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Assembly Bill A6631

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Provides that for members of a public pension or retirement system, accrued benefits shall not be diminished or impaired except as authorized and prescribed by the legislature

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2017-A6631 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 5 §7, Constn
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A7773
2019-2020: A5368
2021-2022: A5523
2023-2024: A3564
2025-2026: A1780

2017-A6631 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that for members of a public pension or retirement system, accrued benefits shall not be diminished or impaired except as authorized and prescribed by the legislature.

2017-A6631 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6631
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 10, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  FITZPATRICK -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Operations
 
             CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
 
 proposing an amendment to section 7 of article 5 of the constitution, in
   relation to the calculation of pension benefits for public employees

   Section 1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 7 of  article
 5 of the constitution be amended to read as follows:
   §  7.  After  July  first,  nineteen  hundred forty, membership in any
 pension or retirement system of the state or of a civil division thereof
 shall be a contractual relationship, the ACCRUED benefits of  which,  AS
 DEFINED BY LAW, shall not be diminished or impaired.
   §  2. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That the foregoing amendment be
 referred to the first regular legislative session  convening  after  the
 next  succeeding  general  election  of members of the assembly, and, in
 conformity with  section  1  of  article  19  of  the  constitution,  be
 published for 3 months previous to the time of such election.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD89105-01-7

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