Assembly Bill A7629A

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Grants service credit to members of the uniformed correction force of the New York city department of correction covered by provisions of law for over 25 years

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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-A7629 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5435
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §504, R & SS L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S6133
2021-2022: S6986
2023-2024: S6322

2019-A7629 - Summary

Grants service credit to members of the uniformed correction force of the New York city department of correction covered by provisions of law for over 25 years.

2019-A7629 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7629
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Employees
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
   retirement benefits for general members in  the  uniformed  correction
   force of the New York city department of correction

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision d of section 504 of the retirement  and  social
 security  law,  as amended by chapter 18 of the laws of 2012, is amended
 to read as follows:
   d. The early service retirement benefit for  general  members  in  the
 uniformed   correction   force  of  the  New  York  city  department  of
 correction, who are not entitled to an early service retirement  benefit
 pursuant to subdivision c of section five hundred four-a of this article
 or  subdivision  c  of  section  five  hundred four-b of this article or
 subdivision c of section five hundred four-d of  this  article,  or  for
 general  members  in  the  uniformed personnel in institutions under the
 jurisdiction of the department of corrections and community supervision,
 as defined in subdivision i of  section  eighty-nine  of  this  chapter,
 shall  be  a pension equal to one-fiftieth of final average salary times
 years of credited service at the  completion  of  twenty-five  years  of
 service,  [but  not  in excess of fifty percent of final average salary]
 PLUS ONE-SIXTIETH OF  FINAL  AVERAGE  SALARY  TIMES  YEARS  OF  CREDITED
 SERVICE IN EXCESS OF TWENTY-FIVE, provided, however, that the provisions
 of   this  section  shall  not  apply  to  a  New  York  city  uniformed
 correction/sanitation revised plan member.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
   FISCAL NOTE.-- Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
   SUMMARY OF BILL: This proposed legislation would amend Retirement  and
 Social  Security Law (RSSL) Section 504 to modify the service retirement
 benefit calculation formula for uniformed employees of the New York City
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

2019-A7629A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S5435
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §504, R & SS L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: S6133
2021-2022: S6986
2023-2024: S6322

2019-A7629A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Grants service credit to members of the uniformed correction force of the New York city department of correction covered by provisions of law for over 25 years.

2019-A7629A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7629--A
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 14, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Governmental  Employees -- recommitted to the Committee on Govern-
   mental Employees in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- commit-
   tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and  recom-
   mitted to said committee

 AN  ACT  to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
   retirement benefits for general members in  the  uniformed  correction
   force of the New York city department of correction
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision d of section 504 of the retirement  and  social
 security  law,  as amended by chapter 18 of the laws of 2012, is amended
 to read as follows:
   d. The early service retirement benefit for  general  members  in  the
 uniformed   correction   force  of  the  New  York  city  department  of
 correction, who are not entitled to an early service retirement  benefit
 pursuant to subdivision c of section five hundred four-a of this article
 or  subdivision  c  of  section  five  hundred four-b of this article or
 subdivision c of section five hundred four-d of  this  article,  or  for
 general  members  in  the  uniformed personnel in institutions under the
 jurisdiction of the department of corrections and community supervision,
 as defined in subdivision i of  section  eighty-nine  of  this  chapter,
 shall  be  a pension equal to one-fiftieth of final average salary times
 years of credited service at the  completion  of  twenty-five  years  of
 service,  [but  not  in excess of fifty percent of final average salary]
 PLUS ONE-SIXTIETH OF  FINAL  AVERAGE  SALARY  TIMES  YEARS  OF  CREDITED
 SERVICE IN EXCESS OF TWENTY-FIVE, provided, however, that the provisions
 of   this  section  shall  not  apply  to  a  New  York  city  uniformed
 correction/sanitation revised plan member.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
   FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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