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It’s one of life’s simple yet elusive truths that problems do not get resolved on their own. In fact, left ignored they tend to fester and grow until they’re considerably more difficult to fix. Acknowledging this reality and learning how to apply concrete action to avoid it is widely recognized as a sign of personal maturity. The same reasoning can also be applied to government and today’s column addresses just such a crossroads for New York State.
Sen. Krueger's Community Bulletin for March is available here! It can be downloaded as a PDF file from this page, and is viewable below.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7801
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 27, 2015
___________
Introduced by M. of A. RUSSELL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Governmental Employees
AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
death benefits for certain members
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision b of section 448 of the retirement and social
security law is amended by adding a new paragraph 3 to read as follows:
3. PROVIDED FURTHER, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS ARTI-
CLE TO THE CONTRARY, WHERE A MEMBER IS IN A TITLE AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVI-
SION I OF SECTION EIGHTY-NINE OF THIS CHAPTER UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION, AND WOULD HAVE
BEEN ENTITLED TO A SERVICE RETIREMENT BENEFIT AT THE TIME OF HIS OR HER
DEATH AND WHERE HIS OR HER DEATH OCCURS ON OR AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO
THOUSAND FIFTEEN, 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 HIS OR HER DEATH, OR THE VALUE OF THE DEATH BENEFIT AND THE
RESERVE-FOR-INCREASED-TAKE-HOME-PAY, IF ANY, WHICHEVER IS GREATER.
S 2. Subdivision b of section 508 of the retirement and social securi-
ty law, as amended by chapter 18 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read
as follows:
b. A member of a retirement system subject to the provisions of this
article who is a policeman, fireman, correction officer, investigator
revised plan member or sanitation man and is in a plan which permits
immediate retirement upon completion of a specified period of service
without regard to age or who is subject to the provisions of section
five hundred four or five hundred five of this article, shall upon
completion of ninety days of service be covered for financial protection
in the event of death in service pursuant to this subdivision.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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7801--A
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 27, 2015
___________
Introduced by M. of A. RUSSELL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Governmental Employees -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
death benefits for certain members; and providing for the repeal of
such provisions upon expiration thereof
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision b of section 448 of the retirement and social
security law is amended by adding a new paragraph 3 to read as follows:
3. PROVIDED FURTHER, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS ARTI-
CLE TO THE CONTRARY, WHERE A MEMBER IS IN A TITLE AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVI-
SION I OF SECTION EIGHTY-NINE OF THIS CHAPTER UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION, AND WOULD HAVE
BEEN ENTITLED TO A SERVICE RETIREMENT BENEFIT AT THE TIME OF HIS OR HER
DEATH AND WHERE HIS OR HER DEATH OCCURS ON OR AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO
THOUSAND FIFTEEN, 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 HIS OR HER DEATH, OR THE VALUE OF THE DEATH BENEFIT AND THE
RESERVE-FOR-INCREASED-TAKE-HOME-PAY, IF ANY, WHICHEVER IS GREATER.
S 2. Subdivision b of section 508 of the retirement and social securi-
ty law, as amended by chapter 18 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read
as follows:
b. A member of a retirement system subject to the provisions of this
article who is a policeman, fireman, correction officer, investigator
revised plan member or sanitation man and is in a plan which permits
immediate retirement upon completion of a specified period of service
without regard to age or who is subject to the provisions of section
five hundred four or five hundred five of this article, shall upon
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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7801--B
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 27, 2015
___________
Introduced by M. of A. RUSSELL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Governmental Employees -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee --
recommitted to the Committee on Governmental Employees in accordance
with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
death benefits for certain members; and providing for the repeal of
such provisions upon expiration thereof
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision b of section 448 of the retirement and social
security law is amended by adding a new paragraph 3 to read as follows:
3. PROVIDED FURTHER, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS ARTI-
CLE TO THE CONTRARY, WHERE A MEMBER IS IN A TITLE AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVI-
SION I OF SECTION EIGHTY-NINE OF THIS CHAPTER UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION, AND WOULD HAVE
BEEN ENTITLED TO A SERVICE RETIREMENT BENEFIT AT THE TIME OF HIS OR HER
DEATH AND WHERE HIS OR HER DEATH OCCURS ON OR AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO
THOUSAND FIFTEEN, 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 HIS OR HER DEATH, OR THE VALUE OF THE DEATH BENEFIT AND THE
RESERVE-FOR-INCREASED-TAKE-HOME-PAY, IF ANY, WHICHEVER IS GREATER.
S 2. Subdivision b of section 508 of the retirement and social securi-
ty law, as amended by chapter 18 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read
as follows:
b. A member of a retirement system subject to the provisions of this
article who is a policeman, fireman, correction officer, investigator
revised plan member or sanitation man and is in a plan which permits
immediate retirement upon completion of a specified period of service
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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7801--C
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 27, 2015
___________
Introduced by M. of A. RUSSELL -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Governmental Employees -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee --
recommitted to the Committee on Governmental Employees in accordance
with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee --
again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted
as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
death benefits for certain members; and providing for the repeal of
such provisions upon expiration thereof
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subdivision b of section 448 of the retirement and social
security law is amended by adding a new paragraph 3 to read as follows:
3. PROVIDED FURTHER, NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS ARTI-
CLE TO THE CONTRARY, WHERE A MEMBER IS IN A TITLE AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVI-
SION I OF SECTION EIGHTY-NINE OF THIS CHAPTER UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF
THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AND COMMUNITY SUPERVISION, AND WOULD HAVE
BEEN ENTITLED TO A SERVICE RETIREMENT BENEFIT AT THE TIME OF HIS OR HER
DEATH AND WHERE HIS OR HER DEATH OCCURS ON OR AFTER JULY FIRST, TWO
THOUSAND SIXTEEN, 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 HIS OR HER DEATH, OR THE VALUE OF THE DEATH BENEFIT AND THE
RESERVE-FOR-INCREASED-TAKE-HOME-PAY, IF ANY, WHICHEVER IS GREATER.
