Assembly Bill A9325

Vetoed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes a twenty year retirement plan for members or officers of law enforcement

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via S8477 - Vetoed by Governor


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Vetoed By Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-A9325 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8477
Law Section:
Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:
Add §383-e, R & SS L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A4018, A8918

2021-A9325 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing a twenty year retirement plan for members or officers of law enforcement; includes every non-seasonally appointed sworn member or officer of the division of law enforcement in the department of environmental conservation, a forest ranger in the service of the department of environmental conservation, a police officer in the department of environmental conservation, the regional state park police, and university police officers in such twenty year plan.

2021-A9325 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9325
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 23, 2022
                                ___________
 
 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, in relation to
   establishing a twenty year retirement plan for members or officers  of
   law enforcement
 
   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 383-e to read as follows:
   § 383-E. RETIREMENT OF OFFICERS OF STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT; TWENTY  YEAR
 RETIREMENT  PLAN.  A.  MEMBERSHIP.  EVERY NON-SEASONALLY APPOINTED SWORN
 MEMBER OR OFFICER OF THE DIVISION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IN  THE  DEPARTMENT
 OF  ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION,  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
 ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION, A POLICE OFFICER IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVI-
 RONMENTAL CONSERVATION, THE REGIONAL STATE PARK POLICE,  AND  UNIVERSITY
 POLICE OFFICERS WHO ENTER OR RE-ENTER SERVICE IN ANY SUCH TITLE SHALL BE
 COVERED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION, AND EVERY MEMBER DESCRIBED IN
 THIS  SUBDIVISION  IN  SUCH  SERVICE  ON OR BEFORE ONE YEAR PRIOR TO THE
 EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION MAY ELECT TO BE COVERED BY THE PROVISIONS
 OF THIS SECTION BY FILING AN ELECTION THEREFOR WITH THE COMPTROLLER.  TO
 BE  EFFECTIVE, SUCH ELECTION MUST BE DULY EXECUTED AND ACKNOWLEDGED ON A
 FORM PREPARED BY THE COMPTROLLER FOR THAT PURPOSE.
   B. RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE. A MEMBER, COVERED BY THE PROVISIONS  OF  THIS
 SECTION  AT  THE  TIME  OF  RETIREMENT, SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RETIRE UPON
 COMPLETION OF TWENTY YEARS OF TOTAL CREDITABLE SERVICE IN  SUCH  TITLES,
 AND  SHALL  RETIRE  UPON  THE ATTAINMENT OF THE MANDATORY RETIREMENT AGE
 PRESCRIBED BY THIS SECTION, BY  FILING  AN  APPLICATION  THEREFOR  IN  A
 MANNER SIMILAR TO THAT PROVIDED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY OF THIS
 ARTICLE.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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