Senate Bill S8969

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to providing for the extension of NYSLRS service credit for any service credit lost due to either furlough or layoff of a member from when executive order 202 was issued through December 31, 2020

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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-S8969 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Rules
Law Section:
Retirement
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: S3404
2023-2024: S2632

2019-S8969 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the extension of NYSLRS service credit for any service credit lost due to either furlough or layoff of a member from the period beginning when executive order 202 of 2020 was issued through December 31, 2020.

2019-S8969 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2019-S8969 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8969
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             September 9, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. BORRELLO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT providing for the extension of  NYSLRS  service  credit  for  any
   service  credit lost due to either furlough or layoff of a member from
   the period beginning when executive  order  202  of  2020  was  issued
   through December 31, 2020

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the  contrary,  any
 state  employee  who is a member of the New York state and local retire-
 ment system who has been furloughed or dismissed from employment between
 the period beginning on the date a state disaster emergency was declared
 pursuant to executive order 202 of 2020 through December  31,  2020  and
 has  lost New York state and local retirement system service credit as a
 result, shall be eligible for service credit for the amount of time such
 member has been furloughed or dismissed during such period. Such  exten-
 sion  of service credit shall apply to full-time, part-time and seasonal
 members.   Such members shall have  at  least  five  years  of  credited
 service,  not  including service credited in this act, to be eligible to
 receive the credit authorized pursuant to this act.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
   FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
   This bill would allow  any  full-time,  part-time  or  seasonal  State
 employee  who  was  furloughed  or  dismissed from employment during the
 period beginning on the date a disaster emergency was  declared  in  the
 State  of New York pursuant to Executive Order 202 of 2020 and ending on
 December 31, 2020 to be granted service credit with the New  York  State
 and  Local  Retirement  System  (NYSLRS) as if no period of unemployment
 occurred. To be eligible for this additional service  credit,  a  member
 must  have  accrued  at  least  5 years of service credit, not including
 service credited under this bill. This bill would not be consistent with
 NYSLRS's policy of granting service credit only when a salary  has  been
 paid.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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