Assembly Bill A6756

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Provides for certain death benefits to correction officers, correction officer-sergeants, correction officer-captains, assistant wardens, associate wardens or wardens employed by Orange county

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    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2025-A6756 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5726
Law Section:
Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:
Add §606-d, R & SS L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
A6092, S5536

2025-A6756 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for certain death benefits to correction officers, correction officer-sergeants, correction officer-captains, assistant wardens, associate wardens or wardens employed by Orange county.

2025-A6756 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6756
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 11, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. KAY -- read once and referred to the Committee on
   Governmental Employees
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
   providing certain death benefits to  correction  officers,  correction
   officer-sergeants,  correction  officer-captains,  assistant  wardens,
   associate wardens or wardens employed by Orange county
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding
 a new section 606-d to read as follows:
   §  606-D.  DEATH  BENEFITS  FOR CORRECTION OFFICERS EMPLOYED BY ORANGE
 COUNTY. A. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE TERM "CORRECTION OFFICER"  SHALL
 MEAN A PERSON EMPLOYED BY THE ORANGE COUNTY CORRECTION DEPARTMENT WITH A
 TITLE  OF  CORRECTION  OFFICER,  CORRECTION OFFICER-SERGEANT, CORRECTION
 OFFICER-CAPTAIN, ASSISTANT WARDEN, ASSOCIATE WARDEN OR WARDEN.
   B. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY PROVISION OF  LAW  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  WHERE  A
 CORRECTION  OFFICER  WOULD  HAVE  BEEN  ENTITLED TO A SERVICE RETIREMENT
 BENEFIT AT THE TIME OF THEIR DEATH AND WHERE THEIR DEATH  OCCURS  ON  OR
 AFTER  THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THE CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND
 TWENTY-FIVE THAT ADDED THIS SECTION, THE  BENEFICIARY  OR  BENEFICIARIES
 MAY  ELECT  TO  RECEIVE, IN A LUMP SUM, AN AMOUNT PAYABLE WHICH SHALL BE
 EQUAL TO THE PENSION RESERVE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN  ESTABLISHED  HAD  THE
 MEMBER  RETIRED  ON THE DATE OF SUCH MEMBER'S DEATH, OR THE VALUE OF THE
 DEATH  BENEFIT  AND  THE  RESERVE-FOR-INCREASED-TAKE-HOME-PAY,  IF  ANY,
 WHICHEVER IS GREATER.
   §   2.  All  past  service  costs  associated  with  implementing  the
 provisions of this act shall be borne by the county of Orange and may be
 amortized over a period of ten years.
   § 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,  none
 of  the  provisions  of  this  act shall be subject to the appropriation
 requirement of section 25 of the retirement and social security law.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00684-02-5
              

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