approval has been 55 issued by the director of the budget and a copy of such certificate or 56 any amendment thereto has been filed with the state comptroller, the 
 S. 8384 12 1 chair of the senate finance committee and the chair of the assembly ways 2 and means committee. The monies hereby appropriated are available for 3 payment of any liabilities or obligations incurred during the period 4 April 1, 2023 through March 31, 2026. For this purpose, the monies 5 appropriated shall remain in full force and effect for the payment of 6 liabilities incurred on or before March 31, 2026. 7 § 25. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the 8 several amounts as hereinafter set forth, or so much thereof as may be 9 necessary, are hereby appropriated from the fund so designated for use 10 by any state department or agency during the period April 1, 2023 11 through March 31, 2026 to supplement appropriations from each respective 12 fund available for other than personal service and fringe benefits, and 13 to carry out the provisions of this act. The monies hereby appropriated 14 are available for the payment of any liabilities or obligations incurred 15 during the period April 1, 2023 through March 31, 2026. No money shall 16 be available for expenditure from the monies appropriated until a 17 certificate of approval has been issued by the director of the budget 18 and a copy of such certificate or any amendment thereto has been filed 19 with the state comptroller, the chair of the senate finance committee 20 and the chair of the assembly ways and means committee. 21 MISCELLANEOUS -- ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES 22 SPECIAL PAY BILLS 23 General Fund / State Operations 24 State Purposes Account - 10050 25 NONPERSONAL SERVICE 26 Health Benefits Committee ........................ $19,000 27 Professional Development Fund ................... $309,000 28 Employee Benefit Fund ........................... $210,000 29 Contract Administration .......................... $50,000 30 § 26. This act shall take effect immediately; provided that the direc- 31 tor of employee relations certifies that there is in effect with respect 32 to the negotiating unit consisting of investigators, senior investi- 33 gators, and investigative specialists in the division of state police a 34 collective bargaining agreement which provides for the compensation and 35 benefit modifications in this act and shall be deemed to have been in 36 full force and effect on and after April 1, 2023; provided that the 37 secretary of state shall notify the legislative bill drafting commission 38 upon the occurrence of the certification by the director of employee 39 relations that such collective bargaining agreement is in effect in 40 order that the commission may maintain an accurate and timely effective 41 data base of the official text of the laws of the state of New York in 42 furtherance of effectuating the provisions of section 44 of the legisla- 43 tive law and section 70-b of the public officers law. Appropriations 44 made by this act shall remain in full force and effect for liabilities 45 incurred through March 31, 2026. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ REPEAL NOTE. -- Paragraph a of subdivision 3 of section 216 of the executive law, repealed by section one of this act, provided salary 
 S. 8384 13 schedules for state employees in particular titles in the collective negotiating unit consisting of investigators, senior investigators, investigative specialists in the division of state police and is replaced by revised salary schedules in a new paragraph a of such subdi- vision 3 implementing an agreement pursuant to article 14 of the civil service law. Paragraph b of subdivision 2 of section 207-b of the state finance law, repealed by section two of this act, provided for payments to an employee benefit fund for state employees in the particular titles in the collective negotiating unit consisting of investigators, senior investigators and investigative specialists in the division of state police and is replaced by revised schedule of payments to be made to such fund in a new paragraph b of such subdivision 2 implementing an agreement pursuant to article 14 of the civil service law. Subdivision 5 of section 216-b of the executive law, repealed by section three of this act, provided for longevity payments to eligible members of the collective negotiating unit consisting of investigators, senior investigators and investigative specialists in the division of state police and is replaced by revised longevity payment amounts in a new subdivision 5 of such section implementing an agreement pursuant to article 14 of the civil service law. Subdivision 2 of section 216-c of the executive law, repealed by section four of this act, provided for holiday compensation payments based on four days' pay to eligible members of the collective negotiat- ing unit consisting of investigators, senior investigators and investi- gative specialists in the division of state police and is replaced by a revised payment amount in a new subdivision 2 of such section implement- ing an agreement pursuant to article 14 of the civil service law.