Assembly Bill A11100

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to extending the period of time to file an application for an accidental death benefit

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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-A11100 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8895
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§61, 361, 509 & 607, R & SS L

2017-A11100 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Extends the period of time to file an application for an accidental death benefit after the death of a member of the New York state and local employees' retirement system or the New York state and local police and fire retirement system.

2017-A11100 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   11100
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 5, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Abbate) --
   (at request of the State Comptroller) -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Employees
 
 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in  relation  to
   extending  the period of time to file an application for an accidental
   death benefit after the death of a member of the New  York  state  and
   local  employees'  retirement  system  or the New York state and local
   police and fire retirement system
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  The section heading and the opening paragraph of subdivi-
 sion a of section 61 of the  retirement  and  social  security  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  336  of  the  laws of 1960, are amended to read as
 follows:
   [Accidential] ACCIDENTAL death benefit.
   An [accidential] ACCIDENTAL  death  benefit  and  the  reserve-for-in-
 creased-take-home-pay  shall  be  payable upon the death of a member if,
 upon application filed within [two] FIVE years after the death  of  such
 member,  the  comptroller shall determine, on the basis of the evidence,
 that such member:
   § 2. The opening paragraph of subdivision a  of  section  361  of  the
 retirement and social security law, as added by chapter 1000 of the laws
 of 1966, is amended to read as follows:
   An  accidental  death benefit and the reserve-for-increased-take-home-
 pay shall be payable upon the death of a member  if,  upon  application,
 filed  within  [two] FIVE years after the death of such member the comp-
 troller shall determine, on the basis of the evidence, that such member:
   § 3. The opening paragraph of subdivision a  of  section  509  of  the
 retirement  and  social  security  law, as amended by chapter 489 of the
 laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
   The eligible beneficiary of a member in service, or  a  vested  member
 that  dies  as  a result of a qualifying World Trade Center condition as
 defined in section two of this chapter, shall be entitled  to  an  acci-
 dental  death benefit in the form of a pension equal to fifty percent of
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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