Assembly Bill A7974

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes disability retirement benefits for certain members who suffer any condition or impairment of health caused by diseases of the lung

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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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2021-A7974 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:
Add §605-f, R & SS L; add §13-168.1, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A9873

2021-A7974 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes disability retirement benefits for certain members who suffer any condition or impairment of health caused by diseases of the lung; covers certain titles under the New York city employees' retirement system; provides that covered members who are diagnosed with any condition of impairment of health caused by diseases of the lung, resulting in disability to such member, presently employed, and who shall have sustained such disability while so employed, shall have such diagnosis be presumptive evidence that such disability was incurred in the performance and discharge of duty, unless the contrary be proven by competent evidence.

2021-A7974 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7974
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 4, 2021
                                ___________
 
 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 and the adminis-
   trative code of the city of New  York,  in  relation  to  establishing
   disability  retirement  benefits  for  certain  members who suffer any
   condition or impairment of health caused by diseases of the lung
 
   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 605-f to read as follows:
   §  605-F.  DISABILITY RETIREMENT FOR CERTAIN NEW YORK CITY MEMBERS. A.
 FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SECTION, A "NEW YORK CITY MEMBER" SHALL MEAN  A
 MEMBER  EMPLOYED  IN  ANY  OF  THE FOLLOWING TITLES:   ASSOCIATE TRANSIT
 CUSTOMER SERVICE SPECIALIST TWO, ASSISTANT TRAIN DISPATCHER,  COLLECTION
 SUPERVISOR  ONE,  DISPATCHER  ONE,  DISPATCHER RAPID TRANSIT OPERATIONS,
 ELECTRICAL SUPERVISOR, ELECTRONIC SUPERVISOR, LOCOMOTIVE ENGINE INSTRUC-
 TOR SUPERVISOR, MAINTENANCE OF WAY  INSTRUCTOR  SUPERVISOR,  MAINTENANCE
 SUPERVISOR  CAR EQUIPMENT ONE, MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT
 ONE, MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR ELECTRIC POWER ONE,  MAINTENANCE  SUPERVISOR
 ELEVATED  ONE, MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR LIGHTING ONE, MAINTENANCE SUPERVI-
 SOR LIGHTING ONE BUSES, MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR POWER CABLES ONE, MAINTE-
 NANCE SUPERVISOR POWER DISTRIBUTION ONE,  MAINTENANCE  SUPERVISOR  POWER
 ELECTRON ONE, MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR REVENUE ONE, MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR
 SIGNALS  ONE,  MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR STORES ONE, MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR
 STRUCTURE A CARPENTRY ONE  BUSES,  MAINTENANCE  SUPERVISOR  STRUCTURE  A
 CARPENTRY  ONE,  MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR STRUCTURE B MASONRY ONE, MAINTE-
 NANCE SUPERVISOR STRUCTURE B MASONRY ONE BUSES,  MAINTENANCE  SUPERVISOR
 STRUCTURE  C  IRONWORK  ONE, MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR STRUCTURE C IRONWORK
 ONE BUSES, MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR STRUCTURE D  SHEETMETAL  ONE,  MAINTE-
 NANCE SUPERVISOR STRUCTURE E PLUMBING ONE, MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR STRUC-
 TURE  E  PLUMBING ONE BUSES, MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR STRUCTURE F PAINTING
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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