Senate Bill S6135A

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Provides that New York city correction officers may file for disability without 10 years of service

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Civil Service And Pensions Committee


  • 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-S6135 - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:
Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §507-a, R & SS L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S5852
2021-2022: S6984
2023-2024: S6559

2017-S6135 - Summary

Provides that New York city correction officers may file for disability without 10 years of service.

2017-S6135 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S6135 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6135
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
 
 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in  relation  to
   disability retirement of certain New York city correction members

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph 1 of  subdivision  b  of  section  507-a  of  the
 retirement  and social security law, as added by chapter 452 of the laws
 of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
   1. Have at least ten years of total  service  credit,  EXCEPT  THAT  A
 MEMBER  IN  THE  UNIFORMED  PERSONNEL OF THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF
 CORRECTION MAY FILE AN APPLICATION WITHOUT REGARD TO LENGTH OF  SERVICE,
 and
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11667-01-7



              

2017-S6135A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:
Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §507-a, R & SS L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S5852
2021-2022: S6984
2023-2024: S6559

2017-S6135A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that New York city correction officers may file for disability without 10 years of service.

2017-S6135A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S6135A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6135--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 11, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
   -- recommitted to the Committee  on  Civil  Service  and  Pensions  in
   accordance  with  Senate  Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
   tee
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
   disability retirement of certain New York city correction members
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  1  of  subdivision  b  of section 507-a of the
 retirement and social security law, as added by chapter 452 of the  laws
 of 1983, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  Have  at  least  ten  years of total service credit, EXCEPT THAT A
 MEMBER IN THE UNIFORMED PERSONNEL OF THE NEW  YORK  CITY  DEPARTMENT  OF
 CORRECTION  MAY FILE AN APPLICATION WITHOUT REGARD TO LENGTH OF SERVICE,
 and
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
   FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
   SUMMARY OF BILL: This proposed legislation would modify the  eligibil-
 ity  requirements  of  Retirement and Social Security Law (RSSL) Section
 507-a for certain New York City Department  of  Correction  (Correction)
 members of the New York City Employees' Retirement System (NYCERS).
   For  purposes  of  this  Fiscal  Note,  Covered Participants refers to
 NYCERS Correction members, with the exception of Correction Revised Plan
 Members who are ineligible for Section 507-a disability benefits  pursu-
 ant  to  section  507-a(e), who joined NYCERS from July 27, 1976 through
 March 31, 2012 and are subject to RSSL Article 14.
   Under the proposed legislation, Covered Participant with less than  10
 years of credited service would be entitled to 507-a disability benefits
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11667-03-8
              

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