Senate Bill S8006

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to disability retirement for members of the department of environmental conservation, forest rangers, university police officers and the regional state park police

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Civil Service And Pensions Committee


  • 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-S8006 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9857
Current Committee:
Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:
Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:
Add §363-ee, amd §363-e, R & SS L

2019-S8006 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to disability retirement for members of the department of environmental conservation, forest rangers, university police officers and the regional state park police.

2019-S8006 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8006 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8006
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 9, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- 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
   disability retirement for members of the department  of  environmental
   conservation,  forest  rangers,  university  police  officers  and the
   regional state park police

   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 363-ee to read as follows:
   §  363-EE.  ACCIDENTAL  DISABILITY  RETIREMENT  ALLOWANCE  FOR CERTAIN
 MEMBERS OR OFFICERS OF THE DIVISION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE DEPARTMENT
 OF ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION,  FOREST  RANGERS,  REGIONAL  STATE  PARK
 POLICE  OFFICERS,  AND UNIVERSITY POLICE OFFICERS. A. A MEMBER MAY ELECT
 TO RECEIVE AN ACCIDENTAL DISABILITY  RETIREMENT  ALLOWANCE  AS  PROVIDED
 UNDER  THIS SECTION IN LIEU OF THE BENEFITS PROVIDED UNDER SECTION THREE
 HUNDRED SIXTY-THREE-E OF THIS TITLE 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 AN ACCIDENT NOT CAUSED BY HIS OR HER OWN
 WILLFUL NEGLIGENCE SUSTAINED IN SUCH SERVICE AND WHILE ACTUALLY  A  NON-
 SEASONALLY  APPOINTED  MEMBER  OF THE DIVISION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE
 DEPARTMENT OF  ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION,  A  POLICE  OFFICER  IN  THE
 DEPARTMENT  OF  ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION,  AN OFFICER IN THE REGIONAL
 STATE PARK POLICE, A FOREST RANGER IN THE SERVICE OF THE  DEPARTMENT  OF
 ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION  WHICH  SHALL  MEAN A PERSON WHO SERVES ON A
 FULL-TIME BASIS IN THE TITLE OF  FOREST  RANGER  I,  FOREST  RANGER  II,
 FOREST  RANGER  III,  ASSISTANT  SUPERINTENDENT  OF FOREST FIRE CONTROL,
 SUPERINTENDENT OF FOREST FIRE CONTROL OR ANY  SUCCESSOR  TITLES  OR  NEW
 TITLES  IN  THE FOREST RANGER TITLE SERIES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRON-
 MENTAL CONSERVATION, OR A UNIVERSITY POLICE OFFICER  APPOINTED  PURSUANT
 TO PARAGRAPH L OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE OF
 THE EDUCATION LAW, AND
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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