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Senate Bill S2866

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Provides a pension benefit parity payment to certain retirees from a state management/confidential position

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2021-S2866 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A4885
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Civil Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §137, Civ Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S7771, A10093
2019-2020: S899, S4079, A2462

2021-S2866 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides a pension benefit parity payment to certain retirees from a state management/confidential position.

2021-S2866 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S2866 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2866
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 26, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. GOUNARDES, BOYLE, BRESLIN, JACKSON, SAVINO -- read
   twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
   Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the civil service law, in relation to establishing a
   retiree parity payment for certain employees who served in a  position
   or positions in the classified service of the state designated manage-
   rial or confidential
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The civil service law is amended by adding  a  new  section
 137 to read as follows:
   §  137.  MANAGEMENT/CONFIDENTIAL  RETIREE PARITY PAYMENT. 1.  NOTWITH-
 STANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO THE  CONTRARY,  ANY
 RETIREE  WHO SERVED IN A POSITION OR POSITIONS IN THE CLASSIFIED SERVICE
 OF THE STATE DESIGNATED MANAGERIAL OR CONFIDENTIAL PURSUANT  TO  ARTICLE
 FOURTEEN  OF THIS CHAPTER AND WHO RETIRED BETWEEN APRIL FIRST, TWO THOU-
 SAND NINE AND MARCH THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN, AND HAD A SALARY
 INCREASE AUTHORIZED UNDER CHAPTER TEN OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND  EIGHT
 WHICH  WAS  WITHHELD FOR STATE FISCAL YEARS TWO THOUSAND NINE AND/OR TWO
 THOUSAND TEN SHALL RECEIVE A SEVENTY DOLLAR  REBATE  PAYMENT  FOR  EVERY
 MONTH  OF  WITHHOLDING  FROM  APRIL  FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINE UNTIL SUCH
 RETIREE'S  DATE  OF  RETIREMENT  OR  MARCH  THIRTY-FIRST,  TWO  THOUSAND
 FIFTEEN,  WHICHEVER  IS  EARLIER, NOT TO EXCEED A TOTAL OF FIVE THOUSAND
 DOLLARS. THE COMPTROLLER SHALL CERTIFY TO THE DIVISION OF THE  BUDGET  A
 LISTING  OF  ALL SUCH RETIREES DEEMED ELIGIBLE PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVI-
 SION.
   2. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW, RULE  OR  REGULATION  TO  THE
 CONTRARY, ANY RETIREE WHO SERVED IN A POSITION OR POSITIONS IN THE CLAS-
 SIFIED SERVICE OF THE STATE DESIGNATED MANAGERIAL OR CONFIDENTIAL PURSU-
 ANT  TO  ARTICLE  FOURTEEN OF THIS CHAPTER AND WHO RETIRED BETWEEN APRIL
 FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN AND JUNE THIRTIETH, TWO  THOUSAND  SEVENTEEN
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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