senate Bill S6980B

Vetoed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to authorizing police/fire members of the New York city fire department pension fund to obtain credit for service as an EMT member

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  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor Calendar
    • Passed Senate
    • Passed Assembly
  • Delivered to Governor
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Actions

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Dec 16, 2022 vetoed memo.126
Dec 12, 2022 delivered to governor
May 31, 2022 returned to senate
passed assembly
home rule request
ordered to third reading rules cal.490
substituted for a10029
May 25, 2022 referred to ways and means
delivered to assembly
passed senate
home rule request
May 23, 2022 ordered to third reading cal.1432
May 17, 2022 reported and committed to rules
May 10, 2022 reported and committed to finance
Apr 21, 2022 print number 6980b
Apr 21, 2022 amend and recommit to civil service and pensions
Jan 05, 2022 referred to civil service and pensions
Jun 14, 2021 print number 6980a
Jun 14, 2021 amend and recommit to civil service and pensions
May 20, 2021 referred to civil service and pensions

Votes

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May 23, 2022 - Rules committee Vote

S6980B
21
0
committee
21
Aye
0
Nay
0
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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May 17, 2022 - Finance committee Vote

S6980B
22
0
committee
22
Aye
0
Nay
0
Aye with Reservations
1
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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May 9, 2022 - Civil Service and Pensions committee Vote

S6980B
7
0
committee
7
Aye
0
Nay
0
Aye with Reservations
0
Absent
0
Excused
0
Abstained
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Civil Service and Pensions Committee Vote: May 9, 2022

S6980 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10029
Law Section:
Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §513, R & SS L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S4794, A5055

S6980 - Summary

Authorizes police/fire members of the New York city fire department pension fund to obtain credit for certain prior service as an EMT member.

S6980 - Sponsor Memo

S6980 - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6980
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 20, 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 retirement and social security law, in relation to
   authorizing police/fire members of the New York city  fire  department
   pension fund to obtain credit for service as an EMT member

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Paragraph 2 of subdivision c of section 513 of the  retire-
 ment  and  social  security  law, as added by chapter 890 of the laws of
 1976, is amended to read as follows:
   2. A (I) police/fire member shall be eligible  to  obtain  credit  for
 service  with  a public employer described in paragraph one only if such
 service, if rendered prior to July first, nineteen  hundred  seventy-six
 by  a police/fire member who was subject to article eleven of this chap-
 ter, would have been eligible for credit in the  police/fire  retirement
 system or plan involved.
   (II)  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  PROVISION OF LAW TO THE CONTRARY, A
 MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT PENSION FUND SUBJECT TO THIS
 ARTICLE SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO OBTAIN CREDIT FOR ANY PERIOD  OF  ALLOWABLE
 SERVICE  RENDERED AS AN EMT MEMBER, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN PARAGRAPH
 ONE OF SUBDIVISION A OF SECTION SIX  HUNDRED  FOUR-E  OF  THIS  CHAPTER,
 WHICH  IMMEDIATELY  PRECEDES  SERVICE IN THE UNIFORMED FORCE OF THE FIRE
 DEPARTMENT AND SUCH SERVICE SHALL BE DEEMED TO  BE  IN  SERVICE  OF  THE
 UNIFORMED  FORCE  OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR PURPOSES OF ELIGIBILITY FOR
 BENEFITS AND TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF BENEFITS UNDER THE NEW YORK CITY
 FIRE DEPARTMENT PENSION FUND, PROVIDED THAT SUCH MEMBER PAYS  OR  TRANS-
 FERS  INTO  THE  NEW  YORK  CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT PENSION FUND ALL MEMBER
 CONTRIBUTIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN OF THIS  ARTI-
 CLE PLUS INTEREST, AT A RATE OF FIVE PERCENT PER ANNUM. FOR A MEMBER WHO
 TRANSFERS  SUCH  CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE NEW YORK CITY EMPLOYEES' RETIRE-
 MENT SYSTEM TO THE NEW YORK CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT PENSION FUND OR  FOR  A
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

Co-Sponsors

S6980A - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10029
Law Section:
Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §513, R & SS L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S4794, A5055

S6980A - Summary

Authorizes police/fire members of the New York city fire department pension fund to obtain credit for certain prior service as an EMT member.

