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Senate Bill S5263

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Authorizes Beth Barsamian to receive an ordinary death benefit of her daughter, Lauren Barsamian

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2009-S5263 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1598
Current Committee:
Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:
Retirement

2009-S5263 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes Beth Barsamian to receive an ordinary death benefit of her daughter, Lauren Barsamian; provides for the transfer of the daughter's service in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to the New York state teachers' retirement system.

2009-S5263 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-S5263 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  5263

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 27, 2009
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to authorize Beth Barsamian to receive an ordinary death  benefit
  of her daughter, Lauren Barsamian

  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,
Beth Barsamian shall be hereby eligible to receive  the  ordinary  death
benefit  calculated pursuant to section 606 of the retirement and social
security law on account of the death of her daughter, Lauren  Barsamian,
registration  number  40537649, who died in a tragic accident on October
8, 2005, while employed by the East Ramapo School District, a member  of
the  New  York  state  teachers'  retirement system, and for reasons not
ascribable to Lauren Barsamian's own negligence, and  as  such  did  not
afford  death  coverage  to  her  mother  and  family. Beth Barsamian is
further authorized to transfer the prior service credit of Lauren Barsa-
mian in the New York state and local employees' retirement  system,  who
was employed from September 2002 through August 2005 as a teacher at the
St.  Joseph's School for the Deaf, an employer which participates in the
New York state and local employees' retirement system, to the  New  York
state  teachers'  retirement  system  which  Lauren  Barsamian joined in
September 2005, if on or before December 31, 2009, she files an applica-
tion therefor with the state comptroller. Such transfer shall be  deemed
to have taken effect on the beginning date of Lauren Barsamian's employ-
ment with the New York state teachers' retirement system.
  Transfer  of  Lauren Barsamian's prior service credit shall be made by
the New York state and local employees' retirement  system  to  the  New
York state teachers' retirement system upon notification from the latter
retirement  system to the former retirement system that Lauren Barsamian
would have met all of the requirements, had she been alive.  There shall

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD02256-01-9

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