BILL NUMBER:A10920
TITLE OF BILL: An act to provide temporary retirement incentive for
certain public employees
PURPOSE OF THE BILL: To extend the recently enacted "55/25" early
retirement granted to teachers -to school administration.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS OF THE BILL: Section 1 of the bill describes the
purpose of the bill.
Sections 2 of the bill would set forth legislative findings.
Section 3 of the bill would define relevant terms. In particular, an
"eligible employee" is defined as a principal, vice-principal, supervi-
sor, supervisory principal, director, superintendent or an administra-
tive officer with similar duties and responsibilities enrolled with New
York State United Teachers (NYSUT). A "participating employer" is
defined as an educational employer, the State University of New York
(SONY) or a community college.
Section 4 of the bill would provide that an eligible employee in an
eligible title who has been in continuous service from February 1, 2010
to the date prior to the commencement date of the open period provided
for by this bill would be eligible for a service retirement in accord-
ance with section 5 of the bill.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10920
I N A S S E M B L Y
April 30, 2010
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Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, CALHOUN -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Governmental Employees
AN ACT to provide temporary retirement incentive for certain public
employees
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. This act enacts into law components of legislation that
would establish an age 55/25 temporary incentive for certain public
employees.
S 2. Legislative findings. The legislature finds and declares that the
retirement benefit for certain public employees who are above age 55 and
with 25 years of service provided for in this act is intended only to be
temporary in nature for employees who are eligible to receive and quali-
fy for the applicable benefit during the applicable time periods speci-
fied in this act. Further, nothing in this act shall be construed to
create an expectation of a future or continuing retirement benefit for
any public employee who is not eligible to receive and qualify for the
retirement benefits herein during the applicable time periods.
S 3. Definitions. As used in this act, unless the context clearly
requires otherwise:
(a) "Retirement system" means the New York state and local employees'
retirement system and the New York state teachers' retirement system.
(b) "Teachers' retirement system" means the New York state teachers'
retirement system.
(c) "Participating employer" means a public school district or board
of cooperative educational services district.
(d) "Educational employer" means a participating employer which is a
school district, a board of cooperative educational services, a voca-
tional education and extension board, an institution for the instruction
of the deaf and of the blind as enumerated in section 4201 of the educa-
tion law, or a school district as enumerated in section 1 of chapter 566
of the laws of 1967, as amended; who employ members who hold positions
represented by the recognized collective bargaining units affiliated
with the New York state united teachers employee organization who
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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