Senate Bill S8897

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to the calculation of past service credit for NYC DEP police transferring between the New York city employees' retirement system to the state and local police and fire retirement system

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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-S8897 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9633
Current Committee:
Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:
Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §343, R & SS L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S5557, A7383

2023-S8897 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the calculation of past service credit for police officers employed by the division of law enforcement in the department of environmental protection in the city of New York transferring between the New York city employees' retirement system to the New York state and local police and fire retirement system.

2023-S8897 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8897 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8897
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 25, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  MAYER  -- 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
   the calculation of past service credit for police officers employed by
   the  division  of  law  enforcement in the department of environmental
   protection in the city of New York transferring between the  New  York
   city  employees'  retirement  system  to  the New York state and local
   police and fire retirement system
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  343 of the retirement and social security law is
 amended by adding a new subdivision i to read as follows:
   I. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRA-
 RY, FOR ANY POLICE OFFICER EMPLOYED BY THE DIVISION OF  LAW  ENFORCEMENT
 IN  THE  DEPARTMENT  OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK
 TRANSFERRING FROM THE NEW YORK CITY EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM TO  THE
 NEW  YORK  STATE  AND  LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE RETIREMENT SYSTEM AFTER THE
 EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS  SUBDIVISION  AND  ANY  POLICE  OFFICER  FORMERLY
 EMPLOYED  BY  THE DIVISION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVI-
 RONMENTAL PROTECTION IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK HAVING MADE SUCH  TRANSFER,
 SUCH  POLICE  OFFICER'S DIVISION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT IN THE DEPARTMENT OF
 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK SERVICE CREDIT SHALL BE
 DEEMED CREDITABLE SERVICE, IN SUCH POLICE OFFICER'S TWENTY YEAR OR TWEN-
 TY-FIVE YEAR RETIREMENT PLAN, IF SUCH POLICE OFFICER HAS SERVED  FOR  AT
 LEAST  TWO  YEARS IN SUCH EMPLOYMENT AND IF, WITHIN ONE YEAR OF THE DATE
 ON WHICH HE OR SHE FIRST BECAME A MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK STATE AND LOCAL
 POLICE AND FIRE RETIREMENT SYSTEM OR WITHIN ONE YEAR  OF  THE  EFFECTIVE
 DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION, SUCH MEMBER ELECTS TO DO SO.
   2.  THE  AMOUNT OF SUCH SERVICE CREDITED TO THE MEMBER IN THE NEW YORK
 STATE AND LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE RETIREMENT SYSTEM PLAN SHALL NOT  EXCEED
 THE  AMOUNT  OF  SERVICE  CREDITED  TO  THE  MEMBER IN THE NEW YORK CITY
 EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM PLAN.
   3. IF THE MEMBER SUBSEQUENTLY RETIRES ON AN AGE-BASED RETIREMENT  PLAN
 IN  THE  NEW  YORK  STATE  AND  LOCAL  POLICE AND FIRE RETIREMENT SYSTEM
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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