STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7657--A 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY May 31, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. MAGNARELLI -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees -- recommitted to the Committee on Governmental Employees in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to unclassified civil service of the state; and authorizing the Syracuse Hancock Interna- tional Airport to hire and promote employees on a permanent basis The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The civil service commission is hereby directed to place 2 the following Syracuse Regional Airport Authority titles in the unclas- 3 sified service: chief operations officer, chief financial officer, 4 chief commercial officer, deputy chief operations officer, director of 5 personnel and labor relations, director of information technology, 6 director of facilities, director of business development, duty manager, 7 manager of airfield maintenance, manager of terminal services, airport 8 operations manager, finance manager, environmental, health and safety 9 manager, assistant manager of terminal services, airport security manag- 10 er, security and badging specialist, airport operations worker, airport 11 communications center supervisor, airport communications center special- 12 ist, aviation project officer, airport planner I, airport planner II, 13 airport project engineer, airport police chief, airport police captain, 14 airport police sergeant, airport police officer, and aviation contract- 15 ing officer. All such positions shall be placed in the unclassified 16 service no later than December 31, 2025. 17 § 2. Section 35 of the civil service law is amended by adding a new 18 subdivision (l) to read as follows: 19 (l) All persons employed by the Syracuse regional airport authority in 20 a title enumerated in the chapter of the laws of two thousand twenty- 21 four that added this subdivision. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10785-09-4A. 7657--A 2 1 § 3. Nothing in this act shall result in the displacement of a perma- 2 nently or provisionally appointed employee holding one of the affected 3 titles as of the effective date of this act, nor shall seniority, health 4 benefits, or any other benefits awarded to employees pursuant to the 5 civil service law or the retirement and social security law be affected 6 by the provisions of this act, provided that any person holding provi- 7 sional or otherwise non-permanent appointment may be eligible for perma- 8 nent appointment at the discretion of the appointing authority. 9 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.