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                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 11, 2020
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 Introduced  by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Dickens) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees
 
 AN ACT in relation to furloughs of employees by certain  public  retire-
   ment  systems;  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.  1.  Notwithstanding  any  other provision of law, rule or
 regulation, any employee of a public retirement system  in  this  state,
 including,  but  not limited to, the New York state and local employees'
 retirement system, the New York city employees' retirement  system,  the
 New  York state teachers' retirement system, the New York city teachers'
 retirement system, and the New York state  and  local  police  and  fire
 retirement system, who was an employee and entitled to benefits pursuant
 to  their  respective retirement system on March 7, 2020, shall be enti-
 tled to pension service credits in the event that such person is subject
 to an employee furlough during the "COVID-19 emergency  declaration"  as
 if  such  employee  was employed full time during the COVID-19 emergency
 declaration.
   2. For the purposes of this act, the term:
   (a) "Employee furlough" means a mandatory, temporary  suspension  from
 work without pay.
   (b)  "COVID-19  emergency  declaration"  shall mean the state disaster
 emergency declared for the entire state by executive  order  number  202
 and  any  further  amendments  or  modifications,  and as may be further
 extended pursuant to section 28 of the executive law.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately, provided,  however,  that
 this  act shall be subject to the expiration of the state disaster emer-
 gency declared for the entire state by executive order  number  202  and
 any  further amendments or modifications, and as may be further extended
 pursuant to section 28 of the executive law,  and  shall  be  deemed  to
 expire  and  be  repealed therewith; provided, further, that the commis-
 sioner of health shall notify the legislative bill  drafting  commission
 upon  the  occurrence  of the expiration of the state disaster emergency
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 declared for the entire state by executive  order  number  202  and  any
 further  amendments  or  modifications,  and  as may be further extended
 pursuant to section 28 of the executive law, in order that  the  commis-
 sion  may  maintain  an  accurate  and timely effective data base of the
 official text of the laws of the state of New  York  in  furtherance  of
 effectuating  the  provisions  of  section 44 of the legislative law and
 section 70-b of the public officers law.