Assembly Bill A7501A

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes the port authority of New York and New Jersey to offer a certain retirement option to certain port authority police officers

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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-A7501 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5686
Law Section:
Retirement

2017-A7501 - Summary

Authorizes the port authority of New York and New Jersey to offer a certain retirement option to port authority police officers Eddy Stelter, Scarlet M. Cooper, William A. Mudry, John F. Fitzpatrick and Hugh A. Johnson.

2017-A7501 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7501
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 28, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Employees
 
 AN  ACT  to  authorize  the port authority of New York and New Jersey to
   offer a certain retirement option to port  authority  police  officers
   Eddy Stelter, Scarlet M. Cooper, and William A. Mudry

   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,
 the port authority of New York and New Jersey, a participating  employer
 in the New York state and local police and fire retirement system, which
 previously  elected  to  offer  the optional retirement plan established
 pursuant to section 384-d of the retirement and social security  law  to
 police officers employed by such authority, is hereby authorized to make
 participation  in  such  plan available to police officers Eddy Stelter,
 Scarlet M. Cooper, and William A. Mudry, who, on the effective  date  of
 this  act  are  covered  under  the  provisions  of section 375-i of the
 retirement and social security law, and who, for reasons not  ascribable
 to  their  own negligence failed to make a timely application to partic-
 ipate in such optional retirement plan. Thereafter, police officers Eddy
 Stelter, Scarlet M. Cooper, and William A. Mudry may elect to be covered
 by the provisions of section 384-d of the retirement and social security
 law, and shall be entitled to the full rights  and  benefits  associated
 with  coverage  under  such  section, by filing a request to that effect
 with the state comptroller within one year of the effective date of this
 act.
   §  2.  All  past  service  costs  associated  with  implementing   the
 provisions  of this act shall be borne by the port authority of New York
 and New Jersey.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
   FISCAL NOTE. -- Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10539-02-7
              

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2017-A7501A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5686
Law Section:
Retirement

2017-A7501A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the port authority of New York and New Jersey to offer a certain retirement option to port authority police officers Eddy Stelter, Scarlet M. Cooper, William A. Mudry, John F. Fitzpatrick and Hugh A. Johnson.

2017-A7501A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7501--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 28, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Governmental  Employees -- recommitted to the Committee on Govern-
   mental Employees in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- commit-
   tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and  recom-
   mitted to said committee

 AN  ACT  to  authorize  the port authority of New York and New Jersey to
   offer a certain retirement option to port  authority  police  officers
   Eddy  Stelter,  Scarlet  M. Cooper, William A. Mudry, John F.  Fitzpa-
   trick, and Hugh A. Johnson
 
   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,
 the  port authority of New York and New Jersey, a participating employer
 in the New York state and local police and fire retirement system, which
 previously elected to offer the  optional  retirement  plan  established
 pursuant  to  section 384-d of the retirement and social security law to
 police officers employed by such authority, is hereby authorized to make
 participation in such plan available to police  officers  Eddy  Stelter,
 Scarlet  M.  Cooper,  William  A. Mudry, John F. Fitzpatrick and Hugh A.
 Johnson who, on the effective date of this act  are  covered  under  the
 provisions  of  section 375-i of the retirement and social security law,
 and who, for reasons not ascribable to their own  negligence  failed  to
 make  a  timely  application  to participate in such optional retirement
 plan. Thereafter, police  officers  Eddy  Stelter,  Scarlet  M.  Cooper,
 William  A.  Mudry, John F. Fitzpatrick and Hugh A. Johnson may elect to
 be covered by the provisions of section  384-d  of  the  retirement  and
 social  security law, and shall be entitled to the full rights and bene-
 fits associated with coverage under such section, by filing a request to
 that effect with the state comptroller within one year of the  effective
 date of this act.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10539-03-8
              

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