Senate Bill S6483

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to increasing certain special accidental death benefits

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Archive: Last Bill Status Via A7124 - Signed by Governor


  • 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-S6483 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7124
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §208-f, Gen Muni L; amd §361-a, R & SS L

2021-S6483 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to increasing certain special accidental death benefits; increases the special accidental death benefit paid to a widow or widower or the deceased member's children under the age of eighteen, or if a student, under the age of twenty-three.

2021-S6483 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S6483 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6483
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                                May 3, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
 
 AN  ACT to amend the general municipal law and the retirement and social
   security law, in relation to  increasing  certain  special  accidental
   death benefits

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision c of section 208-f  of  the  general  municipal
 law,  as  amended  by  section 1 of item NNN of subpart B of part XXX of
 chapter 58 of the laws of 2020, is amended to read as follows:
   c. Commencing July first, two thousand [twenty] TWENTY-ONE the special
 accidental death benefit paid to a widow  or  widower  or  the  deceased
 member's  children under the age of eighteen or, if a student, under the
 age of twenty-three, if the widow or widower has died,  shall  be  esca-
 lated  by  adding  thereto an additional percentage of the salary of the
 deceased member (as increased pursuant to subdivision b of this section)
 in accordance with the following schedule:
      calendar year of death
      of the deceased member              per centum
           1977 or prior                  [256.5%] 267.1%
           1978                           [246.1%] 256.5%
           1979                           [236%] 246.1%
           1980                           [226.2%] 236%
           1981                           [216.7%] 226.2%
           1982                           [207.5%] 216.7%
           1983                           [198.5%] 207.5%
           1984                           [189.8%] 198.5%
           1985                           [181.4%] 189.8%
           1986                           [173.2%] 181.4%
           1987                           [165.2%] 173.2%
           1988                           [157.5%] 165.2%
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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