S6980A - Sponsor Memo

S6980A - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6980--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 20, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
   --  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended
   and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in  relation  to
   authorizing  police/fire  members of the New York city fire department
   pension fund to obtain credit for service as an EMT member
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Paragraph 2 of subdivision c of section 513 of the retire-
 ment and social security law, as added by chapter 890  of  the  laws  of
 1976, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  A  (I)  police/fire  member shall be eligible to obtain credit for
 service with a public employer described in paragraph one only  if  such
 service,  if  rendered prior to July first, nineteen hundred seventy-six
 by a police/fire member who was subject to article eleven of this  chap-
 ter,  would  have been eligible for credit in the police/fire retirement
 system or plan involved.
   (II) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  A
 MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT PENSION FUND SUBJECT TO THIS
 ARTICLE  SHALL  BE ELIGIBLE TO OBTAIN CREDIT FOR ANY PERIOD OF ALLOWABLE
 SERVICE RENDERED AS AN EMT MEMBER, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN  PARAGRAPH
 ONE  OF  SUBDIVISION  A  OF  SECTION SIX HUNDRED FOUR-E OF THIS CHAPTER,
 WHICH IMMEDIATELY PRECEDES SERVICE IN THE UNIFORMED FORCE  OF  THE  FIRE
 DEPARTMENT  AND  SUCH  SERVICE  SHALL  BE DEEMED TO BE IN SERVICE OF THE
 UNIFORMED FORCE OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR PURPOSES OF  ELIGIBILITY  FOR
 BENEFITS AND TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF BENEFITS UNDER THE NEW YORK CITY
 FIRE  DEPARTMENT  PENSION FUND, PROVIDED THAT SUCH MEMBER PAYS OR TRANS-
 FERS INTO THE NEW YORK CITY FIRE  DEPARTMENT  PENSION  FUND  ALL  MEMBER
 CONTRIBUTIONS  SET FORTH IN SECTION FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN OF THIS ARTI-
 CLE PLUS INTEREST, AT A RATE OF FIVE PERCENT PER ANNUM. FOR A MEMBER WHO
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

Co-Sponsors

S6980B (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10029
Law Section:
Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §513, R & SS L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S4794, A5055

S6980B (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes police/fire members of the New York city fire department pension fund to obtain credit for certain prior service as an EMT member.

S6980B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S6980B (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6980--B
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 20, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. GOUNARDES, KAMINSKY -- read twice and ordered print-
   ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service
   and  Pensions -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted
   as amended and recommitted to said committee  --  recommitted  to  the
   Committee on Civil Service and Pensions in accordance with Senate Rule
   6,  sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in  relation  to
   authorizing  police/fire  members of the New York city fire department
   pension fund to obtain credit for service as an EMT member
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Paragraph 2 of subdivision c of section 513 of the retire-
 ment and social security law, as added by chapter 890  of  the  laws  of
 1976, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  (I)  A  police/fire  member shall be eligible to obtain credit for
 service with a public employer described in paragraph one only  if  such
 service,  if  rendered prior to July first, nineteen hundred seventy-six
 by a police/fire member who was subject to article eleven of this  chap-
 ter,  would  have been eligible for credit in the police/fire retirement
 system or plan involved.
   (II) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  A
 MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT PENSION FUND SUBJECT TO THIS
 ARTICLE  SHALL  BE ELIGIBLE TO OBTAIN CREDIT FOR ANY PERIOD OF ALLOWABLE
 SERVICE RENDERED AS AN EMT MEMBER, AS SUCH TERM IS DEFINED IN  PARAGRAPH
 ONE  OF  SUBDIVISION A OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED FOUR-E OF THIS CHAPTER, AS
 ADDED BY CHAPTER 577 OF THE LAWS OF  2000,  WHICH  IMMEDIATELY  PRECEDES
 SERVICE  IN  THE UNIFORMED FORCE OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND SUCH SERVICE
 SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE IN SERVICE OF THE  UNIFORMED  FORCE  OF  THE  FIRE
 DEPARTMENT FOR PURPOSES OF ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS AND TO DETERMINE THE
 AMOUNT OF BENEFITS UNDER THE NEW YORK CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT PENSION FUND,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD07873-05-2

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