Senate Bill S8536

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to accidental disability retirement for deputy sheriffs

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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-S8536 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5714
Current Committee:
Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:
Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §556, R & SS L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A10415
2019-2020: A5020, A10254
2021-2022: A4392, A9666

2023-S8536 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to accidental disability retirement for deputy sheriffs; provides that deputy sheriffs shall receive a pension of three-quarters of their final average salary.

2023-S8536 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8536 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8536
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 9, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
 
 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in  relation  to
   accidental disability retirement for deputy sheriffs
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Paragraph 3 of subdivision e of section 556 of the  retire-
 ment  and  social  security  law, as added by chapter 165 of the laws of
 1995, is amended to read as follows:
   3. A pension of  two-thirds  of  his  or  her  final  average  salary;
 PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  A  DEPUTY SHERIFF SHALL RECEIVE A PENSION OF THREE-
 QUARTERS OF HIS OR HER FINAL AVERAGE SALARY IF SUCH  DEPUTY  SHERIFF  IS
 EMPLOYED  BY  AN  EMPLOYER  THAT  HAS ELECTED TO PROVIDE SUCH BENEFIT TO
 DEPUTY SHERIFFS. The payment of such pension shall  be  subject  to  the
 provisions of section [three hundred] sixty-four of this chapter.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
   FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
   This  bill  would  allow county employers to elect to provide improved
 accidental  disability  pensions  to  deputy  sheriffs  covered  by  the
 provisions  of  Article  14-B of the Retirement and Social Security Law.
 The improved disability benefit would be three-quarters of final average
 salary less Workers' Compensation. The  current  disability  benefit  is
 two-thirds of final average salary less Workers' Compensation.
   If this bill is enacted during the 2024 Legislative Session, we antic-
 ipate  that there will be an increase in the annual contributions of any
 electing county of 0.2% of affected  deputy  sheriffs'  salary  for  the
 fiscal  year ending March 31, 2025. In future years, this cost will vary
 as the billing rates and salary of the affected members change.
   In addition to the annual contributions discussed above, there will be
 an immediate past service cost of approximately 1.0% of affected  deputy
 sheriffs'  salary,  which will be borne by any electing county as a one-
 time payment. This estimate assumes that payment will be made on  Febru-
 ary 1, 2025.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD08482-04-4
              

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