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                                  7399--A
     Cal. No. 361
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                            September 24, 2021
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 Introduced  by  Sens.  GAUGHRAN, ADDABBO, HELMING, HINCHEY, STEC -- read
   twice and ordered printed, and when printed to  be  committed  to  the
   Committee on Rules -- recommitted to the Committee on Local Government
   in  accordance  with  Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from
   said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third
   reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining  its  place  in  the
   order of third reading
 
 AN  ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to authorizing a
   municipality to increase the number of years of service that a partic-
   ipant in a defined  contribution  plan  service  award  program  or  a
   defined benefit plan service award program may receive a contribution
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 219-m  of  the  general  municipal
 law,  as added by chapter 558 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as
 follows:
   4. Points toward a year of ambulance service may be granted for activ-
 ities performed after a participant reaches entitlement age,  but  shall
 not  be granted for activities performed after a participant applies for
 a service award. The maximum number of years for which a participant may
 receive credit for a year of ambulance service shall be forty years. THE
 GOVERNING BOARD OF A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION MAY EXTEND THE MAXIMUM NUMBER
 OF YEARS FOR WHICH A PARTICIPANT MAY RECEIVE CREDIT FOR A YEAR OF  AMBU-
 LANCE  SERVICE  FOR UP TO AN ADDITIONAL TEN YEARS, TO A MAXIMUM OF FIFTY
 YEARS, AND SUCH INCREASES IN THE NUMBER OF YEARS MAY BE ADDED IN  MULTI-
 PLE  INCREMENTS  OR  IN A SINGLE ACTION, PURSUANT TO THE ADOPTION OF THE
 REQUIRED RESOLUTION OR RESOLUTIONS OF THE GOVERNING BOARD, RECEIVING THE
 AFFIRMATIVE VOTE OF AT LEAST SIXTY PERCENT OF THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE
 POLITICAL SUBDIVISION, AND THE APPROVAL OF ANY MANDATORY  REFERENDUM  OR
 REFERENDA  AUTHORIZING  THE  EXTENSION  OF BENEFITS UNDER THE PROGRAM BY
 ELIGIBLE VOTERS WITHIN SUCH POLITICAL SUBDIVISION.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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   § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 219-f of the general municipal  law,  as
 amended  by  chapter  514  of  the  laws  of 1998, is amended to read as
 follows:
   3.  The  maximum number of years for which a participant may receive a
 contribution shall be forty years.  THE GOVERNING BOARD OF  A  POLITICAL
 SUBDIVISION  MAY EXTEND THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF YEARS OF SERVICE FOR WHICH
 A PARTICIPANT MAY RECEIVE A CONTRIBUTION FOR UP  TO  AN  ADDITIONAL  TEN
 YEARS,  TO A MAXIMUM OF FIFTY YEARS, AND SUCH INCREASES IN THE NUMBER OF
 YEARS MAY BE ADDED IN MULTIPLE INCREMENTS OR IN A SINGLE ACTION,  PURSU-
 ANT  TO  THE  ADOPTION  OF THE REQUIRED RESOLUTION OR RESOLUTIONS OF THE
 GOVERNING BOARD, RECEIVING  THE  AFFIRMATIVE  VOTE  OF  AT  LEAST  SIXTY
 PERCENT  OF  THE  GOVERNING  BOARD OF THE POLITICAL SUBDIVISION, AND THE
 APPROVAL OF ANY MANDATORY REFERENDUM OR REFERENDA AUTHORIZING THE EXTEN-
 SION OF BENEFITS UNDER THE PROGRAM BY ELIGIBLE VOTERS WITHIN SUCH  POLI-
 TICAL SUBDIVISION.
   §  3.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
 current and future participants.