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Assembly Bill A10129

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Permits members of N.Y. state teachers' retirement system and N.Y. city teachers' retirement system to claim retirement credit for certain service in another state

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2011-A10129 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §509, Ed L; amd §§446, 513 & 609, R & SS L; amd §13-505, NYC Ad Cd

2011-A10129 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Permits members of the New York state teachers' retirement system and the New York city teachers' retirement system to claim up to 10 years of retirement credit for certain prior service as a teacher in another state; provides that no such credit will be granted for service for which the member is receiving or is entitled to receive a benefit pursuant to another retirement system.

2011-A10129 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  10129

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 9, 2012
                               ___________

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

AN  ACT  to  amend the education law, the retirement and social security
  law and the administrative code of the city of New York,  in  relation
  to  permitting  members of the New York state and New York city teach-
  ers' retirement systems to claim retirement credit for certain service
  as a teacher in another state

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

  Section  1.  Subdivision  2  of  section  509  of the education law is
amended by adding a new paragraph d to read as follows:
  D. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, A MEMBER SHALL BE ENTI-
TLED TO OBTAIN CREDIT FOR UP TO TEN YEARS OF  SERVICE  RENDERED  IN  THE
EMPLOY  OF  ANOTHER  STATE, WHICH WOULD CONSTITUTE SERVICE AS A TEACHER,
HAD IT BEEN PERFORMED WITHIN NEW YORK STATE FOR AN EMPLOYER  SUBJECT  TO
THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  ARTICLE. THE CREDITING OF SERVICE PURSUANT TO
THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL BE IN ACCORDANCE  WITH  RULES  AND  REGULATIONS  AS
SHALL  BE  ADOPTED BY THE RETIREMENT BOARD, PROVIDED THAT SUCH RULES AND
REGULATIONS SHALL BE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUIVALENT TO  THE  RULES  AND  REGU-
LATIONS  OTHERWISE  APPLICABLE  FOR THE CREDITING OF SERVICE PURSUANT TO
THIS SECTION. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, NO SUCH CREDIT SHALL BE ALLOWED FOR ANY
SERVICE FOR WHICH THE PERSON IS RECEIVING A BENEFIT OR WILL BE  ENTITLED
TO  RECEIVE  A  BENEFIT  AT  ANY  FUTURE  TIME FROM SOME OTHER PUBLIC OR
PRIVATE RETIREMENT SYSTEM OR PLAN, IN THIS STATE, IN ANY OTHER STATE  OR
FROM  THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.  NOTHING IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL AUTHORIZE
OR REQUIRE THE SYSTEM TO CREDIT SERVICE WHERE NOT PERMITTED  BY  SECTION
415 (N) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED.
  S  2. Section 446 of the retirement and social security law is amended
by adding a new subdivision k to read as follows:
  K. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, A MEMBER OF A TEACHERS'
RETIREMENT SYSTEM SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF  THIS  ARTICLE  SHALL  BE
ENTITLED TO OBTAIN CREDIT FOR UP TO TEN YEARS OF SERVICE RENDERED IN THE
EMPLOY  OF  ANOTHER  STATE, WHICH WOULD CONSTITUTE SERVICE AS A TEACHER,
HAD IT BEEN PERFORMED WITHIN NEW YORK STATE FOR AN EMPLOYER  SUBJECT  TO

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

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