| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 06, 2010 |
referred to civil service and pensions |
| Oct 14, 2009 |
referred to rules |
Senate Bill S6217
2009-2010 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Civil Service And Pensions Committee
Actions
2009-S6217 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Civil Service And Pensions
- Law Section:
- Retirement and Social Security Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §§1000, 78-a & 378-a, R & SS L; amd §532-a, Ed L; amd §13-696, NYC Ad Cd
2009-S6217 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Provides for application to be made for supplemental military retirement allowance by certain members of public retirement systems; gives retired veterans a supplemental pension, payable for the life of the retired member only, based upon their first $15,000 of single life allowance by allowing additional benefits up to three years of service credit for military service performed during certain periods of military conflict.
2009-S6217 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6217
TITLE OF BILL :
An act to amend the retirement and social security law, the education
law and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation
to supplemental military retirement allowances for members of public
retirement systems of the state
PURPOSE :
This bill would provide veterans who have retired from public service
in the state with a veterans pension benefit similar to that which
active veteran public employees are entitled to receive.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :
Section 1 amends section 304 of the military law to specifically
include the minor dependent of a military member as possessing the
same rights their parent or guardian possesses in terms of staying
judicial proceedings.
JUSTIFICATION :
This bill would:
* Provide that a member of a public retirement system of the State who
retired prior to December 21, 1998 may make application to the
retirement system for a supplemental military allowance;
2009-S6217 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
6217
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
October 14, 2009
___________
Introduced by Sen. VALESKY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, the education
law and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation
to supplemental military retirement allowances for members of public
retirement systems of the state
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 1000 of the retirement and social security law is
amended by adding a new subdivision 8-a to read as follows:
8-A. A PERSON WHO RETIRED PRIOR TO DECEMBER TWENTY-FIRST, NINETEEN
HUNDRED NINETY-EIGHT AND WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN ENTITLED TO THE PROVISIONS
OF THIS SECTION, MAY MAKE APPLICATION TO SUCH RETIREMENT SYSTEM NO LATER
THAN DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN FOR A SUPPLEMENTAL MILI-
TARY RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION. THE SUPPLE-
MENTAL RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE PROVIDED BY THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL BE IN
LIEU OF ANY BENEFIT OTHERWISE PROVIDED PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION AND ANY
CREDIT GRANTED FOR MILITARY SERVICE WITH ANY RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THIS
STATE PURSUANT TO ANY OTHER SECTION OF LAW. UPON RECEIPT OF AN APPLICA-
TION, THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM SHALL DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF SERVICE CREDIT
SUCH PERSON WOULD HAVE BEEN ENTITLED TO RECEIVE PURSUANT TO SUBDIVISIONS
ONE AND TWO OF THIS SECTION, SUBJECT TO THE LIMITATIONS CONTAINED IN
THIS SECTION. THE SUPPLEMENTAL MILITARY RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE SHALL EQUAL
THE RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE OF SUCH PERSON, COMPUTED WITHOUT OPTIONAL
MODIFICATION AND NOT TO EXCEED FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS, MULTIPLIED BY
TWENTY-FIVE ONE HUNDREDTHS OF ONE PERCENT PER MONTH OF THE SERVICE CRED-
IT AS DETERMINED PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION. ONE-TWELFTH OF THE
SUPPLEMENTAL MILITARY RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE SHALL BE ADDED TO THE RETIRE-
MENT ALLOWANCE OF SUCH PERSON EACH MONTH. THE BENEFIT PAYABLE PURSUANT
TO THIS SECTION SHALL COMMENCE ON THE NEXT RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE PAYABLE
AT LEAST THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE RECEIPT OF AN APPLICATION FROM SUCH
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD14854-01-9
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