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Senate Bill S3166

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Allows peace officers employed by the NYSUCS to retire without benefit reduction due to early retirement upon attainment of age 50 and 25 years of service

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2009-S3166 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:
Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง75-h, 442, 503 & 603, R & SS L

2009-S3166 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Allows peace officers employed by the unified court system to retire without benefit reduction due to early retirement upon attainment of age 50 and completion of 25 years of service.

2009-S3166 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S3166 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  3166

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 12, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions

AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in  relation  to
  service retirement benefits for peace officers employed by the unified
  court system

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

  Section 1. Section 75-h of the retirement and social security  law  is
amended by adding a new subdivision h to read as follows:
  H.  A  MEMBER  WHO  IS  A  PEACE OFFICER EMPLOYED BY THE UNIFIED COURT
SYSTEM MAY RETIRE WITHOUT REDUCTION OF HIS  OR  HER  RETIREMENT  BENEFIT
UPON HIS OR HER ATTAINMENT OF AT LEAST FIFTY YEARS OF AGE AND COMPLETION
OF TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE.
  S 2. Paragraph 1 of subdivision b of section 442 of the retirement and
social  security  law, as amended by chapter 306 of the laws of 1996, is
amended to read as follows:
  1. A member who is [a peace officer  employed  by  the  unified  court
system  or] a member of a teacher's retirement system or a member of the
New York state and local employees' retirement system may retire without
reduction of his OR HER retirement benefit upon his OR HER attainment of
at least fifty-five years of age and completion of thirty or more  years
of service; and
  S 3. Subdivision b of section 442 of the retirement and social securi-
ty law is amended by adding a new paragraph 5 to read as follows:
  5.  A  MEMBER  WHO  IS  A  PEACE OFFICER EMPLOYED BY THE UNIFIED COURT
SYSTEM MAY RETIRE WITHOUT REDUCTION OF HIS  OR  HER  RETIREMENT  BENEFIT
UPON HIS OR HER ATTAINMENT OF AT LEAST FIFTY YEARS OF AGE AND COMPLETION
OF TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE.
  S 4. Subdivision a of section 503 of the retirement and social securi-
ty  law,  as  amended  by chapter 662 of the laws of 1988, is amended to
read as follows:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07029-01-9

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