Assembly Bill A5820

Vetoed By Governor
2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to providing certain accidental disability retirement benefits for Nassau county fire marshals

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S3813 - Vetoed by Governor


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Vetoed By Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A5820 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3813
Law Section:
Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:
Add §607-i, R & SS L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2015-2016: A7113, S4987
2017-2018: A7127, A10695, S5705, S8293
2021-2022: A6500, S3101

2019-A5820 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to providing accidental disability retirement benefits for chief fire marshals, assistant chief fire marshals, division supervising fire marshals, supervising fire marshals, fire marshals and fire marshal trainees in Nassau county.

2019-A5820 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5820
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 19, 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
   providing accidental disability retirement  benefits  for  chief  fire
   marshals,  assistant  chief  fire  marshals, division supervising fire
   marshals, supervising fire marshals, fire marshals  and  fire  marshal
   trainees in Nassau county
 
   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 607-i to read as follows:
   § 607-I. PERFORMANCE OF DUTY, DISABILITY  RETIREMENT  FOR  CHIEF  FIRE
 MARSHALS,  ASSISTANT  CHIEF  FIRE  MARSHALS,  DIVISION  SUPERVISING FIRE
 MARSHALS, SUPERVISING FIRE MARSHALS,  FIRE  MARSHALS  AND  FIRE  MARSHAL
 TRAINEES IN NASSAU COUNTY. A.  THE COUNTY OF NASSAU SHALL MAKE THE BENE-
 FITS  PROVIDED  HEREIN AVAILABLE TO CHIEF FIRE MARSHALS, ASSISTANT CHIEF
 FIRE MARSHALS, DIVISION  SUPERVISING  FIRE  MARSHALS,  SUPERVISING  FIRE
 MARSHALS,  FIRE  MARSHALS  AND  FIRE  MARSHAL  TRAINEES IN THE EMPLOY OF
 NASSAU COUNTY.
   B. A MEMBER SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RETIREMENT FOR DISABILITY INCURRED IN
 THE PERFORMANCE OF DUTY IF, AT THE TIME APPLICATION THEREFOR  IS  FILED,
 HE OR SHE IS:
   1. PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY INCAPACITATED FOR PERFORMANCE OF DUTY AS THE
 NATURAL  AND  PROXIMATE RESULT OF A DISABILITY, NOT CAUSED BY HIS OR HER
 OWN WILLFUL NEGLIGENCE SUSTAINED IN SUCH SERVICE AND  WHILE  ACTUALLY  A
 MEMBER OF THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM; AND
   2.  ACTUALLY  IN  SERVICE  UPON  WHICH HIS OR HER MEMBERSHIP IS BASED.
 HOWEVER, IN A CASE WHERE A MEMBER IS DISCONTINUED FROM  SERVICE,  EITHER
 VOLUNTARILY  OR  INVOLUNTARILY, SUBSEQUENT TO SUSTAINING A DISABILITY IN
 SUCH SERVICE, APPLICATION MAY BE MADE NOT LATER THAN TWO YEARS AFTER THE
 MEMBER IS FIRST DISCONTINUED FROM SERVICE; AND PROVIDED THAT THE  MEMBER
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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