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Assembly Bill A8812

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes the New York teachers' retirement system to consider an application for disability retirement benefits from Cynthia Spagnuolo

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2009-A8812 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Retirement

2009-A8812 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the New York state teachers' retirement system to consider an application for disability retirement benefits from Cynthia Spagnuolo as if such application had been filed in a timely manner.

2009-A8812 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-A8812 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  8812

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              June 10, 2009
                               ___________

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

AN  ACT  to  authorize the New York state teachers' retirement system to
  accept and consider an application for disability retirement  benefits
  from Cynthia Spagnuolo

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of section 511 of the  educa-
tion  law  to  the  contrary,  the application for disability retirement
benefits from the New York state teachers' retirement system to be filed
by Cynthia Spagnuolo, who joined such retirement system on September  1,
1991,  who  was  employed  as  a teacher by the Central Islip union free
school district during the 2002-2003 school year, who while  engaged  in
her  duties as a teacher during such employment suffered permanent disa-
bling injuries, and who terminated her  employment  on  June  30,  2003,
shall  be  considered by the governing body of the New York state teach-
ers' retirement system as if such application had been filed in a timely
manner.
  S 2. Any application authorized by this act shall be filed by  Cynthia
Spagnuolo within 12 months of the effective date of this act.
  S 3. Any disability retirement benefits to which Cynthia Spagnuolo may
be  entitled  upon  approval  of  an  application  submitted pursuant to
section one of this act, shall be deemed to have commenced on and  after
June 30, 2003.
  S 4. All costs associated with implementing the provisions of this act
shall be borne by the New York state teachers' retirement system.
  S 5. This act shall take effect immediately.
  FISCAL NOTE.--This bill would allow Cynthia Spagnuolo, a vested member
of the New York State Teachers' Retirement System, who was last employed
by  the  Central  Islip School District during the 2002-2003 school year
and suffered permanent disabling injuries while engaged in her  teaching

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11994-03-9

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