Senate Bill S8950

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to allowing certain members of the New York city fire department pension fund to receive a membership date in such fund attributable to service in the title of police cadet program

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Civil Service And Pensions 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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2021-S8950 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8172
Current Committee:
Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §209-fff, Gen Muni L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S7128

2021-S8950 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to allowing certain members of the New York city fire department pension fund to receive a membership date in such fund attributable to service in the titles of police cadet program or police cadet program II in the New York city police department cadet program.

2021-S8950 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S8950 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8950
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 2, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  general  municipal law, in relation to allowing
   certain members of the New York city fire department pension  fund  to
   receive a membership date in the New York city fire department pension
   fund  attributable to service in the titles of police cadet program or
   police cadet program II in the New York city police  department  cadet
   program
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 209-fff of the general municipal law, as  added  by
 chapter 431 of the laws of 2019, is amended to read as follows:
   §  209-fff.  Provisions  relating to a membership date in the New York
 city police pension fund OR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT PENSION  FUND  attribut-
 able  to  service in the titles of police cadet program and police cadet
 program II in the New York city  police  department  cadet  program.  1.
 Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, upon election, any
 member  of  the  New  York city police pension fund OR THE NEW YORK CITY
 FIRE DEPARTMENT PENSION FUND who is subject to article fourteen  of  the
 retirement  and social security law, and who served in the New York city
 police department cadet program in the title of police cadet program  or
 police  cadet  program II prior to April first, two thousand twelve, but
 did not join the New York city employees' retirement system while  serv-
 ing  in either such title, may purchase credit for the period of service
 in such titles in the New York city police department cadet  program  by
 paying  into  the New York city police pension fund OR THE NEW YORK CITY
 FIRE DEPARTMENT PENSION FUND all member contributions plus interest,  at
 a  rate  of five percent per annum, which would have been payable to the
 New York city employees' retirement system under any  provision  of  law
 had such member joined the New York city employees' retirement system on
 the  earliest  date  that he or she was appointed to the title of police
 cadet program or police cadet program II in the  New  York  city  police
 department  cadet  program,  provided  such  payment is made within five
 years after the effective date of this section.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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