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Assembly Bill A10854

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to reducing a police officer's pension to satisfy judgments in a wrongful death action

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2019-A10854 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8621
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Constitution, Concurrent Resolutions to Amend
Laws Affected:
Amd Art 5 §7, Constn
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A2334, S5974
2023-2024: S7282
2025-2026: S6182

2019-A10854 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to reducing a police officer's pension to satisfy judgments in a wrongful death action; provides that a police officer's pension may be reduced to no less than $20,000 to satisfy a wrongful death judgment; provides that a court shall hold a hearing to determine the amount of the reduction.

2019-A10854 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10854
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 24, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Fernandez)
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees
 
             CONCURRENT RESOLUTION OF THE SENATE AND ASSEMBLY
 
 proposing an amendment to article 5 of the constitution, in relation  to
   reducing a police officer's pension to satisfy judgments in a wrongful
   death action

   Section  1. Resolved (if the Senate concur), That section 7 of article
 5 of the constitution be amended by adding a new subdivision (e) to read
 as follows:
   (E) (I) NOTWITHSTANDING SUBDIVISION (A) OF THIS  SECTION,  THE  PUBLIC
 PENSION OF A POLICE OFFICER, AS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH (II) OF THIS SUBDI-
 VISION,  WHO  IS  FOUND LIABLE IN A WRONGFUL DEATH ACTION ARISING OUT OF
 THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS OR HER DUTIES, MAY BE REDUCED  TO  NO  LESS  THAN
 TWENTY  THOUSAND  DOLLARS  TO  SATISFY  THE JUDGMENT AGAINST SUCH POLICE
 OFFICER IN SUCH WRONGFUL DEATH ACTION PRIOR TO THE PAYMENT OF ANY PUBLIC
 FUNDS, FOLLOWING NOTICE AND  A  HEARING  BY  AN  APPROPRIATE  COURT,  AS
 PROVIDED  BY LAW. THE COURT DETERMINATION WHETHER TO REDUCE SUCH PENSION
 SHALL BE BASED ON THE CONSIDERATION OF FACTORS INCLUDING THE SEVERITY OF
 SUCH POLICE OFFICER'S ACTIONS AND THE PROPORTIONALITY OF A REDUCTION  OF
 SUCH  PENSION  TO  SUCH  ACTIONS. WHEN A COURT ISSUES AN ORDER TO REDUCE
 SUCH PENSION, THE COURT SHALL CONSIDER AND DETERMINE  SPECIFIC  FINDINGS
 AS  TO  THE  AMOUNT OF SUCH REDUCTION, IF ANY, AND WHETHER THE REDUCTION
 WOULD RESULT IN UNDUE HARDSHIP OR  OTHER  INEQUITY  UPON  ANY  DEPENDENT
 CHILDREN,  SPOUSE  OR OTHER DEPENDENTS; AND OTHER FACTORS AS PROVIDED BY
 LAW. THE LEGISLATURE SHALL ENACT LEGISLATION TO  IMPLEMENT  THIS  AMEND-
 MENT.
   (II)  FOR  THE PURPOSES OF PARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, THE TERM
 "POLICE OFFICER" SHALL MEAN ANY MEMBER OF A DULY ORGANIZED POLICE  FORCE
 OR DEPARTMENT OF ANY COUNTY, CITY, TOWN, VILLAGE, MUNICIPALITY, AUTHORI-
 TY,  POLICE  DISTRICT, REGIONAL STATE PARK COMMISSION WHEN EMPLOYED FULL
 TIME IN THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE GENERAL CRIMINAL LAWS OF  THE  STATE,  OR
 ANY  MEMBER  OF  THE  STATE  POLICE OR A SHERIFF, UNDERSHERIFF OR DEPUTY
 SHERIFF.
   (III) PARAGRAPH (I) OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL ONLY  APPLY  TO  ACTIONS
 FILED  ON  OR  AFTER  THE FIRST OF JANUARY NEXT SUCCEEDING THE DATE UPON

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