§ 93-B — Deductions from wages or salaries of civil service employees

§ 93-b. Deductions from wages or salaries of civil service employees.\n1. The fiscal or disbursing officer of every municipal corporation or\nother civil division or political subdivision of the state is hereby\nauthorized to deduct from the wage or salary of any employee of such\nmunicipal corporation or civil division or political subdivision of the\nstate such amount that such employee may specify in writing filed with\nsuch fiscal or disbursing officer for the payment of dues in a duly\norganized association or organization of civil service employees and to\ntransmit the sum so deducted to the said association or organization.\nAny such written authorization shall remain in effect in accordance with\nsubdivision one of section two hundred eight of the civil service law.\n 2. The appropriate disbursing or fiscal officer of any municipality or\nother political subdivision of the state is hereby authorized to deduct\nfrom the salary of any employee of such municipality or political\nsubdivision such amount as such employee may specify in writing filed\nwith such appropriate disbursing or fiscal officer within the minimum\nand maximum amounts prescribed by such appropriate disbursing or fiscal\nofficer for the purchase for such employee of United States bonds and\nfor contributions to federated community campaigns for health, welfare\nand recreational purposes on behalf of such employee and to the account\nof such employee with such federated community campaign. Such\nappropriate disbursing or fiscal officer is hereby authorized to make\nsuch rules and regulations governing the purchase of said bonds and\ncontributions to federated community campaigns as he deems necessary,\nsuch rules and regulations to be incorporated in the employee's written\nauthorization of payroll deduction filed with such appropriate\ndisbursing or fiscal officer. Any such written authorization may be\nwithdrawn by such employee at any time by filing written notice of such\nwithdrawal with such appropriate disbursing or fiscal officer. As used\nin this section "federated community campaign" means a charitable\nnon-profit organization which solicits funds for distribution among a\nsubstantial number of charitable non-profit organizations.\n 3. Notwithstanding the provisions of and restrictions of sections two\nhundred two and two hundred nine-a of the civil service law but subject\nto the provisions of paragraph (b) of subdivision three of section two\nhundred eight of such law, every employee organization that has been\nrecognized or certified as the exclusive representative of employees\nwithin a negotiating unit of other than state employees shall be\nentitled to have deducted from the wage or salary of the employees in\nsuch negotiating unit who are not members of said employee organization\nthe amount equivalent to the dues levied by such employee organization,\nand the fiscal or disbursing officer of such public employer shall\ndeduct from the salary of any employee represented by such employee\norganization for the purpose of collective negotiations who has not\nauthorized the deduction of membership dues in such employee\norganization pursuant to subdivision one of this section, an agency shop\nfee deduction in the amount equivalent to the dues levied by such\nemployee organization. The fiscal or disbursing officer is further\nauthorized to accumulate such fees and transmit the fees so accumulated\nto the employee organization.\n 4. The appropriate disbursing or fiscal officer of any municipality or\nother political subdivision of the state is hereby authorized to deduct\nfrom the salary of any employee of such municipality or political\nsubdivision such amount as such employee may specify in writing to be\nfiled with such appropriate disbursing or fiscal officer within the\nminimum and maximum amounts prescribed by such appropriate disbursing or\nfiscal officer for contributions to campus-related foundations and to\ntransmit the sums so deducted to such campus-related foundations. Any\nsuch written authorization may be withdrawn by such employee at any time\nupon filing written notice of such withdrawal with such appropriate\ndisbursing or fiscal officer. Such appropriate disbursing or fiscal\nofficer is hereby authorized to make such rules and regulations as he\ndeems necessary to provide for deductions for campus-related\nfoundations. As used in this subdivision, the term "campus-related\nfoundation" shall mean a non-profit corporation organized and existing\npursuant to the education law or the not-for-profit corporation law for\nthe benefit of a state-operated campus of the state university of New\nYork or for the benefit of a community college operating under the\nprogram of the state university of New York.\n