Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Oct 26, 2015 |
signed chap.383 |
Oct 14, 2015 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 18, 2015 |
returned to assembly passed senate home rule request substituted for s4397 |
Jun 18, 2015 |
substituted by a6569 |
May 27, 2015 |
advanced to third reading |
May 20, 2015 |
2nd report cal. |
May 19, 2015 |
1st report cal.836 |
Mar 18, 2015 |
referred to local government |
Senate Bill S4397
Signed By Governor2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status Via A6569 - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
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2015-S4397 (ACTIVE) - Details
2015-S4397 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S4397 TITLE OF BILL: An act to authorize the city of Mount Vernon, in the county of Westchester, to offer certain retirement options to Christopher Grieco, Wendell Griffin, Patsy Leone and Jeremy Villanueva, police officers employed by such city PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To reopen the provisions of section 384-d of the retirement and social security law for 4 police officers in the City of Mount Vernon. JUSTIFICATION: Due to an oversight by the Department of Public Safety, the 4 officers were placed into the 375-i plan of the retirement system instead of the 384-d plan. The officers were not able to fix the error within the allowed time frame of one year. As such, legislation will be enacted to allow the officers to be placed in the desired plan. PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: A10849A 2009/2010 referred to governmental employees. FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
2015-S4397 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4397 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E March 18, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. HASSELL-THOMPSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Local Government AN ACT to authorize the city of Mount Vernon, in the county of Westches- ter, to offer certain retirement options to Christopher Grieco, Wendell Griffin, Patsy Leone and Jeremy Villanueva, police officers employed by such city THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the city of Mount Vernon, in the county of Westchester, a participating employer in the New York state and local police and fire retirement system, which previously elected to offer the optional retirement plan established pursuant to section 384-d of the retirement and social secu- rity law to police officers employed by such city, is hereby authorized to make participation in such plan available to Christopher Grieco, Wendell Griffin, Patsy Leone and Jeremy Villanueva, police officers employed by the city of Mount Vernon, who, on the effective date of this act are covered under the provisions of section 375-i of the retirement and social security law, and who, for reasons not ascribable to their own negligence failed to make a timely application to participate in such optional retirement plan. The city of Mount Vernon may so elect by filing with the state comptroller, on or before June 30, 2016, a resol- ution of its legislative body together with certification that any such police officer did not bar himself or herself from participation in such retirement plan as a result of his or her own negligence. Thereafter, any such police officer may elect to be covered by the provisions of section 384-d of the retirement and social security law, and shall be entitled to the full rights and benefits associated with coverage under such section, by filing a request to that effect with the state comp- troller on or before June 30, 2016. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05364-04-5
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