Assembly Bill A10111

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to increasing certain special accidental death benefits

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Current Bill Status Via S9076 - Signed by Governor


  • 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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2023-A10111 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S9076
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §208-f, Gen Muni L; amd §361-a, R & SS L

2023-A10111 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases certain special accidental death benefits for state and local retirement system members.

2023-A10111 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10111
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                                May 6, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of A. PHEFFER AMATO -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Governmental Employees
 
 AN ACT to amend the general municipal law and the retirement and  social
   security  law, in relation to increasing the special  accidental death
   benefit of certain deceased members
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  c  of section 208-f of the general municipal
 law, as amended by chapter 213 of the laws of 2023, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   c.  Commencing July first, two thousand [twenty-three] TWENTY-FOUR the
 special accidental death benefit paid to  a  widow  or  widower  or  the
 deceased  member's  children under the age of eighteen or, if a student,
 under the age of twenty-three, if the widow or widower has died,  or  to
 the deceased member's parents if the member has no widow, widower, chil-
 dren  under  the  age of eighteen, or a student under the age of twenty-
 three, shall be escalated by adding thereto an additional percentage  of
 the  salary of the deceased member (as increased pursuant to subdivision
 b of this section) in accordance with the following schedule:

      calendar year of death
      of the deceased member              per centum
           1977 or prior                  [289.5%] 301.2%
           1978                           [278.2%] 289.5%
           1979                           [267.1%] 278.2%
           1980                           [256.5%] 267.1%
           1981                           [246.1%] 256.5%
           1982                           [236.0%] 246.1%
           1983                           [226.2%] 236.0%
           1984                           [216.7%] 226.2%
           1985                           [207.5%] 216.7%
           1986                           [198.5%] 207.5%
           1987                           [189.8%] 198.5%
           1988                           [181.4%] 189.8%
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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