Assembly Bill A11661

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                   11661
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 29, 2026
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 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Powers) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees
 
 AN ACT to amend the  civil  service  law,  in  relation  to  prohibiting
   elected officials from collecting retirement while still in an elected
   position
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 150 of the civil service law, as amended by chapter
 211 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows:
   § 150. Suspension of pension and  annuity  during  public  employment.
 Except  as  otherwise  provided by sections one hundred one, two hundred
 eleven, and two hundred twelve of the  retirement  and  social  security
 law,  section five hundred three of the education law, and except as now
 provided by any local law or charter, if any person subsequent  to  [his
 or  her]  THEIR retirement from the civil service of the state or of any
 municipal corporation or  political  subdivision  of  the  state,  shall
 accept  any  office,  position or employment in the civil service of the
 state or of any municipal corporation or political  subdivision  of  the
 state  to which any salary or emolument is attached, except jury duty or
 the office of inspector of election, poll clerk or  ballot  clerk  under
 the  election  law,  or  the  office of notary public or commissioner of
 deeds, [or an elective public office,] any pension or annuity awarded or
 allotted to [him or her] THEM upon retirement, and payable by the state,
 by such municipal corporation or political subdivision, or  out  of  any
 fund  established  by or pursuant to law, shall be suspended during such
 service or employment and while such person is receiving any  salary  or
 emolument   therefor   except   reimbursement  for  traveling  expenses.
 [Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any person, subsequent to his or  her
 retirement from an elective public office, accepts appointment, is re-e-
 lected  or takes a new oath of office to the same elective public office
 from which he or she retired, his or her retirement allowance  shall  be
 suspended  until the date he or she vacates such elective public office,
 unless the amount earned for any calendar year for that elective  public
 office  does  not  exceed  the  earning  limitation provided for retired

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

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 A. 11661                            2

 persons in section two hundred twelve of the retirement and social secu-
 rity law. However, for purposes of this section the age seventy unlimit-
 ed earnings provision of section two hundred twelve  of  the  retirement
 and  social  security  law will not pertain to any person, subsequent to
 his or her retirement from an elective public  office,  if  such  person
 accepts  appointment, is re-elected or takes a new oath of office to the
 same elective public office from which he or she retired].
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, and shall  apply  to  all
 current elected officials and all those elected after the effective date
 of this act.