| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Feb 22, 2016 |
referred to civil service and pensions |
Senate Bill S6781
2015-2016 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Civil Service And Pensions Committee
Actions
2015-S6781 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A7953
- Current Committee:
- Senate Civil Service And Pensions
- Law Section:
- Retirement
- Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
-
S5849, A6318
2015-S6781 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6781
TITLE OF BILL : An act authorizing the widow of Robert A. Serroen to
change his retirement option
PURPOSE : This bill will permit Gina M. Serroen, the widow of Robert
A. Serroen, to change the retirement option of her husband.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS : This bill provides that Gina M. Serroen, the
widow of Robert A. Serroen, would be eligible to change the retirement
option of her husband. Section two of this bill would provide that the
costs associated with the act would be borne by the County of Nassau.
Section three provides that the act would take effect immediately and
be deemed to have been in full force and effect on and after December
17, 2011, the date of Robert A. Serroen's death.
JUSTIFICATION : This act is designed to provide financial assistance
to the widow of Robert A. Serroen, who retired from the Nassau County
Sheriffs Department on December 17, 2011 following many years of
dedicated service and died suddenly on May 12, 2013 at the age of 56,
a mere 17 months after his retirement. At the time of his retirement,
Mr. Serroen was caring for two daughters living at home, his elderly
mother, and his disabled brother who was living next door. Mr.
Serroen initially selected the Pop Up/Joint Allowance - 25% option
(providing for a 25% death benefit to the surviving spouse), but
planned to change it within the 30-day period for changing an option
2015-S6781 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
6781
I N S E N A T E
February 22, 2016
___________
Introduced by Sen. MARCELLINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and
when printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and
Pensions
AN ACT authorizing the widow of Robert A. Serroen to change his retire-
ment option
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,
Gina M. Serroen, the widow of Robert A. Serroen, who was employed by the
Nassau County Sheriff's Department and was retired from the New York
state and local employees' retirement system effective December 17,
2011, and for reasons not ascribable to his own negligence failed to
change his retirement option selection prior to the expiration of thirty
days following the date of payability of his retirement allowance, shall
be authorized to file such option election form on behalf of her
deceased husband to a joint allowance full option, if within one year
from the effective date of this act, she files a written request to that
effect with the state comptroller.
S 2. The costs associated with implementing the provisions of this act
shall be borne by the County of Nassau.
S 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall be deemed to
have been in full force and effect on and after December 17, 2011.
FISCAL NOTE.-- Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
This bill would retroactively change the retirement option for
deceased retiree Robert A. Serroen who retired on December 17, 2011 and
died on May 12, 2013. The current retirement option, pop up joint allow-
ance 25%, would be changed to the retirement option joint allowance
full. The bill will be deemed to have been in effect on his date of
retirement.
If this bill is enacted, we anticipate that there would be an immedi-
ate past service cost of approximately $767,000 which would be borne by
Nassau County as a one-time payment. This estimate is based on the
assumption that payment would be made on February 1, 2017.
Summary of relevant resources:
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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