Senate Bill S8946

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to retirement benefits for certain employees

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Civil Service And Pensions Committee


  • 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-S8946 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7827
Current Committee:
Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:
Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §700, R & SS L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S6054, A6343

2021-S8946 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the election of retirement benefits for certain members of the New York state and local employees' retirement system who are employed by the office of mental health.

2021-S8946 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S8946 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8946
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 29, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- 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
   retirement  benefits  for  certain  employees;  and  providing for the
   repeal of such provisions upon the expiration thereof

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision c of section 700 of the retirement and social
 security law, as added by chapter 578 of the laws of 1989, is amended to
 read as follows:
   c. Such election shall be in writing, shall be duly executed and filed
 with the comptroller and, SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISION D  OF
 THIS  SECTION, shall be irrevocable as long as such member is in a title
 defined in subdivision i of section eighty-nine  of  this  chapter.  The
 election  shall  be  filed  on or before December thirty-first, nineteen
 hundred eighty-nine  or  within  one  year  after  such  person  becomes
 employed in such title, whichever date is later.
   §  2. Section 700 of the retirement and social security law is amended
 by adding a new subdivision d to read as follows:
   D. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  A  MEMBER
 EMPLOYED  BY  THE  OFFICE OF MENTAL HEALTH HOLDING THE TITLE OF SECURITY
 HOSPITAL TREATMENT ASSISTANT, SENIOR SECURITY HOSPITAL TREATMENT ASSIST-
 ANT, SECURITY HOSPITAL TREATMENT ASSISTANT  SPANISH  LANGUAGE,  SECURITY
 HOSPITAL  SENIOR TREATMENT ASSISTANT SPANISH LANGUAGE, SECURITY HOSPITAL
 TREATMENT ASSISTANT SUPERVISOR OR SECURITY HOSPITAL TREATMENT  ASSISTANT
 CHIEF,  SHALL BE ENTITLED TO FILE AN ELECTION, SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS
 OF ARTICLE FOURTEEN OR ARTICLE FIFTEEN OF THIS CHAPTER, IN ITS ENTIRETY,
 AND SHALL BE SUBJECT TO NONE  OF  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THE  ARTICLE  NOT
 SELECTED BY THE MEMBER. SUCH ELECTION SHALL BE IN WRITING, SHALL BE DULY
 EXECUTED AND FILED WITH THE COMPTROLLER AND SHALL BE IRREVOCABLE.
   §  3.  This  act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall
 have become a law and shall expire and be deemed  repealed  on  the  one
 hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law.
   FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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