§ 93-b. Deductions from wages or salaries of civil service employees. 1. The fiscal or disbursing officer of every municipal corporation or other civil division or political subdivision of the state is hereby authorized to deduct from the wage or salary of any employee of such municipal corporation or civil division or political subdivision of the state such amount that such employee may specify in writing filed with such fiscal or disbursing officer for the payment of dues in a duly organized association or organization of civil service employees and to transmit the sum so deducted to the said association or organization. Any such written authorization shall remain in effect in accordance with subdivision one of § 208 of the civil service law.

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2. The appropriate disbursing or fiscal officer of any municipality or other political subdivision of the state is hereby authorized to deduct from the salary of any employee of such municipality or political subdivision such amount as such employee may specify in writing filed with such appropriate disbursing or fiscal officer within the minimum and maximum amounts prescribed by such appropriate disbursing or fiscal officer for the purchase for such employee of United States bonds and for contributions to federated community campaigns for health, welfare and recreational purposes on behalf of such employee and to the account of such employee with such federated community campaign. Such appropriate disbursing or fiscal officer is hereby authorized to make such rules and regulations governing the purchase of said bonds and contributions to federated community campaigns as he deems necessary, such rules and regulations to be incorporated in the employee's written authorization of payroll deduction filed with such appropriate disbursing or fiscal officer. Any such written authorization may be withdrawn by such employee at any time by filing written notice of such withdrawal with such appropriate disbursing or fiscal officer. As used in this section "federated community campaign" means a charitable non-profit organization which solicits funds for distribution among a substantial number of charitable non-profit organizations.

3. Notwithstanding the provisions of and restrictions of sections two hundred two and two hundred nine-a of the civil service law but subject to the provisions of paragraph (b) of subdivision three of section two hundred eight of such law, every employee organization that has been recognized or certified as the exclusive representative of employees within a negotiating unit of other than state employees shall be entitled to have deducted from the wage or salary of the employees in such negotiating unit who are not members of said employee organization the amount equivalent to the dues levied by such employee organization, and the fiscal or disbursing officer of such public employer shall deduct from the salary of any employee represented by such employee organization for the purpose of collective negotiations who has not authorized the deduction of membership dues in such employee organization pursuant to subdivision one of this section, an agency shop fee deduction in the amount equivalent to the dues levied by such employee organization. The fiscal or disbursing officer is further authorized to accumulate such fees and transmit the fees so accumulated to the employee organization.

4. The appropriate disbursing or fiscal officer of any municipality or other political subdivision of the state is hereby authorized to deduct from the salary of any employee of such municipality or political subdivision such amount as such employee may specify in writing to be filed with such appropriate disbursing or fiscal officer within the minimum and maximum amounts prescribed by such appropriate disbursing or fiscal officer for contributions to campus-related foundations and to transmit the sums so deducted to such campus-related foundations. Any such written authorization may be withdrawn by such employee at any time upon filing written notice of such withdrawal with such appropriate disbursing or fiscal officer. Such appropriate disbursing or fiscal officer is hereby authorized to make such rules and regulations as he deems necessary to provide for deductions for campus-related foundations. As used in this subdivision, the term "campus-related foundation" shall mean a non-profit corporation organized and existing pursuant to the education law or the not-for-profit corporation law for the benefit of a state-operated campus of the state university of New York or for the benefit of a community college operating under the program of the state university of New York.