S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10181
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 16, 2016
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Introduced by M. of A. RUSSELL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Governmental Employees
AN ACT to authorize Peter G. LaSala to elect to participate in the
optional twenty-year retirement plan for police officers employed by
the village of Potsdam in the county of St. Lawrence
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 village of Potsdam, in the county of St. Lawrence, 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 police officers employed by such village, is
hereby authorized to make participation in such plan available to Peter
G. LaSala, a police officer employed by such village, who, for reasons
not ascribable to his own negligence, failed to make a timely applica-
tion to participate in such optional twenty-year retirement plan. There-
after, Peter G. LaSala 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 as well as section 384-e of such law, by filing a request
to that effect with the state comptroller on or before December 31,
2016.
S 2. All past service costs associated with implementing the
provisions of this act shall be borne by the village of Potsdam and may
be paid over a period of ten years.
S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15322-01-6
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