Assembly Bill A8827

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Grants certain county fire marshals, supervising fire marshals, fire marshals, assistant fire marshals, assistant chief fire marshals or chief fire marshals pension benefits for service beyond twenty-five years

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

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2023-A8827 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7196
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §604, R & SS L

2023-A8827 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Grants Nassau county fire marshals, supervising fire marshals, fire marshals, assistant fire marshals, assistant chief fire marshals or chief fire marshals pension benefits for service rendered beyond twenty-five years.

2023-A8827 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8827
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 18, 2024
                                ___________
 
 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
   granting certain county fire marshals, supervising fire marshals, fire
   marshals,  assistant  fire  marshals, assistant chief fire marshals or
   chief fire marshals pension benefits for service rendered beyond twen-
   ty-five years
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision t of section 604 of the retirement and social
 security law, as amended by section 7 of part II of chapter  55  of  the
 laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   t.  The  early service retirement benefit for a member who is employed
 in the county of Nassau as  a  county  fire  marshal,  supervising  fire
 marshal,  fire  marshal,  assistant  fire  marshal, assistant chief fire
 marshal, chief fire marshal or  division  supervising  fire  marshal  as
 defined  in  section  eighty-nine-w  of  this chapter shall be a pension
 equal to one-fiftieth of final average salary times  years  of  credited
 service at the completion of twenty-five years of service as such county
 fire  marshal,  supervising  fire  marshal, fire marshal, assistant fire
 marshal, assistant chief fire marshal, chief fire  marshal  or  division
 supervising fire marshal, but not exceeding one-half of his or her final
 average  salary,  FOR  SERVICE BEYOND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AND FOR NON-FIRE
 MARSHAL COUNTY SERVICE THE BENEFIT IS INCREASED BY ONE-SIXTIETH OF FINAL
 AVERAGE SALARY FOR EACH YEAR OF ADDITIONAL SERVICE CREDIT.
   §  2.  All  past  service  costs  associated  with  implementing   the
 provisions of this act shall be borne by the county of Nassau and may be
 amortized over ten years.
   §  3. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary none of the
 provisions of this act shall be subject to the appropriation requirement
 of section twenty-five of the retirement and social security law.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
   FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11201-05-4
              

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