Senate Bill S7639A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Provides temporary retirement incentive for certain public employees

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Civil Service And Pensions Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

Do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.
Actions

Bill Amendments

2015-S7639 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10639
Current Committee:
Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:
Retirement
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S5640, A7354
2019-2020: A7449
2021-2022: A6486
2023-2024: A6566

2015-S7639 - Summary

Establishes an age 55/25 temporary retirement incentive for certain public employees.

2015-S7639 - Sponsor Memo

2015-S7639 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7639

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 11, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  CROCI  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions

AN ACT to provide temporary  retirement  incentive  for  certain  public
  employees

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

  Section 1. This act enacts into law  components  of  legislation  that
would  establish an age 55/25 temporary retirement incentive for certain
public employees.
  S 2. Legislative findings. The legislature finds and declares that the
retirement benefit for certain public employees who are above age 55 and
with 25 years of service provided for in this act is intended only to be
temporary in nature for employees who are eligible to receive and quali-
fy for the applicable benefit during the applicable time periods  speci-
fied  in  this  act.  Further, nothing in this act shall be construed to
create an expectation of a future continuing retirement benefit for  any
public  employee  who  is  not  eligible  to receive and qualify for the
retirement benefits herein during the applicable time periods.
  S 3. Definitions. As used in this  act,  unless  the  context  clearly
requires otherwise:
  (a)  "Retirement system" means the New York state teachers' retirement
system.
  (b) "Teachers' retirement system" means the New York  state  teachers'
retirement system.
  (c)  "Educational  employer" means a participating employer which is a
school district, a board of cooperative educational  services,  a  voca-
tional education and extension board, an institution for the instruction
of the deaf and of the blind as enumerated in section 4201 of the educa-
tion law, or a school district as enumerated in section 1 of chapter 566
of the laws of 1967, as amended.
  (d)  "Eligible  employee" means a person who is a member of the teach-
ers' retirement system, who is an employee of an  educational  employer,
who holds a position represented by the recognized collective bargaining
units affiliated with the New York state united teachers employee organ-

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

2015-S7639A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10639
Current Committee:
Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:
Retirement
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S5640, A7354
2019-2020: A7449
2021-2022: A6486
2023-2024: A6566

2015-S7639A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Establishes an age 55/25 temporary retirement incentive for certain public employees.

2015-S7639A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S7639A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 7639--A

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 11, 2016
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  CROCI  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
  and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to  provide  temporary  retirement incentive for certain public
  employees

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

  Section  1.  This  act  enacts into law components of legislation that
would establish an age 55/25 temporary retirement incentive for  certain
public employees.
  S 2. Legislative findings. The legislature finds and declares that the
retirement benefit for certain public employees who are above age 55 and
with 25 years of service provided for in this act is intended only to be
temporary in nature for employees who are eligible to receive and quali-
fy  for the applicable benefit during the applicable time periods speci-
fied in this act. Further, nothing in this act  shall  be  construed  to
create  an  expectation of a future or continuing retirement benefit for
any public employee who is not eligible to receive and qualify  for  the
retirement benefits herein during the applicable time periods.
  S  3.  Definitions.  As  used  in this act, unless the context clearly
requires otherwise:
  (a) "Retirement system" means the New York state teachers'  retirement
system.
  (b)  "Teachers'  retirement system" means the New York state teachers'
retirement system.
  (c) "Educational employer" means a participating employer which  is  a
school  district,  a  board of cooperative educational services, a voca-
tional education and extension board, an institution for the instruction
of the deaf and of the blind as enumerated in section 4201 of the educa-
tion law, or a school district as enumerated in section 1 of chapter 566
of the laws of 1967, as amended.
  (d) "Eligible employee" means a person who is a member of  the  teach-
ers'  retirement  system, who is an employee of an educational employer,
who holds a position represented by the recognized collective bargaining
units affiliated with the New York state united teachers employee organ-
ization as certified by his or her employer, and who  has  attained  the
              

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.

Create an account. An account allows you to sign petitions with a single click, officially support or oppose key legislation, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.