S 2. Subdivision b of section 508 of the retirement and social securi-
ty law, as amended by chapter 18 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read
as follows:
b. A member of a retirement system subject to the provisions of this
article who is a policeman, fireman, correction officer, investigator
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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122
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 7, 2015
___________
Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, BRINDISI -- read once and referred to
the Committee on Transportation
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the executive law, in
relation to enabling veterans to receive benefit information upon
applying for or renewing a driver's license
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
1-A. SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR VETERANS. IN ADDITION TO THE REQUIREMENTS
FOR LICENSE APPLICATIONS UNDER SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, THE
COMMISSIONER SHALL ENSURE THAT SPACE IS PROVIDED ON THE APPLICATION TO
ENABLE ANY APPLICANT WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED
STATES AND RECEIVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE OR WAS RELEASED THEREFROM
UNDER HONORABLE CONDITIONS, TO REGISTER TO RECEIVE INFORMATION FROM THE
DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS BY EMAIL OR TELEPHONE REGARDING BENEFITS
TO WHICH SUCH APPLICANT MAY BE ENTITLED AND THAT THE FOLLOWING IS STATED
ON THE APPLICATION: "BY CHECKING THIS BOX, YOU CERTIFY THAT YOU SERVED
IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES AND YOU GIVE PERMISSION TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES TO SHARE YOUR NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION
WITH THE DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS TO ENABLE THE DIVISION OF VETER-
ANS' AFFAIRS TO CONTACT YOU VIA EMAIL, TELEPHONE OR MAIL REGARDING BENE-
FITS TO WHICH YOU MAY BE ENTITLED". PROOF OF VETERAN STATUS SHALL BE
DEMONSTRATED IN THE SAME MANNER REQUIRED BY THE COMMISSIONER TO RECEIVE
A VETERAN NOTATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (B) OF SUBDIVISION THREE OF
SECTION FOUR HUNDRED NINETY OF THIS CHAPTER AND PARAGRAPH (A-1) OF
SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED FOUR OF THIS ARTICLE, WHICH MAY
CONSIST OF A CERTIFICATE OF RELEASE OR DISCHARGE FROM ACTIVE DUTY
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO A DD FORM 214 OR OTHER PROOF SATISFACTORY
TO THE COMMISSIONER.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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122--A
2015-2016 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
(PREFILED)
January 7, 2015
___________
Introduced by M. of A. DINOWITZ, BRINDISI, MILLER, BRONSON, McDONALD,
SKOUFIS, MOSLEY, CYMBROWITZ, SIMANOWITZ, BENEDETTO, SIMOTAS, CUSICK,
GUNTHER, DenDEKKER, GOTTFRIED, PICHARDO, BARRON, COOK, GALEF, SCHIMEL,
COLTON, ARROYO, LINARES, HOOPER, CRESPO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of
A. HIKIND, PERRY, ROBINSON, SIMON -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Transportation -- recommitted to the Committee on Trans-
portation in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
AN ACT to amend the vehicle and traffic law and the executive law, in
relation to enabling veterans to receive benefit information upon
applying for or renewing a driver's license
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 502 of the vehicle and traffic law is amended by
adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
1-A. SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR VETERANS. IN ADDITION TO THE REQUIREMENTS
FOR LICENSE APPLICATIONS UNDER SUBDIVISION ONE OF THIS SECTION, THE
COMMISSIONER SHALL ENSURE THAT SPACE IS PROVIDED ON THE APPLICATION TO
ENABLE ANY APPLICANT WHO WAS A MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED
STATES AND RECEIVED AN HONORABLE DISCHARGE OR WAS RELEASED THEREFROM
UNDER HONORABLE CONDITIONS, TO REGISTER TO RECEIVE INFORMATION FROM THE
DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS BY EMAIL OR TELEPHONE REGARDING BENEFITS
TO WHICH SUCH APPLICANT MAY BE ENTITLED AND THAT THE FOLLOWING IS STATED
ON THE APPLICATION: "BY CHECKING THIS BOX, YOU CERTIFY THAT YOU SERVED
IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES AND YOU GIVE PERMISSION TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES TO SHARE YOUR NAME AND CONTACT INFORMATION
WITH THE DIVISION OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS TO ENABLE THE DIVISION OF VETER-
ANS' AFFAIRS TO CONTACT YOU VIA EMAIL, TELEPHONE OR MAIL REGARDING BENE-
FITS TO WHICH YOU MAY BE ENTITLED". PROOF OF VETERAN STATUS SHALL BE
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
