Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Dec 06, 2019 |
signed chap.604 |
Nov 26, 2019 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 20, 2019 |
returned to senate passed assembly home rule request ordered to third reading rules cal.651 substituted for a7434 referred to ways and means delivered to assembly passed senate home rule request ordered to third reading cal.1823 committee discharged and committed to rules |
May 08, 2019 |
referred to civil service and pensions |
Senate Bill S5611
Signed By Governor2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - Signed by Governor
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
Votes
2019-S5611 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A7434
- Law Section:
- Retirement
2019-S5611 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S5611 SPONSOR: LITTLE TITLE OF BILL: An act to allow deputy sheriffs Matthew Ashton, Brad- ley Hamilton, and Joshua Whitney to join the optional twenty-five year retirement plan, county of Washington PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: The purpose of the legislation is to allow Washington County to elect to reopen the provisions of Section 551 of the Retirement and Social Secu- rity Law for deputy sheriffs Matthew Ashton, Bradley Hamilton and Joshua Whitney to join the optional twenty-five year retirement plan. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1: Allows Washington County to offer the optional twenty-five year retirement plan, established pursuant to Section 551 of the Retire- ment and Social Security Law to Matthew Ashton, Bradley Hamilton and Joshua Whitney.
2019-S5611 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5611 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E May 8, 2019 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LITTLE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions AN ACT to allow deputy sheriffs Matthew Ashton, Bradley Hamilton, and Joshua Whitney to join the optional twenty-five year retirement plan, county of Washington 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, the county of Washington, a participating employer in the New York state employees' retirement system, which previously elected to offer the optional twenty-five year retirement plan, established pursuant to arti- cle 14-B of the retirement and social security law, is hereby authorized to make participation in such plan available to Matthew Ashton, Bradley Hamilton, and Joshua Whitney, deputy sheriffs employed by the county of Washington, who, for reasons not ascribable to their own negligence failed to make a timely application to participate in such optional twenty-five year retirement plan. The county of Washington may so elect by filing with the state comptroller, on or before 180 days after this act shall have become a law, a resolution of its governing body together with certification that such deputy sheriffs did not bar themselves from participation in such retirement plan. Thereafter, such deputy sheriffs, may individually elect to be covered by the provisions of section 551 of the retirement and social security law, and shall be entitled to the full rights and benefits associated with coverage under such section, by filing a request to that effect with the state comptroller on or before one year after this act shall have become a law. § 2. All past service costs associated with implementing the provisions of this act shall be borne by the county of Washington and may be amortized over a period of five years. § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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