Assembly Bill A9056A

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to special accidental death benefits

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S7158 - Signed by Governor


  • 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-A9056 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7158
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §208-f, Gen Muni L; amd §361-a, R & SS L

2017-A9056 - Summary

Increases the special accidental death benefit paid to a widow or widower or the deceased member's children under the age of eighteen, or if a student, under the age of twenty-three.

2017-A9056 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9056
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 18, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. JOYNER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Employees
 
 AN  ACT to amend the general municipal law and the retirement and social
   security law, in relation to  increasing  certain  special  accidental
   death benefits
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subdivision c of section 208-f  of  the  general  municipal
 law, as amended by chapter 76 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
   c.  Commencing  July  first,  two  thousand  [seventeen]  EIGHTEEN the
 special accidental death benefit paid to  a  widow  or  widower  or  the
 deceased  member's  children under the age of eighteen or, if a student,
 under the age of twenty-three, if the widow or widower has  died,  shall
 be escalated by adding thereto an additional percentage of the salary of
 the  deceased  member  (as  increased  pursuant to subdivision b of this
 section) in accordance with the following schedule:
      calendar year of death
      of the deceased member              per centum
           1977 or prior                  [226.2%] 236%
           1978                           [216.7%] 226.2%
           1979                           [207.5%] 216.7%
           1980                           [198.5%] 207.5%
           1981                           [189.8%] 198.5%
           1982                           [181.4%] 189.8%
           1983                           [173.2%] 181.4%
           1984                           [165.2%] 173.2%
           1985                           [157.5%] 165.2%
           1986                           [150.0%] 157.5%
           1987                           [142.7%] 150.0%
           1988                           [135.7%] 142.7%
           1989                           [128.8%] 135.7%
           1990                           [122.1%] 128.8%
           1991                           [115.7%] 122.1%
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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2017-A9056A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7158
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §208-f, Gen Muni L; amd §361-a, R & SS L

2017-A9056A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the special accidental death benefit paid to a widow or widower or the deceased member's children under the age of eighteen, or if a student, under the age of twenty-three.

2017-A9056A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  9056--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 18, 2018
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. JOYNER -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Governmental  Employees  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended,
   ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law and the retirement and  social
   security  law,  in  relation  to increasing certain special accidental
   death benefits

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  c  of section 208-f of the general municipal
 law, as amended by chapter 76 of the laws of 2017, is amended to read as
 follows:
   c. Commencing  July  first,  two  thousand  [seventeen]  EIGHTEEN  the
 special  accidental  death  benefit  paid  to  a widow or widower or the
 deceased member's children under the age of eighteen or, if  a  student,
 under  the  age of twenty-three, if the widow or widower has died, shall
 be escalated by adding thereto an additional percentage of the salary of
 the deceased member (as increased pursuant  to  subdivision  b  of  this
 section) in accordance with the following schedule:
      calendar year of death
      of the deceased member              per centum
           1977 or prior                  [226.2%] 236%
           1978                           [216.7%] 226.2%
           1979                           [207.5%] 216.7%
           1980                           [198.5%] 207.5%
           1981                           [189.8%] 198.5%
           1982                           [181.4%] 189.8%
           1983                           [173.2%] 181.4%
           1984                           [165.2%] 173.2%
           1985                           [157.5%] 165.2%
           1986                           [150.0%] 157.5%
           1987                           [142.7%] 150.0%
           1988                           [135.7%] 142.7%
           1989                           [128.8%] 135.7%
           1990                           [122.1%] 128.8%
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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