Assembly Bill A5737A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to enacting the "State Police Retention act"

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  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-A5737 - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6483
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:
Add §381-c, R & SS L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A10538, S9311

2023-A5737 - Summary

Enacts the State Police Retention act; provides a deferred retirement option plan payable to members and officers of the division of state police.

2023-A5737 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5737
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 23, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WALLACE, BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to
   the Committee on Governmental Employees
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
   enacting the "State Police Retention act"
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Short title.  This act shall be known and may be cited as
 the "State Police Retention act".
   § 2. Legislative findings. Front  line  public  employees  have  faced
 unprecedented  adverse health effects as the result of employer mandates
 to require state police officers to remain on-duty and physically  pres-
 ent  at  their work locations during the deadly COVID-19 pandemic. These
 crucial  public  employees  mandated  to  continue  conducting   crucial
 services  to  the  public  during the most deadly period of the COVID-19
 pandemic displayed exemplary service, while often at a health  detriment
 to  the  employee  and their family. Prior to the state mandating worker
 quarantines, state police officers were already on the  front  lines  of
 the pandemic transporting crucial medical supplies, test kits as well as
 COVID-19  samples  throughout  the  state to laboratories established to
 test suspected COVID-19 submissions in order to gain an  early  foothold
 in  statewide  treatment  protocols.  Besides  the  strenuous  work they
 already perform, additional duties as part of the early tracking, trans-
 porting and testing of COVID-19 samples has resulted in a large  contin-
 gent  of  state police officers to retire earlier than expected and thus
 reduced overall manpower allotments that does not keep up with  mandated
 duty  requirements.  This legislation offers an inducement to retain our
 most valued senior state police officers while affording  more  time  to
 hire, train and deploy replaced public employees.
   § 3. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding a new
 section 381-c to read as follows:

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01299-02-3
 A. 5737                             2
              

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2023-A5737A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S6483
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:
Add §381-c, R & SS L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
A10538, S9311

2023-A5737A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Enacts the State Police Retention act; provides a deferred retirement option plan payable to members and officers of the division of state police.

2023-A5737A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5737--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 23, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. WALLACE, BUTTENSCHON -- read once and referred to
   the  Committee on Governmental Employees -- recommitted to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Employees in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec.
   2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as  amended
   and recommitted to said committee

 AN  ACT  to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
   enacting the "State Police  Retention  act";  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. Short title.  This act shall be known and may be  cited  as
 the "State Police Retention act".
   § 2. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding a new
 section 381-c to read as follows:
   §  381-C. DEFERRED RETIREMENT OPTION PLAN PAYABLE TO MEMBERS AND OFFI-
 CERS OF THE DIVISION OF STATE  POLICE.  A.  DEFERRED  RETIREMENT  OPTION
 PLAN.    DEFERRED  RETIREMENT  OPTION  PLAN, (HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS
 "DROP"), IS A RETIREMENT PLAN UNDER WHICH AN ELIGIBLE MEMBER  MAY  ELECT
 TO  PARTICIPATE, DEFERRING RECEIPT OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS WHILE CONTINU-
 ING EMPLOYMENT WITH THE DIVISION OF STATE POLICE. FOR  THE  PURPOSES  OF
 THIS  SECTION, AN "ELIGIBLE MEMBER" IS ANY MEMBER OR OFFICER EMPLOYED BY
 THE DIVISION OF STATE POLICE. DURING THE PERIOD OF CONTINUED EMPLOYMENT,
 THE ELIGIBLE MEMBER'S MONTHLY RETIREMENT BENEFIT SHALL BE  DEFERRED  AND
 HELD  BY  THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM ON BEHALF OF THE MEMBER PLUS INTEREST AT
 AN EFFECTIVE RATE OF ONE AND ONE-HALF PERCENT FOR THE SPECIFIC PERIOD OF
 PARTICIPATION IN DROP AS PROVIDED IN SUBDIVISION C OF THIS SECTION. UPON
 COMPLETION OF THE DROP PERIOD, THE ELIGIBLE  MEMBER  SHALL  RECEIVE  THE
 TOTAL AMOUNT OF RETIREMENT BENEFITS DEFERRED UNDER DROP WITHOUT OPTIONAL
 MODIFICATION  AS  PERMITTED  BY SUBDIVISIONS D AND E OF THIS SECTION AND
 SHALL BEGIN TO RECEIVE THE PREVIOUSLY  DETERMINED NORMAL SERVICE RETIRE-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01299-07-4
 A. 5737--A                          2
              

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