Assembly Bill A5710

Vetoed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Includes SUNY police officers for purposes of presumption regarding impairment caused by heart disease

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Current Bill Status - Vetoed by Governor


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Vetoed By Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A5710 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7519
Law Section:
Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §363-a, R & SS L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A6413
2019-2020: A5301, A9876
2021-2022: A4393

2023-A5710 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes SUNY police officers for purposes of presumption regarding impairment caused by heart disease.

2023-A5710 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5710
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 22, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Employees
 
 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in  relation  to
   certain  disabilities  of  university police officers appointed by the
   state university of New York

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 363-a of the retirement and social
 security  law, as amended by chapter 437 of the laws of 2016, is amended
 to read as follows:
   3. As used in this section, the terms "firefighter" and "police  offi-
 cer"  mean  any  member who is performing police or fire service, as the
 phrase police or fire service is defined in paragraphs a, b, c, d, f (as
 added by chapter six hundred seventy-four of the laws of nineteen eight-
 y-six), f (as added by chapter six hundred seventy-seven of the laws  of
 nineteen  eighty-six),  g,  h,  I and j of subdivision eleven of section
 three hundred two of this article, and who, prior to entry into  service
 as a firefighter or police officer, successfully passed a physical exam-
 ination  which  failed  to  disclose  evidence  of  any disease or other
 impairment of the heart.
   § 2. The amendments to section 363-a  of  the  retirement  and  social
 security  law  made by section one of this act shall not affect, impair,
 or invalidate any  temporary  right,  privilege,  or  benefit  conferred
 pursuant  to  the  provisions  of a general, special or local law (other
 than pursuant to articles 14 and 15 of the retirement and social securi-
 ty law) for any member of a public retirement  system  or  pension  plan
 funded  by the state or one of its political subdivisions, nor shall any
 amendments thereto affect the application of such provisions as extended
 by the provisions of section 480 of the retirement and  social  security
 law.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08361-02-3
              

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