Assembly Bill A8484A

Signed By Governor
2013-2014 Legislative Session

Increases certain special accidental death benefits

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-A8484 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6467
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §208-f, Gen Muni L; amd §361-a, R & SS L

2013-A8484 - Summary

Increases certain special accidental death benefits paid to widows, widowers or the deceased member's children.

2013-A8484 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  8484

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 17, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. MARKEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Governmental Employees

AN  ACT to amend the general municipal law and the retirement and social
  security law, in relation to  increasing  certain  special  accidental
  death benefits

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision c of section 208-f  of  the  general  municipal
law,  as  amended by chapter 196 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read
as follows:
  c. Commencing July first, two thousand [thirteen] FOURTEEN the special
accidental death benefit paid to a widow  or  widower  or  the  deceased
member's  children under the age of eighteen or, if a student, under the
age of twenty-three, if the widow or widower has died,  shall  be  esca-
lated  by  adding  thereto an additional percentage of the salary of the
deceased member (as increased pursuant to subdivision b of this section)
in accordance with the following schedule:
     calendar year of death
     of the deceased member              per centum
          1977 or prior                  [189.8%] 198.5%
          1978                           [181.4%] 189.8%
          1979                           [173.2%] 181.4%
          1980                           [165.2%] 173.2%
          1981                           [157.5%] 165.2%
          1982                           [150.0%] 157.5%
          1983                           [142.7%] 150.0%
          1984                           [135.7%] 142.7%
          1985                           [128.8%] 135.7%
          1986                           [122.1%] 128.8%
          1987                           [115.7%] 122.1%
          1988                           [109.4%] 115.7%
          1989                           [103.3%] 109.4%
          1990                            [97.4%] 103.3%
          1991                            [91.6%] 97.4%

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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2013-A8484A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6467
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §208-f, Gen Muni L; amd §361-a, R & SS L

2013-A8484A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases certain special accidental death benefits paid to widows, widowers or the deceased member's children.

2013-A8484A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 8484--A

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 17, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by M. of A. MARKEY, SKOUFIS, JAFFEE, WEISENBERG, SIMANOWITZ,
  MOSLEY,   ZEBROWSKI,   COOK,   DenDEKKER,   SCARBOROUGH,    GOTTFRIED,
  BROOK-KRASNY,  RAMOS  -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. CAMARA, MAGEE,
  PERRY, RIVERA, SCHIMEL, SWEENEY, THIELE -- read once and  referred  to
  the  Committee on Governmental Employees -- committee discharged, bill
  amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
  tee

AN  ACT to amend the general municipal law and the retirement and social
  security law, in relation to  increasing  certain  special  accidental
  death benefits

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision c of section 208-f  of  the  general  municipal
law,  as  amended by chapter 196 of the laws of 2013, is amended to read
as follows:
  c. Commencing July first, two thousand [thirteen] FOURTEEN the special
accidental death benefit paid to a widow  or  widower  or  the  deceased
member's  children under the age of eighteen or, if a student, under the
age of twenty-three, if the widow or widower has died,  shall  be  esca-
lated  by  adding  thereto an additional percentage of the salary of the
deceased member (as increased pursuant to subdivision b of this section)
in accordance with the following schedule:
     calendar year of death
     of the deceased member              per centum
          1977 or prior                  [189.8%] 198.5%
          1978                           [181.4%] 189.8%
          1979                           [173.2%] 181.4%
          1980                           [165.2%] 173.2%
          1981                           [157.5%] 165.2%
          1982                           [150.0%] 157.5%
          1983                           [142.7%] 150.0%
          1984                           [135.7%] 142.7%
          1985                           [128.8%] 135.7%
          1986                           [122.1%] 128.8%

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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