Senate Bill S5758

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to granting retroactive tier IV membership in the NY state and local employees' retirement system for Rebecca Leonard

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  • Introduced
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    • 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-S5758 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7498
Current Committee:
Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:
Retirement

2017-S5758 - Summary

Relates to granting retroactive tier IV membership in the NY state and local employees' retirement system for Rebecca Leonard.

2017-S5758 - Sponsor Memo

2017-S5758 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
     S. 5758                                                  A. 7498
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                       S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 28, 2017
                                ___________
 
 IN  SENATE  --  Introduced  by  Sen.  FLANAGAN -- read twice and ordered
   printed, and when printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Civil
   Service and Pensions
 
 IN  ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. RAIA -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Governmental Employees

 AN ACT granting retroactive tier IV membership in the New York state and
   local employees' retirement system to Rebecca Leonard
 
   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,  Rebecca
 Leonard, formerly Rebecca Abensur, a member of the New  York  state  and
 local  employees'  retirement system, who was employed in November 2007,
 by Half Hollow Hills Central School District, who did not file a member-
 ship application in such system until 2010, which gave her Tier V status
 instead of Tier IV status, where she would have been  had  she  filed  a
 membership  application when she became a permanent employee in November
 2007 may be deemed to have become a member of the  New  York  state  and
 local  employees'  retirement  system  in  November 2007 if on or before
 December 31, 2017 she shall file with the state  comptroller  a  written
 request  to  that  effect. Upon the granting of such retroactive member-
 ship, Rebecca Leonard shall not be granted  a  refund  of  any  employee
 contribution  made  by  her  to  the New York state and local employees'
 retirement system.
   § 2. All past service costs associated with the implementation of this
 act shall be borne by the county of Nassau.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
   FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
   This bill will grant Tier 4 status in the New  York  State  and  Local
 Employees' Retirement System to Rebecca Leonard, a current Tier 5 member
 employed  by Nassau County, by changing her date of membership to Novem-

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

2017-S5758A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7498
Current Committee:
Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:
Retirement

2017-S5758A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to granting retroactive tier IV membership in the NY state and local employees' retirement system for Rebecca Leonard.

2017-S5758A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2017-S5758A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
     S. 5758--A                                            A. 7498--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                       S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
 
                              April 28, 2017
                                ___________
 
 IN  SENATE  --  Introduced  by  Sen.  FLANAGAN -- 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 committee
 
 IN  ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. RAIA -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Governmental Employees -- recommitted to the  Commit-
   tee on Governmental Employees in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec.
   2  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
   and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT granting retroactive tier IV membership in the New York state and
   local employees' retirement system to Rebecca Leonard
 
   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,  Rebecca
 Leonard, formerly Rebecca Abensur, a member of the New  York  state  and
 local  employees'  retirement system, who was employed in November 2007,
 by Half Hollow Hills Central School District, who did not file a member-
 ship application in such system until 2010, which gave her Tier V status
 instead of Tier IV status, where she would have been  had  she  filed  a
 membership  application when she became a permanent employee in November
 2007 may be deemed to have become a member of the  New  York  state  and
 local  employees' retirement system in November 2007 if, within one year
 of the effective date of this act, she shall file with the  state  comp-
 troller  a  written  request  to  that effect. Upon the granting of such
 retroactive membership, Rebecca Leonard shall not be granted a refund of
 any employee contribution made by her to the New York  state  and  local
 employees' retirement system.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD10875-06-8
              

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