N.Y. General Municipal Law § 88-a: Merit award board to reward employees for suggestions

§ 88-a. Merit award board to reward employees for suggestions. 1. Any

city, county, town, village, school district or board of cooperative

educational services is hereby authorized and empowered to establish a

merit award board for the purpose of rewarding its employees for

suggestions which result in a more efficient and economical operation of

its government and may raise and expend moneys for the purposes thereof.

2. In cities such board shall consist of the mayor, corporation

counsel and such council members as may be designated by the council and

in counties such board shall consist of the chair of the board of

supervisors and such members thereof as shall be chosen by the board. In

towns such board shall consist of the town supervisor and such members

as the town council shall designate. In villages such board shall

consist of the mayor and members designated by the board of trustees. In

school districts, such board shall consist of the president of the board

of education and such members thereof as shall be chosen by the board of

education. In boards of cooperative educational services, such board

shall consist of the president of the board of cooperative educational

services and such members thereof as shall be chosen by the board of

cooperative educational services.

3. Such merit award boards when so established shall make rules and

regulations to provide for the rewarding of employees of the

municipality, school district or board of cooperative educational

services for the purposes hereinbefore set forth.

4. Nothing herein contained shall in any way add to or diminish the

existing powers of the city of New York with reference to establishment

of a merit award board, and its powers.