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Senate Bill S7598

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to defining the terms "retiree" and "beneficiary" within the freedom of information law

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2011-S7598 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9461
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Public Officers Law
Laws Affected:
Amd ยงยง86 & 89, Pub Off L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: S7614, A5171
2015-2016: S302, A3149
2017-2018: A3306
2019-2020: A4061
2021-2022: A5469

2011-S7598 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to defining the terms "retiree" and "beneficiary" within the freedom of information law.

2011-S7598 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S7598 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  7598

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 6, 2012
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Investigations and Govern-
  ment Operations

AN ACT to amend the public officers law, in  relation  to  defining  the
  terms  "retiree"  and  "beneficiary" within the freedom of information
  law

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

  Section  1. Section 86 of the public officers law is amended by adding
two new subdivisions 6 and 7 to read as follows:
  6. "RETIREE" MEANS A FORMER OFFICER OR  EMPLOYEE  OF  AN  AGENCY,  THE
STATE LEGISLATURE, OR THE JUDICIARY WHO WAS A MEMBER OF A PUBLIC RETIRE-
MENT  SYSTEM  OF THE STATE, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWEN-
TY-THREE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED ONE OF THE RETIREMENT AND SOCIAL  SECU-
RITY  LAW  AND IS RECEIVING, OR ENTITLED TO RECEIVE, A BENEFIT FROM SUCH
PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
  7. "BENEFICIARY" MEANS A PERSON DESIGNATED BY A MEMBER OR RETIREE OF A
PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE STATE TO  RECEIVE  RETIREMENT  OR  DEATH
BENEFITS FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF THE MEMBER OR RETIREE.
  S  2. Subdivision 7 of section 89 of the public officers law, as added
by chapter 783 of the laws of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
  7. Nothing in this article shall require the disclosure  of  the  home
address  of  an officer or employee, former officer or employee, or of a
retiree of a public [employees'] retirement system OF THE STATE, AS SUCH
TERM IS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY-THREE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED  ONE
OF  THE  RETIREMENT  AND SOCIAL SECURITY LAW; nor shall anything in this
article require the disclosure of the name or home address of a  benefi-
ciary  of  a public [employees'] retirement system OF THE STATE, AS SUCH
TERM IS DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY-THREE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED  ONE
OF  THE  RETIREMENT  AND  SOCIAL  SECURITY  LAW,  or of an applicant for
appointment to public employment; provided however, that nothing in this
subdivision shall limit or abridge the right of  an  employee  organiza-
tion,  certified or recognized for any collective negotiating unit of an
employer pursuant to article fourteen  of  the  civil  service  law,  to

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

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