Assembly Bill A8402A

Vetoed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to transfer of retirement membership for certain employees

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

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Bill Amendments

2017-A8402 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6435
Law Section:
Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:
Add §618, R & SS L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A8008, A9853, S6110, S8696
2021-2022: A4460

2017-A8402 - Summary

Relates to transfer of retirement membership for certain employees of SUNY within the professional, scientific and technical bargaining unit.

2017-A8402 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8402
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 13, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Employees
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
   transfer of retirement membership for certain employees of SUNY within
   the professional, scientific and technical bargaining unit

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding
 a new section 618 to read as follows:
   § 618. TRANSFER OF MEMBERSHIP INTO NEW YORK STATE AND LOCAL EMPLOYEES'
 RETIREMENT SYSTEM. A. DEFINITIONS. WHENEVER USED IN THIS SECTION:
   1.  THE  TERM  "ELIGIBLE  EMPLOYEE"  SHALL MEAN A PERSON WHO AS OF THE
 EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION IS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF
 NEW YORK IN A POSITION WITHIN THE PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL
 BARGAINING UNIT AND WHO IS, AS OF SAID EFFECTIVE DATE, A MEMBER  OF  THE
 OPTIONAL  RETIREMENT  PROGRAM  AND  WHO  IS A REGISTERED NURSE WHO FIRST
 BECAME AN EMPLOYEE OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK  AT  STONY  BROOK
 HOSPITAL  ON  A  DATE BETWEEN JANUARY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED NINETY-SIX
 AND DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED NINETY-NINE AND WHO IS STILL
 EMPLOYED BY THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AS OF THE DATE SAID EMPLOY-
 EE FILES AN APPLICATION PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION B OF THIS SECTION;
   2. THE TERM "OPTIONAL RETIREMENT  PROGRAM"  SHALL  MEAN  THE  OPTIONAL
 RETIREMENT PROGRAM ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE EIGHT-B OF THE EDUCA-
 TION LAW.
   B.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, AN ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE
 SHALL BE ALLOWED TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE  NEW  YORK  STATE  AND  LOCAL
 EMPLOYEES'  RETIREMENT SYSTEM BY FILING AN APPLICATION WITH SAID RETIRE-
 MENT SYSTEM NO LATER THAN DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND EIGHTEEN.
   C. AN ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE WHO FILES AN APPLICATION TO BECOME A MEMBER OF
 THE NEW YORK STATE AND  LOCAL  EMPLOYEES'  RETIREMENT  SYSTEM  SHALL  BE
 DEEMED  TO  BE A MEMBER OF THAT RETIREMENT SYSTEM WITH A DATE OF MEMBER-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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2017-A8402A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6435
Law Section:
Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:
Add §618, R & SS L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A8008, A9853, S6110, S8696
2021-2022: A4460

2017-A8402A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to transfer of retirement membership for certain employees of SUNY within the professional, scientific and technical bargaining unit.

2017-A8402A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8402--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 13, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Governmental  Employees -- recommitted to the Committee on Govern-
   mental Operations in accordance  with  Assembly  Rule  3,  sec.  2  --
   committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
   recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in  relation  to
   transfer of retirement membership for certain employees of SUNY within
   the professional, scientific and technical bargaining unit
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding
 a new section 618 to read as follows:
   § 618. TRANSFER OF MEMBERSHIP INTO NEW YORK STATE AND LOCAL EMPLOYEES'
 RETIREMENT SYSTEM. A. DEFINITIONS. WHENEVER USED IN THIS SECTION:
   1. THE TERM "ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE" SHALL MEAN A  PERSON  WHO  AS  OF  THE
 EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION IS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF
 NEW YORK IN A POSITION WITHIN THE PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL
 BARGAINING  UNIT  AND WHO IS, AS OF SAID EFFECTIVE DATE, A MEMBER OF THE
 OPTIONAL RETIREMENT PROGRAM AND WHO IS  A  REGISTERED  NURSE  WHO  FIRST
 BECAME  AN  EMPLOYEE  OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT STONY BROOK
 HOSPITAL ON A DATE BETWEEN JANUARY FIRST,  NINETEEN  HUNDRED  NINETY-SIX
 AND DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED NINETY-NINE AND WHO IS STILL
 EMPLOYED BY THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AS OF THE DATE SAID EMPLOY-
 EE FILES AN APPLICATION PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISION B OF THIS SECTION;
   2.  THE  TERM  "OPTIONAL  RETIREMENT  PROGRAM" SHALL MEAN THE OPTIONAL
 RETIREMENT PROGRAM ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE EIGHT-B OF THE EDUCA-
 TION LAW.
   B. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW,  AN  ELIGIBLE  EMPLOYEE
 SHALL  BE  ALLOWED  TO  BECOME  A MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK STATE AND LOCAL
 EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM BY FILING AN APPLICATION WITH SAID  RETIRE-
 MENT SYSTEM NO LATER THAN DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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