Assembly Bill A5020

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to accidental disability retirement for deputy sheriffs

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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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2019-A5020 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3964
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §556, R & SS L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A10415, S8066
2021-2022: A4392, A9666, S6092
2023-2024: A5714

2019-A5020 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to accidental disability retirement for deputy sheriffs; provides that deputy sheriffs shall receive a pension of three-quarters of their final average salary.

2019-A5020 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5020
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 6, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Employees
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
   accidental disability retirement for deputy sheriffs
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1. Paragraph 3 of subdivision e of section 556 of the retire-
 ment and social security law, as added by chapter 165  of  the  laws  of
 1995, is amended to read as follows:
   3.  A  pension  of  two-thirds  of  his  or  her final average salary;
 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, A DEPUTY SHERIFF SHALL RECEIVE A  PENSION  OF  THREE-
 QUARTERS  OF  HIS  OR HER FINAL AVERAGE SALARY IF SUCH DEPUTY SHERIFF IS
 EMPLOYED BY AN EMPLOYER THAT HAS ELECTED  TO  PROVIDE  SUCH  BENEFIT  TO
 DEPUTY  SHERIFFS.  The  payment  of such pension shall be subject to the
 provisions of section [three hundred] sixty-four of this chapter.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
   FISCAL NOTE.-- Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
   This bill would allow employers to elect  to  provide  improved  acci-
 dental  disability  pensions  to  deputy sheriffs who are covered by the
 provisions of Article 14-B of the Retirement and  Social  Security  Law.
 The  benefit  for  an  accidental  disability would be three-quarters of
 final average salary minus worker's compensation. The current benefit is
 two-thirds of final average salary minus worker's compensation.
   If this bill is enacted, the estimated increase in the annual contrib-
 utions of electing counties would be 0.3% of the compensation  of  their
 deputy sheriffs for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2020.
   In addition to the annual contributions discussed above, there will be
 a  past service cost of 0.9% of the compensation of such deputy sheriffs
 which will be paid by such electing counties as a one-time payment. This
 estimate is based on the assumption that payment will be made on  Febru-
 ary 1, 2020.

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

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