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Assembly Bill A7356

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes Peter Herrera to transfer certain prior service credit to the New York state and local employees' retirement system

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2009-A7356 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Retirement

2009-A7356 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes Peter Herrera to transfer certain prior service credit to the New York state and local employees' retirement system.

2009-A7356 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7356

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 31, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  McDONOUGH  --  read once and referred to the
  Committee on Governmental Employees

AN ACT to authorize Peter Herrera  to  transfer  certain  prior  service
  credit to the New York state and local employees' retirement system

  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,
Peter Herrera, who is currently employed with the Port Authority of  New
York  and is a member of the New York state and local employees' retire-
ment system and who was employed by the Long Island Rail Road, a subsid-
iary of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, from June 5, 1984  to
January 23, 1998 and who was a member of such retirement system is here-
by  authorized  to  transfer his membership in such retirement system to
the New York state and local employees'  retirement  system,  if  on  or
before December 31, 2009 he files an application therefor with the state
comptroller.    Such transfer shall take effect on the date the applica-
tion is received by the comptroller.  Upon such transfer, Peter  Herrera
shall  be deemed to have become a member of the New York state and local
employees' retirement system on June 5, 1984 and shall cease  all  enti-
tlement to receive retirement benefits from the retirement system of the
Long  Island  Rail Road, a subsidiary of the Metropolitan Transportation
Authority.
  Transfer of the amount of Peter Herrera's  pension  reserve  shall  be
made  by  the  Long  Island  Rail Road retirement system to the New York
state and local employees' retirement system upon notification from  the
latter  retirement  system  to  the  former retirement system that Peter
Herrera has met all the requirements of this act.
  Furthermore and notwithstanding any other  provision  of  law  to  the
contrary, Peter Herrera shall be authorized to receive service credit in
the  New  York  state  and  local  employees' retirement system for such
employment.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD08770-03-9

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