Assembly Bill A1934

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to termination of membership in a New York state retirement system

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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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2017-A1934 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §540, Ed L; add §§113-b & 411-a, R & SS L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9683
2015-2016: A2450
2019-2020: A708
2021-2022: A1076
2023-2024: A556

2017-A1934 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to termination of membership in a New York state retirement system.

2017-A1934 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1934
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Employees
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law and the retirement and social security
   law, in relation to termination of membership  in  a  New  York  state
   retirement system
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 540 to
 read as follows:
   § 540. WRITTEN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF MEMBERSHIP  TERMINATION.  A  TEACHER
 INTENDING  TO  TERMINATE  HIS OR HER MEMBERSHIP IN THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM
 DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED ONE OF  THIS  ARTICLE
 AND  THE  TEACHER'S  EMPLOYER  MUST  BOTH  EXECUTE  A  WRITTEN STATEMENT
 PROVIDED BY THE RETIREMENT BOARD  THAT  THE  TEACHER  AND  THE  EMPLOYER
 ACKNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTAND THAT THE TEACHER, ON A SPECIFIC DATE, WILL NO
 LONGER  BE A MEMBER OF SUCH RETIREMENT SYSTEM. THE EMPLOYER MUST, WITHIN
 THIRTY DAYS AFTER SIGNATURE BY BOTH PARTIES, FILE SUCH WRITTEN STATEMENT
 WITH THE RETIREMENT BOARD IN ORDER TO  EFFECTUATE  SUCH  TERMINATION  OF
 MEMBERSHIP.
   § 2. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding a new
 section 113-b to read as follows:
   §  113-B.  WRITTEN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF MEMBERSHIP TERMINATION. A MEMBER
 INTENDING TO TERMINATE HIS OR HER MEMBERSHIP IN  THE  RETIREMENT  SYSTEM
 DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION TWENTY-EIGHT OF SECTION TWO OF THIS ARTICLE AND
 THE MEMBER'S EMPLOYER MUST BOTH EXECUTE A WRITTEN STATEMENT PROVIDED  BY
 THE  OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER THAT THE MEMBER AND THE EMPLOYER ACKNOWL-
 EDGE AND UNDERSTAND THAT THE MEMBER, ON A SPECIFIC DATE, WILL NO  LONGER
 BE  A MEMBER OF SUCH RETIREMENT SYSTEM. THE EMPLOYER MUST, WITHIN THIRTY
 DAYS AFTER SIGNATURE BY BOTH PARTIES, FILE SUCH WRITTEN  STATEMENT  WITH
 THE OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER IN ORDER TO EFFECTUATE SUCH TERMINATION OF
 MEMBERSHIP.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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