Senate Bill S5529A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

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

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Civil Service And Pensions Committee


  • 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-S5529 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5213
Current Committee:
Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:
Retirement
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S8801, A10897
2021-2022: S5559, A5884

2023-S5529 - 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-S5529 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5529 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5529
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 7, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
 
 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
 S. 5529                             2
              

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2023-S5529A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5213
Current Committee:
Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:
Retirement
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S8801, A10897
2021-2022: S5559, A5884

2023-S5529A (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-S5529A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5529A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5529--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 7, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. GRIFFO, LANZA, OBERACKER, RHOADS -- read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   Civil  Service  and  Pensions -- recommitted to the Committee on Civil
   Service and Pensions in accordance with  Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8  --
   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.
                                                            LBD05022-05-4
 S. 5529--A                          2
              

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Sunita_Rodriguez
5 months ago

Please pass this bill. Teachers that started right out of college have over 30 years, but not the age. This bill will allow teachers to retire without penalty that are 50 and have at least 25 years. It will also allow the younger teachers to keep their jobs as the budget is not allowing districts to keep their teachers due to the budget!

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