Assembly Bill A5213A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to enabling public employers to offer certain temporary retirement incentives for certain public employees

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  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A5213 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5529
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Retirement
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A10897, S8801
2021-2022: A5884, S5559

2023-A5213 - Summary

Enables public employers to offer an age fifty-five with ten years of service or age fifty with twenty-five years of service temporary retirement incentives for certain public employees.

2023-A5213 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5213
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 6, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. BUTTENSCHON, AUBRY, DeSTEFANO, DURSO, JACKSON,
   LUPARDO, McDONOUGH, RAMOS,  TANNOUSIS,  ZEBROWSKI  --  read  once  and
   referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees
 
 AN  ACT in relation to enabling public employers to offer certain tempo-
   rary retirement incentives for certain public employees

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Legislative  findings. The legislature finds and declares
 that the state is experiencing economic difficulties  and  in  order  to
 avoid  layoffs of public employees, a retirement incentive is necessary.
 However, nothing in this act shall be construed to create an expectation
 of a future or continuing retirement benefit for any public employee who
 is not eligible to receive and qualify for the  retirement  benefits  in
 this act during the applicable time periods.
   §  2. Definitions. For purposes of this act, the following terms shall
 have the following meanings:
   (a) "Retirement system" means the New York state and local  employees'
 retirement  system,  the New York state teachers' retirement system, the
 New York city teachers' retirement system, the New York  city  board  of
 education  retirement  system or the New York city employees' retirement
 system, exclusive  of  the  retirement  plans  established  pursuant  to
 sections 13-156 and 13-157 of the administrative code of the city of New
 York.
   (b) "State employer" means:
   (1) the executive branch of the state;
   (2)  the  state-operated  institutions  of the state university of New
 York;
   (3) the statutory and contract colleges operated pursuant  to  section
 357 of the education law;
   (4) the state university construction fund (hereinafter referred to in
 this act as the "fund");
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05022-02-3
              

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2023-A5213A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5529
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Retirement
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: A10897, S8801
2021-2022: A5884, S5559

2023-A5213A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enables public employers to offer an age fifty-five with ten years of service or age fifty with twenty-five years of service temporary retirement incentives for certain public employees.

2023-A5213A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5213--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               March 6, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. BUTTENSCHON, AUBRY, DeSTEFANO, DURSO, JACKSON,
   LUPARDO, McDONOUGH, RAMOS,  TANNOUSIS,  ZEBROWSKI,  SILLITTI,  REILLY,
   HEVESI,  COLTON,  BRABENEC,  NORRIS,  WEPRIN,  FALL  --  read once and
   referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees -- recommitted  to
   the  Committee  on  Governmental Employees in accordance with Assembly
   Rule  3,  sec.  2  --  committee  discharged,  bill  amended,  ordered
   reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT in relation to enabling public employers to offer certain tempo-
   rary retirement incentives for certain public employees
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Legislative  findings. The legislature finds and declares
 that the state is experiencing economic difficulties  and  in  order  to
 avoid  layoffs of public employees, a retirement incentive is necessary.
 However, nothing in this act shall be construed to create an expectation
 of a future or continuing retirement benefit for any public employee who
 is not eligible to receive and qualify for the  retirement  benefits  in
 this act during the applicable time periods.
   §  2. Definitions. For purposes of this act, the following terms shall
 have the following meanings:
   (a) "Retirement system" means the New York state and local  employees'
 retirement  system,  the New York state teachers' retirement system, the
 New York city teachers' retirement system, the New York  city  board  of
 education  retirement  system or the New York city employees' retirement
 system, exclusive  of  the  retirement  plans  established  pursuant  to
 sections 13-156 and 13-157 of the administrative code of the city of New
 York.
   (b) "State employer" means:
   (1) the executive branch of the state;
   (2)  the  state-operated  institutions  of the state university of New
 York;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05022-06-4
              

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