§ 201. Definitions. As used in this article:\n 1. The term "board" means the public employment relations board\ncreated by section two hundred five of this article.\n 2. (a) The term "membership dues deduction" means the obligation or\npractice of a government to deduct from the salary of a public employee\nwith his consent an amount for the payment of his membership dues in an\nemployee organization. Such term also means the obligation or practice\nof a government to transmit the sums so deducted to an employee\norganization.\n (b) The term "agency shop fee deduction" means the obligation or\npractice of a government to deduct from the salary of a public employee\nwho is not a member of the certified or recognized employee organization\nwhich represents such employee for the purpose of collective\nnegotiations conducted pursuant to this article, an amount equivalent to\nthe amount of dues payable by a member. Such term also means the\nobligation or practice of a government to transmit the sums so deducted\nto an employee organization.\n 3. The term "chief legal officer" means (a) in the case of the state\nof New York or a state public authority, the attorney general of the\nstate of New York, (b) in the case of a county, city, town, village or\nschool district, the county attorney, corporation counsel, town\nattorney, village attorney or school district attorney, as the case may\nbe, and (c) in the case of any such government not having its own\nattorney, or any other government or public employer, the corporation\ncounsel of the city in which such government or public employer has its\nprincipal office, and if such principal office is not located in a city,\nthe county attorney of the county in which such government or public\nemployer has its principal office.\n 4. The term "terms and conditions of employment" means:\n (a) salaries, wages, hours and other terms and conditions of\nemployment provided, however, that such term shall not include any\nbenefits provided by or to be provided by a public retirement system, or\npayments to a fund or insurer to provide an income for retirees, or\npayment to retirees or their beneficiaries. No such retirement benefits\nshall be negotiated pursuant to this article, and any benefits so\nnegotiated shall be void.\n (b) in addition, the terms and conditions of employment for\nfirefighters shall include discipline and disciplinary procedures\nincluding alternatives to any statutory disciplinary system, provided,\nhowever, that any right of firefighters under the terms of any state law\nto elect coverage under either a statutory disciplinary system or a\ndisciplinary system established by collective negotiations shall not be\nimpaired, unless any such state law authorizes exclusivity of a\nnegotiated disciplinary system and provided further that no provision\ncontained in the town law, general city law, second class cities law,\ngeneral municipal law, municipal home rule law, county law, or other\nstate, local, special law or charter provision, or any special police\nact or other special act created by local law or charter or otherwise\ncreated, or this chapter shall prevent or impair the right to collective\nbargaining for or modification of disciplinary procedures.\n 5. The term "employee organization" means an organization of any kind\nhaving as its primary purpose the improvement of terms and conditions of\nemployment of public employees, except that such term shall not include\nan organization (a) membership in which is prohibited by section one\nhundred five of this chapter, (b) which discriminates with regard to the\nterms or conditions of membership because of race, color, creed or\nnational origin, or (c) which, in the case of public employees who hold\npositions by appointment or employment in the service of the board and\nwho are excluded from the application of this article by rules and\nregulations of the board, admits to membership or is affiliated directly\nor indirec
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