Senate Bill S4479

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes retired firefighters to be employed as fire science instructors by career and technical education centers without reduction of benefits

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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-S4479 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6029
Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:
Add §214-c, R & SS L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9109
2015-2016: S2747, A4876
2019-2020: S4134, A6378
2021-2022: S4438, A6452
2023-2024: S6155, A7455

2017-S4479 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes retired firefighters to be employed as fire science instructors by career and technical education centers without reduction of their retirement benefits.

2017-S4479 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S4479 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4479
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 15, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. LARKIN, AKSHAR, BONACIC, DeFRANCISCO, ROBACH -- 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
   authorizing  retired firefighters to be employed as instructor of fire
   sciences by a career and technical education center without diminution
   of his or her retirement benefits
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding
 a new section 214-c to read as follows:
   §  214-C.  EMPLOYMENT OF CERTAIN RETIRED PERSONS WHO RETIRED FROM FIRE
 SERVICE.  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  CHAPTER   OR   THE
 PROVISIONS  OF  ANY  STATE  OR  LOCAL LAW OR CHARTER TO THE CONTRARY, NO
 RETIRED PERSON WHO RETIRED FROM FIRE SERVICE AS A MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK
 STATE AND LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE RETIREMENT SYSTEM OR THE NEW  YORK  FIRE
 DEPARTMENT  PENSION  FUND, AND WHO IS EMPLOYED BY A CAREER AND TECHNICAL
 EDUCATION CENTER AS AN INSTRUCTOR IN A FIRE SCIENCE PROGRAM APPROVED  BY
 THE  EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, SHALL HAVE HIS OR HER RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE OR
 BENEFITS SUSPENDED OR REDUCED BECAUSE OF  COMPENSATION  EARNED  BY  SUCH
 RETIRED PERSON FROM SERVICE AS A FIRE SCIENCE INSTRUCTOR.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
   FISCAL  NOTE.--This bill will allow firefighters of the New York State
 and Local Police and Fire Retirement System or the New  York  City  Fire
 Department  Pension  Fund  to  work  as  a  fire science instructor in a
 program approved by the New York State Department of  Education  and  to
 continue to receive their retirement benefit.
   If  this bill is enacted, insofar as it will affect the New York State
 and Local Police and Fire Retirement System, we expect few  retirees  to
 be affected. There would be negligible additional annual costs.
   Summary of relevant resources:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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