Assembly Bill A6438

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Provides for certain death benefits to correction officers, correction officer-sergeants, correction officer-captains, assistant wardens, associate wardens or wardens employed by Westchester county

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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
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2023-A6438 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §89-e, add §606-c, R & SS L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A9670

2023-A6438 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for certain death benefits to correction officers, correction officer-sergeants, correction officer-captains, assistant wardens, associate wardens or wardens employed by Westchester county.

2023-A6438 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6438
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 10, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Employees
 
 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in  relation  to
   providing  certain  death  benefits to correction officers, correction
   officer-sergeants,  correction  officer-captains,  assistant  wardens,
   associate wardens or wardens employed by Westchester county
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 89-e of the retirement and social security  law  is
 amended by adding a new subdivision k to read as follows:
   K.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  PROVISION  OF  LAW  TO THE CONTRARY, WHERE A
 CORRECTION OFFICER WOULD HAVE BEEN ENTITLED TO RETIRE PURSUANT  TO  THIS
 SECTION  AT  THE  TIME  OF  HIS  OR HER DEATH AND WHERE HIS OR HER DEATH
 OCCURS ON OR AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF  TWO
 THOUSAND  TWENTY-THREE  THAT  ADDED THIS SUBDIVISION, THE BENEFICIARY OR
 BENEFICIARIES MAY ELECT TO RECEIVE, IN A LUMP  SUM,  AN  AMOUNT  PAYABLE
 WHICH  SHALL BE EQUAL TO THE PENSION RESERVE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ESTAB-
 LISHED HAD THE MEMBER RETIRED ON THE DATE OF HIS OR HER  DEATH,  OR  THE
 VALUE  OF THE DEATH BENEFIT AND THE RESERVE-FOR-INCREASED-TAKE-HOME-PAY,
 IF ANY, WHICHEVER IS GREATER.
   § 2. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding a new
 section 606-c to read as follows:
   § 606-C. DEATH BENEFITS FOR CORRECTION OFFICERS EMPLOYED BY  WESTCHES-
 TER  COUNTY.  A.  AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE TERM "CORRECTION OFFICER"
 SHALL MEAN A  PERSON  EMPLOYED  BY  THE  WESTCHESTER  COUNTY  CORRECTION
 DEPARTMENT  WITH  A TITLE OF CORRECTION OFFICER, CORRECTION OFFICER-SER-
 GEANT, CORRECTION OFFICER-CAPTAIN, ASSISTANT WARDEN, ASSOCIATE WARDEN OR
 WARDEN.
   B. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF  LAW  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  WHERE  A
 CORRECTION  OFFICER  WOULD  HAVE  BEEN  ENTITLED TO A SERVICE RETIREMENT
 BENEFIT AT THE TIME OF HIS OR HER DEATH  AND  WHERE  HIS  OR  HER  DEATH
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01825-02-3
              

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