| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Jan 10, 2025 |
referred to civil service and pensions |
Senate Bill S1579
2025-2026 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(D, WF) 31st Senate District
Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Civil Service And Pensions Committee
Actions
2025-S1579 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Civil Service And Pensions
- Law Section:
- Civil Service Law
- Laws Affected:
- Add §137, Civ Serv L
- Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
-
S6053
2025-S1579 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER: S1579
SPONSOR: JACKSON
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the civil service law, in relation to granting a retro-
active parity payment to certain management and confidential retirees
PURPOSE:
This bill grants a retroactive parity payment to certain management and
confidential retirees.
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 adds new Section 137 to the Civil Service Law, which provides
for a rebate payment to certain employees designated managerial or
confidential and retired between April 1, 2009, and March 31, 2015, and
had an authorized salary increase that was withheld.
Section 2 is the effective date.
2025-S1579 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________
1579
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 10, 2025
___________
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 civil service law, in relation to granting a retro-
active parity payment to certain management and confidential retirees
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The civil service law is amended by adding a new section
137 to read as follows:
§ 137. MANAGEMENT AND CONFIDENTIAL RETIREE PARITY PAYMENT. NOTWITH-
STANDING ANY PROVISION OF LAW, RULE OR REGULATION TO THE CONTRARY, ANY
RETIREE WHO SERVED IN A POSITION OR POSITIONS IN THE CLASSIFIED SERVICE
OF THE STATE DESIGNATED MANAGERIAL OR CONFIDENTIAL PURSUANT TO ARTICLE
FOURTEEN OF THIS CHAPTER AND WHO RETIRED BETWEEN APRIL FIRST, TWO THOU-
SAND NINE AND MARCH THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FIFTEEN, AND HAD A SALARY
INCREASE AUTHORIZED UNDER CHAPTER TEN OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND EIGHT
WHICH WAS WITHHELD FOR STATE FISCAL YEARS TWO THOUSAND NINE AND/OR TWO
THOUSAND TEN SHALL RECEIVE A SEVENTY DOLLAR REBATE PAYMENT FOR EVERY
MONTH OF WITHHOLDING FROM APRIL FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINE UNTIL SUCH
RETIREE'S DATE OF RETIREMENT OR MARCH THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND
FIFTEEN, WHICHEVER IS EARLIER, NOT TO EXCEED A TOTAL OF FIVE THOUSAND
DOLLARS. THE COMPTROLLER SHALL CERTIFY TO THE DIVISION OF THE BUDGET A
LISTING OF ALL SUCH RETIREES DEEMED ELIGIBLE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
§ 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD04598-01-5
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