Bill > A4896

This bill requires the State to reimburse counties for a portion of the holiday pay given to county employees who perform State services on certain holidays. Specifically, if a county employee works on a "county holiday" (a holiday granted by the county, but not a standard State holiday) and performs "State service" (work for the State that the employee wouldn't normally do on a State holiday), the county can apply to the Division of Local Government Services for reimbursement. The reimbursement will cover the amount the county paid the employee for holiday pay that exceeds their regular base salary for that time. This provision aims to offset costs for counties that have employees assisting the State on these specific holidays, and the bill also clarifies that counties can include these anticipated State reimbursements in their budgets and must deduct the reimbursed amount from their tax levy calculations in the following year.