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                                   7470
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 10, 2021
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 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BENEDETTO  --  read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Employees
 
 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in  relation  to
   deductions for retiree organization dues
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Section 110-c of the retirement and social security law, as
 amended by chapter 165 of the laws  of  1993,  is  amended  to  read  as
 follows:
   §  110-c.  Deductions  from  benefits of certain retired members.   1.
 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a retired member shall  have
 the  right,  at  any time after the retiree's retirement, to execute and
 file a deduction authorization card with the comptroller authorizing the
 deduction from the retired member's retirement allowance  of  membership
 dues  and such retired member's share of the cost for employee organiza-
 tion-sponsored benefit plans and the payment thereof to a retiree organ-
 ization of which the retired member is then a member and which  is  then
 affiliated  with either an employee organization certified or recognized
 as the collective bargaining representative  of  all  employees  in  the
 negotiating  unit of which the retired member was a part prior to his or
 her retirement or with an employee organization with which such employee
 organization is then affiliated. The comptroller shall thereafter deduct
 from the retirement allowance of  such  retired  member  the  amount  of
 membership  dues  and  such  amounts required to be paid by such retired
 member  for  such  authorized  employee  organization-sponsored  benefit
 plans,  and shall transmit the sum so deducted to said retiree organiza-
 tion. Such authorization shall continue in effect until revoked in writ-
 ing by such retired member.  For  purposes  of  this  section  the  term
 "employee  organization-sponsored  benefit  plans" shall include any and
 all insurance plans and/or other benefit plans sponsored by such retiree
 organization  whether  provided  by  (a)  a  not-for-profit  corporation
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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 licensed  under article forty-three of the insurance law; (b) any insur-
 ance company authorized to do business in this state; (c) a health main-
 tenance organization issued a certificate of authority pursuant to arti-
 cle  forty-four  of  the  public  health  law;  or  (d) a self-insurance
 arrangement, welfare fund or benefit fund.
   2.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, A RETIRED MEMBER SHALL
 HAVE THE RIGHT, AT ANY TIME AFTER THE RETIREE'S RETIREMENT,  TO  EXECUTE
 AND FILE A DEDUCTION AUTHORIZATION CARD WITH THE COMPTROLLER AUTHORIZING
 THE DEDUCTION FROM THE  RETIRED MEMBER'S RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE OF MEMBER-
 SHIP  DUES  IN THE RETIRED PUBLIC EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, INC.  THE COMP-
 TROLLER SHALL THEREAFTER DEDUCT FROM THE RETIREMENT  ALLOWANCE  OF  SUCH
 RETIRED  MEMBER THE AMOUNT OF MEMBERSHIP DUES AND SHALL TRANSMIT THE SUM
 SO DEDUCTED TO THE RETIRED PUBLIC  EMPLOYEES  ASSOCIATION,  INC.    SUCH
 AUTHORIZATION  SHALL CONTINUE IN EFFECT UNTIL REVOKED IN WRITING BY SUCH
 RETIRED MEMBER.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.