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                                  7373

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                               May 3, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. DenDEKK-
  ER  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employ-
  ees

AN ACT in relation  to  granting  Robert  V.  Vassallo,  Sr.  disability
  retirement from the New York state police

  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,  Robert  V.
Vassallo, Sr., who was employed as a correction officer with the depart-
ment of correctional services for the state of New York for approximate-
ly  one  year  beginning  in  1968, and who was employed as a correction
officer with the department of correction for the city of New  York  for
approximately one year until September 10, 1970, and who was employed as
a  police  officer with the New York state parkway police for the period
beginning September 10, 1970 and ending January 1,  1980,  and  who  was
employed  as  a  trooper  with  the New York state police for the period
beginning January 1, 1980 and ending March 1, 1990, and who was employed
as an investigator in the bureau of criminal investigation with the  New
York  state  police  for  the  period beginning March 1, 1990 and ending
September 13, 1997, and who, on January 14, 1991, was critically injured
in an automobile accident while working undercover in an unmarked police
car, and, as a result of such  critical  injuries  has  been  unable  to
return  to work with the New York state police, and who, for reasons not
ascribable to his own negligence, has been denied a  disability  retire-
ment  from  the New York state police, and who, as of the effective date
of this act, is on regular service retirement, shall be  entitled  to  a
disability retirement from the New York state police effective September
13,  1997,  the  date  on  which his regular service retirement benefits
began, if on or before December 31, 2011, he  files  a  written  request
with the state comptroller to that effect.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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  S 2. All costs associated with the implementation of this act shall be
borne by  the state.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
  FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
  This  bill  will  entitle Robert V. Vassallo, a retired New York State
Police Officer, to receive a disability benefit from the New York  State
and  Local  Police  and  Fire  Retirement System effective September 13,
1997.
  If this bill is enacted, there will be an immediate past service  cost
of  approximately  $21,600 which would be borne by the State of New York
as a one time payment. This estimate is based  on  the  assumption  that
payment will be made on March 1, 2012.
  This  estimate, dated April 20, 2011, and intended for use only during
the 2011 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2011-169,  prepared  by
the  Actuary for the New York State and Local Police and Fire Retirement
System.