Assembly Bill A3789

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to furloughs of employees by certain public retirement systems

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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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2021-A3789 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1094
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Retirement
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A10436, S8505

2021-A3789 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that public employees placed on furlough shall be entitled to any pension service credits such person would have received if employed full time.

2021-A3789 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3789
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 28, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. DICKENS, BARRON, COLTON, DINOWITZ, GRIFFIN, GOTT-
   FRIED,  MAGNARELLI,  SIMON, SEAWRIGHT, TAGUE -- 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.
   ยง 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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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