Senate Bill S7416

Signed By Governor
2011-2012 Legislative Session

Authorizes the city of Gloversville to offer an optional twenty year retirement plan to certain firefighters employed by such city

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2011-S7416 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10164
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Retirement

2011-S7416 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the city of Gloversville to offer an optional twenty year retirement plan to certain firefighters employed by such city.

2011-S7416 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S7416 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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    S. 7416                                                 A. 10164

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                              May 10, 2012
                               ___________

IN  SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. FARLEY -- read twice and ordered print-
  ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service
  and Pensions

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

AN  ACT to allow Thomas Mellis and Josh Frye to join the optional twenty
  year retirement plan, city of Gloversville, county of Fulton

  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,
the  city  of  Gloversville,  in  the  county of Fulton, a participating
employer in the New York state and  local  police  and  fire  retirement
system,  which  previously  elected  to  offer  the optional twenty year
retirement plan, established pursuant to section 384-d of the retirement
and social security law, to firefighters employed by such city, is here-
by authorized to make participation in such  plan  available  to  Thomas
Mellis and Josh Frye, firefighters employed by the city of Gloversville,
who, for reasons not ascribable to their own negligence failed to make a
timely  application  to participate in such optional twenty year retire-
ment plan. Thereafter, Thomas Mellis and Josh  Frye,  may  elect  to  be
covered  by the provisions of section 384-d of the retirement and social
security law, and shall be entitled to  the  full  rights  and  benefits
associated with coverage under such section, by filing a request to that
effect with the state comptroller on or before December 31, 2012.
  S   2.  All  past  service  costs  associated  with  implementing  the
provisions of this act shall be borne by the city  of  Gloversville  and
may be amortized over a period of five years.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
  FISCAL NOTE.-- Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
  This  bill  will allow the City of Gloversville to elect to reopen the
provisions of Section 384-d of the Retirement and  Social  Security  Law
for firefighters Thomas J. Mellis and Joshua T. Frye.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD15767-02-2
              

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