Assembly Bill A556A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to changes of membership eligibility in a New York state retirement system

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    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A556 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6361
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §540, Ed L; add §§113-b & 411-a, R & SS L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9683
2015-2016: A2450
2017-2018: A1934
2019-2020: A708
2021-2022: A1076, S4597

2023-A556 - Summary

Relates to changes of membership eligibility in a New York state retirement system.

2023-A556 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                    556
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Employees
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law and the retirement and social security
   law, in relation to termination of membership  in  a  New  York  state
   retirement system
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 540 to
 read as follows:
   § 540. WRITTEN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF MEMBERSHIP  TERMINATION.  A  TEACHER
 INTENDING  TO  TERMINATE  HIS OR HER MEMBERSHIP IN THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM
 DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED ONE OF  THIS  ARTICLE
 AND  THE  TEACHER'S  EMPLOYER  MUST  BOTH  EXECUTE  A  WRITTEN STATEMENT
 PROVIDED BY THE RETIREMENT BOARD  THAT  THE  TEACHER  AND  THE  EMPLOYER
 ACKNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTAND THAT THE TEACHER, ON A SPECIFIC DATE, WILL NO
 LONGER  BE A MEMBER OF SUCH RETIREMENT SYSTEM. THE EMPLOYER MUST, WITHIN
 THIRTY DAYS AFTER SIGNATURE BY BOTH PARTIES, FILE SUCH WRITTEN STATEMENT
 WITH THE RETIREMENT BOARD IN ORDER TO  EFFECTUATE  SUCH  TERMINATION  OF
 MEMBERSHIP.
   § 2. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding a new
 section 113-b to read as follows:
   §  113-B.  WRITTEN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF MEMBERSHIP TERMINATION. A MEMBER
 INTENDING TO TERMINATE HIS OR HER MEMBERSHIP IN  THE  RETIREMENT  SYSTEM
 DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION TWENTY-EIGHT OF SECTION TWO OF THIS ARTICLE AND
 THE MEMBER'S EMPLOYER MUST BOTH EXECUTE A WRITTEN STATEMENT PROVIDED  BY
 THE  OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER THAT THE MEMBER AND THE EMPLOYER ACKNOWL-
 EDGE AND UNDERSTAND THAT THE MEMBER, ON A SPECIFIC DATE, WILL NO  LONGER
 BE  A MEMBER OF SUCH RETIREMENT SYSTEM. THE EMPLOYER MUST, WITHIN THIRTY
 DAYS AFTER SIGNATURE BY BOTH PARTIES, FILE SUCH WRITTEN  STATEMENT  WITH
 THE OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER IN ORDER TO EFFECTUATE SUCH TERMINATION OF
 MEMBERSHIP.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01478-01-3
              

2023-A556A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6361
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §540, Ed L; add §§113-b & 411-a, R & SS L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2013-2014: A9683
2015-2016: A2450
2017-2018: A1934
2019-2020: A708
2021-2022: A1076, S4597

2023-A556A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to changes of membership eligibility in a New York state retirement system.

2023-A556A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  556--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              January 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee 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 to amend the education law and the retirement and social security
   law,  in  relation  to changes of membership eligibility in a New York
   state retirement system
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 540 to
 read as follows:
   §  540. WRITTEN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF CHANGE OF MEMBERSHIP ELIGIBILITY. A
 MEMBER INTENDING TO INITIATE OR UNDERGO A CHANGE OF TITLE OR  EMPLOYMENT
 RESPONSIBILITIES  WHILE REMAINING IN THE EMPLOY OF SUCH MEMBER'S CURRENT
 EMPLOYER WHICH SHALL AFFECT SUCH MEMBER'S ELIGIBILITY FOR MEMBERSHIP  OR
 ABILITY  TO  ACCRUE  SERVICE  CREDIT IN THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM DEFINED IN
 SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED ONE OF THIS  ARTICLE,  AND  SUCH
 MEMBER'S EMPLOYER SHALL BOTH EXECUTE A WRITTEN STATEMENT PROVIDED BY THE
 RETIREMENT  BOARD  THAT  SUCH  MEMBER  AND SUCH EMPLOYER ACKNOWLEDGE AND
 UNDERSTAND THAT SUCH MEMBER, ON A SPECIFIC DATE, WILL  NO  LONGER  BE  A
 MEMBER OF SUCH RETIREMENT SYSTEM OR WILL NO LONGER BE ELIGIBLE TO ACCRUE
 SERVICE  CREDIT  IN  SUCH MEMBER'S RETIREMENT PLAN. SUCH EMPLOYER SHALL,
 WITHIN THIRTY DAYS AFTER SIGNATURE BY BOTH PARTIES,  FILE  SUCH  WRITTEN
 STATEMENT  WITH  THE RETIREMENT BOARD IN ORDER TO EFFECTUATE SUCH CHANGE
 OF MEMBERSHIP.
   § 2. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding a new
 section 113-b to read as follows:
   § 113-B. WRITTEN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF CHANGE OF MEMBERSHIP  ELIGIBILITY.
 A  MEMBER  INTENDING TO INITIATE OR UNDERGO A CHANGE OF TITLE OR EMPLOY-
 MENT RESPONSIBILITIES WHILE REMAINING IN THE  EMPLOY  OF  SUCH  MEMBER'S
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01478-02-4
              

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