Assembly Bill A7642

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Authorizes the town of Niskayuna, in the county of Schenectady, to offer certain retirement options to four police officers employed by such town

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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-A7642 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7238
Law Section:
Retirement

2021-A7642 - Summary

Authorizes the town of Niskayuna, in the county of Schenectady, to offer certain retirement options to John F. Connor, Jeffrey A. Relation, Joseph H. Twitty and Paul J. Daly, police officers employed by such town.

2021-A7642 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7642
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Employees
 
 AN ACT to authorize the town of Niskayuna, in the county of Schenectady,
   to offer certain retirement options to  John  F.  Connor,  Jeffrey  A.
   Relation,  Joseph H. Twitty and Paul J. Daly, police officers employed
   by such town

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
 the  town  of  Niskayuna,  in the county of Schenectady, a participating
 employer in the New York state and  local  police  and  fire  retirement
 system,  which  previously elected to offer the optional retirement plan
 established pursuant to section 384 of the retirement and social securi-
 ty law to police officers employed by such town, is hereby authorized to
 make participation in such plan available to John F.  Connor, Jeffrey A.
 Relation, Joseph H. Twitty and Paul J. Daly, police officers employed by
 the town of Niskayuna, who, on  the  effective  date  of  this  act  are
 covered  under  the  provisions  of  section 375-c of the retirement and
 social security law, and who, for reasons not ascribable  to  their  own
 negligence  failed  to  make a timely application to participate in such
 optional retirement plan. The town of Niskayuna may so elect  by  filing
 with  the state comptroller, on or before June 30, 2022, a resolution of
 its legislative body together with certification that  any  such  police
 officer  did  not  bar  himself  or  herself  from participation in such
 retirement plan as a result of his or her  own  negligence.  Thereafter,
 any  such  police  officer  may elect to be covered by the provisions of
 section 384 of the retirement and social  security  law,  and  shall  be
 entitled  to the full rights and benefits associated with coverage under
 such section, by filing a request to that effect with  the  state  comp-
 troller on or before June 30, 2023.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09733-02-1
              

2021-A7642A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S7238
Law Section:
Retirement

2021-A7642A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the town of Niskayuna, in the county of Schenectady, to offer certain retirement options to John F. Connor, Jeffrey A. Relation, Joseph H. Twitty and Paul J. Daly, police officers employed by such town.

2021-A7642A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7642--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               May 19, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. STECK -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Employees -- reported and referred to the Committee on
   Ways and Means -- recommitted to the Committee on Ways  and  Means  in
   accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
   tee
 
 AN ACT to authorize the town of Niskayuna, in the county of Schenectady,
   to  offer  certain  retirement  options  to John F. Connor, Jeffrey A.
   Relation, Joseph H. Twitty and Paul J. Daly, police officers  employed
   by such town
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
 the town of Niskayuna, in the county  of  Schenectady,  a  participating
 employer  in  the  New  York  state and local police and fire retirement
 system, which previously elected to offer the optional  retirement  plan
 established pursuant to section 384 of the retirement and social securi-
 ty law to police officers employed by such town, is hereby authorized to
 make participation in such plan available to John F.  Connor, Jeffrey A.
 Relation, Joseph H. Twitty and Paul J. Daly, police officers employed by
 the  town  of  Niskayuna,  who,  on  the  effective date of this act are
 covered under the provisions of section  375-c  of  the  retirement  and
 social  security  law,  and who, for reasons not ascribable to their own
 negligence failed to make a timely application to  participate  in  such
 optional  retirement  plan. The town of Niskayuna may so elect by filing
 with the state comptroller, on or before June 30, 2023, a resolution  of
 its  legislative  body  together with certification that any such police
 officer did not bar  himself  or  herself  from  participation  in  such
 retirement  plan  as  a result of his or her own negligence. Thereafter,
 any such police officer may elect to be covered  by  the  provisions  of
 section  384  of  the  retirement  and social security law, and shall be

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09733-05-2
              

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