assembly Bill A6511

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Establishes a death benefit for deputy sheriffs employed by Nassau county

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

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Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Oct 29, 2021 signed chap.529
Oct 18, 2021 delivered to governor
Jun 09, 2021 returned to senate
passed assembly
home rule request
ordered to third reading rules cal.667
substituted for a6511
Jun 09, 2021 substituted by s3759
rules report cal.667
reported
reported referred to rules
Jun 02, 2021 reported referred to ways and means
Mar 19, 2021 referred to governmental employees

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A6511 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3759
Law Section:
Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§508-b & 606-b, R & SS L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A9858, S7807

A6511 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes a death benefit for deputy sheriffs employed by Nassau county entitling the sheriff's beneficiaries to receive in a lump sum an amount payable which shall equal the pension reserve that would have been established had the member retired on the date of his or her death.

A6511 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6511
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Employees
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
   establishing a death benefit for deputy sheriffs  employed  by  Nassau
   county
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding
 a new section 508-b to read as follows:
   § 508-B. DEATH BENEFIT FOR DEPUTY SHERIFFS EMPLOYED BY NASSAU  COUNTY.
 NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  PROVISION  OF  LAW TO THE CONTRARY, WHERE A DEPUTY
 SHERIFF WOULD HAVE BEEN ENTITLED TO A SERVICE RETIREMENT BENEFIT AT  THE
 TIME  OF  HIS OR HER DEATH AND WHERE HIS OR HER DEATH OCCURS ON OR AFTER
 THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, THE BENEFICIARY OR BENEFICIARIES MAY
 ELECT TO RECEIVE, IN A LUMP SUM, AN AMOUNT PAYABLE WHICH SHALL BE  EQUAL
 TO  THE  PENSION RESERVE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED HAD THE MEMBER
 RETIRED ON THE DATE OF HIS OR HER DEATH, OR THE VALUE OF THE DEATH BENE-
 FIT AND THE RESERVE-FOR-INCREASED-TAKE-HOME-PAY, IF  ANY,  WHICHEVER  IS
 GREATER.
   § 2. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding a new
 section 606-b to read as follows:
   §  606-B. DEATH BENEFIT FOR DEPUTY SHERIFFS EMPLOYED BY NASSAU COUNTY.
 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW TO THE  CONTRARY,  WHERE  A  DEPUTY
 SHERIFF  WOULD HAVE BEEN ENTITLED TO A SERVICE RETIREMENT BENEFIT AT THE
 TIME OF HIS OR HER DEATH AND WHERE HIS OR HER DEATH OCCURS ON  OR  AFTER
 THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION, THE BENEFICIARY OR BENEFICIARIES MAY
 ELECT  TO RECEIVE, IN A LUMP SUM, AN AMOUNT PAYABLE WHICH SHALL BE EQUAL
 TO THE PENSION RESERVE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED HAD  THE  MEMBER
 RETIRED ON THE DATE OF HIS OR HER DEATH, OR THE VALUE OF THE DEATH BENE-
 FIT  AND  THE  RESERVE-FOR-INCREASED-TAKE-HOME-PAY, IF ANY, WHICHEVER IS
 GREATER.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.