Assembly Bill A10897A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to enabling public employers to offer certain temporary retirement incentives for certain public employees

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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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2019-A10897 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8801
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Retirement
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A5884, S5559
2023-2024: A5213, S5529

2019-A10897 - Summary

Enables public employers to offer an age fifty-five with ten years of service or age fifty with twenty-five years of service temporary retirement incentives for certain public employees.

2019-A10897 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10897
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              August 17, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Buttenschon)
   -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees
 
 AN  ACT in relation to enabling public employers to offer certain tempo-
   rary retirement incentives for certain public employees
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Legislative  findings. The legislature finds and declares
 that the state is experiencing economic difficulties  and  in  order  to
 avoid  layoffs of public employees, a retirement incentive is necessary.
 However, 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  in
 this act during the applicable time periods.
   §  2. Definitions. For purposes of this act, the following terms shall
 have the following meanings:
   (a) "Retirement system" means the New York state and local  employees'
 retirement  system,  the New York state teachers' retirement system, the
 New York city teachers' retirement system, the New York  city  board  of
 education  retirement  system or the New York city employees' retirement
 system, exclusive  of  the  retirement  plans  established  pursuant  to
 sections 13-156 and 13-157 of the administrative code of the city of New
 York.
   (b) "State employer" means:
   (1) the executive branch of the state;
   (2)  the  state-operated  institutions  of the state university of New
 York;
   (3) the statutory and contract colleges operated pursuant  to  section
 357 of the education law;
   (4) the state university construction fund (hereinafter referred to in
 this act as the "fund");
   (5)  a  cooperative  extension association (hereinafter referred to in
 this act as the "association");
   (6) the city university of New York as defined  in  subdivision  2  of
 section 6202 of the education law;
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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2019-A10897A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8801
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Retirement
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A5884, S5559
2023-2024: A5213, S5529

2019-A10897A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enables public employers to offer an age fifty-five with ten years of service or age fifty with twenty-five years of service temporary retirement incentives for certain public employees.

2019-A10897A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                 10897--A
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              August 17, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Buttenschon,
   Ramos)  --  read  once  and  referred to the Committee on Governmental
   Employees -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted  as
   amended and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN  ACT in relation to enabling public employers to offer certain tempo-
   rary retirement incentives for certain public employees

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Legislative  findings. The legislature finds and declares
 that the state is experiencing economic difficulties  and  in  order  to
 avoid  layoffs of public employees, a retirement incentive is necessary.
 However, 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  in
 this act during the applicable time periods.
   §  2. Definitions. For purposes of this act, the following terms shall
 have the following meanings:
   (a) "Retirement system" means the New York state and local  employees'
 retirement  system,  the New York state teachers' retirement system, the
 New York city teachers' retirement system, the New York  city  board  of
 education  retirement  system or the New York city employees' retirement
 system, exclusive  of  the  retirement  plans  established  pursuant  to
 sections 13-156 and 13-157 of the administrative code of the city of New
 York.
   (b) "State employer" means:
   (1) the executive branch of the state;
   (2)  the  state-operated  institutions  of the state university of New
 York;
   (3) the statutory and contract colleges operated pursuant  to  section
 357 of the education law;
   (4) the state university construction fund (hereinafter referred to in
 this act as the "fund");
   (5)  a  cooperative  extension association (hereinafter referred to in
 this act as the "association");
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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