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    S. 3280--A                                            A. 6846--A

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                             March 13, 2009
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IN  SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LITTLE -- read twice and ordered print-
  ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service
  and Pensions -- recommitted to the  Committee  on  Civil  Service  and
  Pensions  in  accordance  with  Senate  Rule  6,  sec.  8 -- committee
  discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
  to said committee

IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. SAYWARD -- read once and  referred
  to  the  Committee  on  Governmental  Employees  -- 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 authorize the payment of ordinary disability benefits  by  the
  New  York state and local employees' retirement system to the widow of
  Ronald M.  Premo

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
Cindy  L.  Premo,  the  widow of Ronald M. Premo who was employed by the
department of law, was a member of the New York state and local  employ-
ees'  retirement  system,  was diagnosed and hospitalized with cancer in
January of 2002, was advised on February  14,  2002  that  he  would  be
unable  to  return to employment as the result of his malignancy and the
treatment therefor, and died on February 18, 2002  prior  to  filing  an
application  for  an  ordinary  disability  retirement  and a retirement
election form with the New York state and  local  employees'  retirement
system,  shall  be  authorized  to file such application and election on
behalf of her deceased husband, if on or before December  31,  2010  she
shall  submit a request therefor to the state comptroller. Such applica-
tion  for  an  ordinary  disability  retirement  and  retirement  option
election  shall  be deemed to have become effective on February 5, 2002.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD00304-03-0
              

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All retirement benefits payable pursuant to the provisions of  this  act
shall  be paid to Cindy L. Premo and shall be in lieu of any other death
benefits payable.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
  FISCAL  NOTE.  --This  bill  would  deem  Ronald M. Premo, who died in
active service prior to filing an application for an ordinary disability
retirement, to have filed such application  on  February  5,  2002.  The
benefits  payable  pursuant  to  this  act shall be in lieu of any other
death benefits payable.
  If this bill is  enacted,  there  will  be  a  cost  of  approximately
$162,000  which  would  be  shared  by the State of New York and all the
participating employers in the  New  York  State  and  Local  Employees'
Retirement System.
  This estimate, dated January 29, 2010 and intended for use only during
the  2010  Legislative  Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2010-76, prepared by
the Actuary for the New  York  State  and  Local  Employees'  Retirement
System.