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Assembly Bill A9985

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to providing certain accidental disability retirement benefits for fire marshals

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2009-A9985 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7076
Current Committee:
Assembly Ways And Means
Law Section:
Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:
Add ยง605-d, R & SS L

2009-A9985 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides accidental disability retirement benefits equal to three-quarters of the final average salary for chief fire marshals, assistant fire marshals, division supervising fire marshals, supervising fire marshals, fire marshals and fire marshal trainees.

2009-A9985 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-A9985 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  9985

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 23, 2010
                               ___________

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

AN  ACT  to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
  providing accidental disability retirement  benefits  for  chief  fire
  marshals, assistant fire marshals, division supervising fire marshals,
  supervising fire marshals, fire marshals and fire marshal trainees

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

  Section 1. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding
a new section 605-d to read as follows:
  S 605-D. ACCIDENTAL DISABILITY RETIREMENT  FOR  CHIEF  FIRE  MARSHALS,
ASSISTANT FIRE MARSHALS, DIVISION SUPERVISING FIRE MARSHALS, SUPERVISING
FIRE  MARSHALS,  FIRE  MARSHALS  AND  FIRE MARSHAL TRAINEES. A. A MEMBER
EMPLOYED AS A CHIEF  FIRE  MARSHAL,  ASSISTANT  FIRE  MARSHAL,  DIVISION
SUPERVISING FIRE MARSHAL, SUPERVISING FIRE MARSHAL, FIRE MARSHAL OR FIRE
MARSHAL TRAINEE SHALL BE ENTITLED TO AN ACCIDENTAL DISABILITY RETIREMENT
ALLOWANCE IF, AT THE TIME APPLICATION THEREFOR IS FILED, SUCH MEMBER IS:
  1. PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY INCAPACITATED FOR PERFORMANCE OF DUTY AS THE
NATURAL AND PROXIMATE RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT, NOT CAUSED BY HIS OWN WILL-
FUL NEGLIGENCE, SUSTAINED IN SUCH SERVICE AND WHILE ACTUALLY A MEMBER OF
THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AND
  2.  ACTUALLY  IN  SERVICE  UPON  WHICH HIS OR HER MEMBERSHIP IS BASED.
HOWEVER, IN A CASE WHERE A MEMBER IS DISCONTINUED  FROM  SERVICE  SUBSE-
QUENT TO THE ACCIDENT, EITHER VOLUNTARILY OR INVOLUNTARILY, AND PROVIDED
THAT THE MEMBER MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF PARAGRAPH ONE OF THIS SUBDIVI-
SION,  APPLICATION  MAY  BE MADE EITHER (A) BY A VESTED MEMBER INCAPACI-
TATED AS THE RESULT OF A QUALIFYING  WORLD  TRADE  CENTER  CONDITION  AS
DEFINED  IN  SECTION  TWO  OF THIS CHAPTER AT ANY TIME, OR (B) NOT LATER
THAN TWO YEARS AFTER THE MEMBER IS FIRST DISCONTINUED FROM SERVICE.
  B. APPLICATION FOR AN ACCIDENTAL DISABILITY RETIREMENT  ALLOWANCE  FOR
SUCH A MEMBER MAY BE MADE BY:
  1. SUCH MEMBER; OR
  2. THE HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT IN WHICH SUCH MEMBER IS EMPLOYED; OR
  3. ANY PERSON ACTING ON BEHALF OF AND AUTHORIZED BY SUCH MEMBER.

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

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