| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 05, 2022 |
referred to civil service and pensions |
| May 20, 2021 |
referred to civil service and pensions |
Senate Bill S6978
2021-2022 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 37th Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Civil Service And Pensions Committee
Actions
2021-S6978 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Civil Service And Pensions
- Law Section:
- Retirement
- Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
-
S5785
2021-S6978 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Authorizes Jonathan Roman, David Arroyo, and Vincent Fiumara to receive certain service credit under section 384-d of the retirement and social security law; authorizes Jason Behar to receive certain service credit under section 384 of the retirement and social security law.
2021-S6978 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S6978
SPONSOR: MAYER
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to authorize certain police officers to receive certain service
credit under sections 384 and 384-d of the retirement and social securi-
ty law
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This bill will allow Jonathan Roman, David Arroyo, and Vincent Fiumara,
police officers employed by the Village of Port Chester, to participate
in the New York state and local retirement system under the provisions
of section 384-d of the retirement and social security law, and will
allow Jason Behar, a police officer employed by the Village of Port
Chester, to participate in the New York state and local retirement
system under the provisions of section 384 of the retirement and social
security law.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
2021-S6978 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6978
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
May 20, 2021
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Introduced by Sen. MAYER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
AN ACT to authorize certain police officers to receive certain service
credit under sections 384 and 384-d of the retirement and social secu-
rity law
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
Jonathan Roman, David Arroyo, and Vincent Fiumara, members of the New
York state and local police and fire retirement system, who were
appointed as police officers with the village of Port Chester on August
4, 2014, and who, through no fault of their own, were enrolled to
participate in the special twenty-five year retirement plan contained in
section 384 of the retirement and social security law, shall be given
full credit in the special twenty year retirement plan contained in
section 384-d of the retirement and social security law for such service
upon the election of the village of Port Chester to assume the addi-
tional cost of such service. The village of Port Chester may so elect by
filing with the state comptroller within 180 days of the effective date
of this act, a resolution of its legislative body, together with certif-
ication that such police officers did not bar themselves from partic-
ipation in such retirement plan as a result of their own negligence.
Thereafter, such officers may elect to be covered by the provisions of
section 384-d of the retirement and social security law, and shall be
entitled to the full rights and benefits associated with coverage under
such section, by filing a request to this effect with the state comp-
troller within one year of the effective date of this act.
§ 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, Jason
Behar, a member of the New York state and local police and fire retire-
ment system, who transferred as a police officer from the city of Mount
Vernon to the village of Port Chester on May 26, 2015, and who, through
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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