Senate Bill S4153

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Increases the amount of years of military service credit a member may purchase

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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-S4153 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A3435
Current Committee:
Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:
Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1000, R & SS L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S8698, A10059

2023-S4153 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases the amount of years of military service credit a member may purchase from three years to ten years.

2023-S4153 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4153 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
     S. 4153                                                  A. 3435
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                       S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 3, 2023
                                ___________
 
 IN  SENATE  --  Introduced  by  Sens.  THOMAS, SKOUFIS -- read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   Civil Service and Pensions
 
 IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. SILLITTI -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Governmental Employees

 AN  ACT  to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
   increasing the amount of years of military service credit a member may
   purchase
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivisions 1 and 4 of section 1000 of the retirement and
 social security law, as amended by chapter 41 of the laws of  2016,  are
 amended to read as follows:
   1.  A member, upon application to such retirement system, may obtain a
 total not to exceed [three] TEN  years  of  service  credit  for  up  to
 [three]  TEN  years  of military duty, as defined in section two hundred
 forty-three of the military law, if the member was honorably  discharged
 from the military.
   4. In no event shall the credit granted pursuant to this section, when
 added  to credit granted for military service with any retirement system
 of this state pursuant to this or any other provision of law,  exceed  a
 total of [three] TEN years.
   §  2. Subdivision 1 of section 1000 of the retirement and social secu-
 rity law, as amended by chapter 585 of the laws of 2022, is  amended  to
 read as follows:
   1.  A member, upon application to such retirement system, may obtain a
 total not to exceed [three] TEN  years  of  service  credit  for  up  to
 [three]  TEN  years  of military duty, as defined in section two hundred
 forty-three of the  military  law,  if  the  member  (a)  was  honorably
 discharged  from  the  military,  or  (b) has a qualifying condition, as

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01914-02-3
              

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