STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2138 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 18, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sens. LIU, BROUK, COMRIE, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, MAYER, RIVERA, SEPULVEDA -- 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 the definition of a public employee or employee The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 75-b of the civil 2 service law, as added by chapter 660 of the laws of 1984, is amended to 3 read as follows: 4 (b) "Public employee" or "employee" shall mean any person holding a 5 position by appointment or employment in the service of a public employ- 6 er [except judges or justices of the unified court system and members of 7 the legislature]. 8 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04277-01-3