Senate Bill S6861

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Provides for the automatic enrollment of employees of the city of New York eligible to join the New York city board of education retirement system

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Current Bill Status Via A7156 - Signed by Governor


  • 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-S6861 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7156
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §2575, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S8644, A9620

2023-S6861 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for the automatic enrollment of employees of the city of New York eligible to join the New York city board of education retirement system.

2023-S6861 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6861 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6861
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 11, 2023
                                ___________
 
 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 education law, in  relation  to  providing  for  the
   automatic  enrollment of employees of the city of New York eligible to
   join the New York city board of education retirement system

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision 18 of section 2575 of the
 education law, as added by chapter 536 of the laws of 1986,  is  amended
 to read as follows:
   (b) (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) of subdivision
 one of this section or any provision of the rules and regulations or any
 other  provision  of  law  to  the  contrary, membership in the board of
 education retirement system shall include any  provisional  employee  in
 education service who elects to become a member in the manner prescribed
 by  the  applicable  provisions  of  subparagraph two [or], subparagraph
 three OR SUBPARAGRAPH FOUR of this paragraph.
   (2) Any such provisional employee who is not a member of the New  York
 city employees' retirement system at the time he or she elects to become
 a  member  of  the board of education retirement system may make such an
 election of membership by filing with the board of education  retirement
 system a duly executed and acknowledged application for membership.
   (3) Any such provisional employee who is a member of the New York city
 employees'  retirement  system  at the time he or she elects to become a
 member of the board of education retirement  system  may  make  such  an
 election of membership by filing simultaneously with the board of educa-
 tion  retirement system a duly executed and acknowledged application for
 membership and a duly executed and acknowledged request that his or  her
 membership and service credit in the New York city employees' retirement
 system be transferred to the board of education retirement system.
   (4)(I)  BEGINNING JULY FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR, UPON THE ENTRY
 INTO EMPLOYMENT OF ANY EMPLOYEE ELIGIBLE  TO  ELECT  MEMBERSHIP  IN  THE
 RETIREMENT  SYSTEM  PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPHS ONE, TWO AND THREE OF THIS
 PARAGRAPH OR ANY OTHER APPLICABLE PROVISION OF LAW,  AND  PROVIDED  SUCH
 
              

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