Senate Bill S7614

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Relates to defining the terms "retiree" and "beneficiary" within the freedom of information law

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Investigations And Government Operations Committee

  • 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-S7614 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5171
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§86 & 89, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2011-2012: S7598, A9461
2015-2016: S302, A3149
2017-2018: A3306
2019-2020: A4061
2021-2022: A5469

2013-S7614 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to defining the terms "retiree" and "beneficiary" within the freedom of information law.

2013-S7614 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S7614 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7614

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 15, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced by Sen. ESPAILLAT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
  ment Operations

AN  ACT  to  amend  the public officers law, in relation to defining the
  terms "retiree" and "beneficiary" within the  freedom  of  information
  law

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

  Section 1. Section 86 of the public officers law is amended by  adding
two new subdivisions 6 and 7 to read as follows:
  6.  "RETIREE"  MEANS  A  FORMER  OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE OF AN AGENCY, THE
STATE LEGISLATURE, OR THE JUDICIARY WHO WAS A MEMBER OF A PUBLIC RETIRE-
MENT SYSTEM OF THE STATE, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN  SUBDIVISION  TWEN-
TY-THREE  OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED ONE OF THE RETIREMENT AND SOCIAL SECU-
RITY LAW AND IS RECEIVING, OR ENTITLED TO RECEIVE, A BENEFIT  FROM  SUCH
PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
  7. "BENEFICIARY" MEANS A PERSON DESIGNATED BY A MEMBER OR RETIREE OF A
PUBLIC  RETIREMENT  SYSTEM  OF  THE STATE TO RECEIVE RETIREMENT OR DEATH
BENEFITS FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF THE MEMBER OR RETIREE.
  S 2. Subdivision 7 of section 89 of the public officers law, as  added
by chapter 783 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
  7.  Nothing  in  this article shall require the disclosure of the home
address of an officer or employee, former officer or employee, or  of  a
retiree of a public [employees'] retirement system OF THE STATE, AS SUCH
TERM  IS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY-THREE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED ONE
OF THE RETIREMENT AND SOCIAL SECURITY LAW; nor shall  anything  in  this
article  require the disclosure of the name or home address of a benefi-
ciary of a public [employees'] retirement system OF THE STATE,  AS  SUCH
TERM  IS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY-THREE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED ONE
OF THE RETIREMENT AND SOCIAL  SECURITY  LAW,  or  of  an  applicant  for
appointment to public employment; provided however, that nothing in this
subdivision  shall  limit  or abridge the right of an employee organiza-
tion, certified or recognized for any collective negotiating unit of  an
employer  pursuant  to  article  fourteen  of  the civil service law, to

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

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