Assembly Bill A8227

Signed By Governor
2017-2018 Legislative Session

Authorizes four firefighters in the Arlington fire district, in the county of Dutchess, to elect to participate in an optional 20 year retirement program

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  • 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

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2017-A8227 - Details

Law Section:
Retirement

2017-A8227 - Summary

Authorizes Johel E. Dongo, Carl Cacace Jr., Douglas Parrish and Christopher Saya, firefighters in the Arlington fire district, in the county of Dutchess, to elect to participate in an optional 20 year retirement program.

2017-A8227 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8227
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 2, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BARRETT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Employees
 
 AN ACT to authorize Johel E. Dongo, Carl P. Cacace Jr., Douglas J. Parr-
   ish and Christopher Saya, to elect  to  participate  in  the  optional
   twenty year retirement plan for firefighters employed by the Arlington
   Fire District in the county of Dutchess
 
   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,
 the Arlington Fire District, in the county of Dutchess, a  participating
 employer  in  the  New  York  state and local police and fire retirement
 system, which previously elected  to  offer  the  optional  twenty  year
 retirement plan, established pursuant to section 384-d of the retirement
 and social security law, to firefighters employed by such fire district,
 is  hereby  authorized  to  make participation in such plan available to
 Johel E. Dongo, Carl P. Cacace Jr., Douglas J. Parrish  and  Christopher
 Saya;  firefighters employed by such fire district, who, for reasons not
 ascribable to their own negligence, failed to make a timely  application
 to participate in such optional twenty year retirement plan. Thereafter,
 Johel  E.  Dongo, Carl P. Cacace Jr., Douglas J. Parrish and Christopher
 Saya may elect to be covered by the provisions of section 384-d  of  the
 retirement  and  social  security law, and shall be entitled to the full
 rights and benefits associated with coverage under such section as  well
 as  section  384-e  of such law, by filing a request to that effect with
 the state comptroller on or before December 31, 2017.
   §  2.  All  past  service  costs  associated  with  implementing   the
 provisions of this act shall be borne by the Arlington Fire District and
 may be amortized over a period of ten years.
   §  3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, this
 act shall be contingent upon the Arlington Fire District Board  of  Fire
 Commissioners  passing  a  resolution  requesting  the enactment of this
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

2017-A8227A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:
Retirement

2017-A8227A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes Johel E. Dongo, Carl Cacace Jr., Douglas Parrish and Christopher Saya, firefighters in the Arlington fire district, in the county of Dutchess, to elect to participate in an optional 20 year retirement program.

2017-A8227A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8227--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 2, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. BARRETT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee 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 Johel E. Dongo, Carl P. Cacace Jr., Douglas J. Parr-
   ish  and  Christopher  Saya,  to  elect to participate in the optional
   twenty year retirement plan for firefighters employed by the Arlington
   Fire District in the county of Dutchess
 
   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,
 the  Arlington Fire District, in the county of Dutchess, a participating
 employer in the New York state and  local  police  and  fire  retirement
 system,  which  previously  elected  to  offer  the optional twenty year
 retirement plan, established pursuant to section 384-d of the retirement
 and social security law, to firefighters employed by such fire district,
 is hereby authorized to make participation in  such  plan  available  to
 Johel  E.  Dongo, Carl P. Cacace Jr., Douglas J. Parrish and Christopher
 Saya; firefighters employed by such fire district, who, for reasons  not
 ascribable  to their own negligence, failed to make a timely application
 to participate in such optional twenty year retirement plan. Thereafter,
 Johel E. Dongo, Carl P. Cacace Jr., Douglas J. Parrish  and  Christopher
 Saya  may  elect to be covered by the provisions of section 384-d of the
 retirement and social security law, and shall be entitled  to  the  full
 rights  and benefits associated with coverage under such section as well
 as section 384-e of such law, by filing a request to  that  effect  with
 the state comptroller on or before December 31, 2018.
   §   2.  All  past  service  costs  associated  with  implementing  the
 provisions of this act shall be borne by the Arlington Fire District and
 may be amortized over a period of ten years.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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