| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Apr 29, 2020 |
referred to civil service and pensions |
Senate Bill S8260
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) 62nd Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Civil Service And Pensions Committee
Actions
2019-S8260 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Civil Service And Pensions
- Law Section:
- Retirement
2019-S8260 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S8260
SPONSOR: ORTT
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to authorize Shawn Houseman to receive certain credit under
section 384-d of the retirement and social security law
PURPOSE OF THE BILL:
This legislation will authorize Officer Shawn Houseman, of the Town of
Brighton Police Department, to transfer a defined period of service
credit he accrued while a member of the Orleans County Sheriffs Office
Jail Division to the retirement system of his current employer.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 classifies Mr. Houseman's time as a deputy sheriff as eligible
for service credit under section 384-d of the retirement and social
security law.
2019-S8260 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
8260
I N S E N A T E
April 29, 2020
___________
Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
AN ACT to authorize Shawn Houseman to receive certain credit under
section 384-d of the retirement and social security law
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 to the contrary,
Shawn Houseman, a member of the New York state and local police and fire
retirement system covered under section 384-d of the retirement and
social security law, who for the period beginning September 3, 1996 and
ending September 2002, was employed as a deputy sheriff by the Orleans
county sheriff's office where he was a member of the New York state and
local employees' retirement system, and who, for reasons not ascribable
to his own negligence, was not granted service credit under section
384-d of the retirement and social security law for such period of
employment with the county of Orleans, shall be granted such service
credit under section 384-d of the retirement and social security law and
shall be entitled to the full rights and benefits associated with cover-
age under such section as well as section 384-e of such law, provided
that a request to that effect is filed with the state comptroller within
one year from the effective date of this act.
§ 2. All past service costs incurred in implementing the provisions of
this act shall be borne by the county of Orleans.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
This bill will grant service credit under section 384-d together with
section 384-e of the Retirement and Social Security Law to Shawn House-
man, a former member of the New York State Employees' Retirement System
(ERS) and a current member of the New York State and Local Police and
Fire Retirement System (PFRS) employed by the Town of Brighton, for the
period of September 1996 through September 2002, during which he was
employed as a deputy sheriff in the County of Orleans. Currently, deputy
sheriff service is not creditable in a PFRS twenty year police retire-
ment plan. Prior to being granted such service credit, Officer Houseman,
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
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