Assembly Bill A9489

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Authorizes Lt. Thomas Cleere to receive certain service credit under a twenty year retirement plan

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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
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2023-A9489 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8126
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Retirement

2023-A9489 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes Lt. Thomas Cleere to change his service credit from the improved career retirement plan to a 20 year retirement plan.

2023-A9489 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9489
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 14, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. GALLAHAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Employees
 
 AN  ACT  in relation to authorizing Lt. Thomas Cleere to receive certain
   service credit under a twenty year retirement plan
 
   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,
 Lieutenant  Thomas  Cleere,  a  member  of  the New York state and local
 police and fire retirement system, who was appointed as a police officer
 with the Seneca Falls Police Department, in the town  of  Seneca  Falls,
 county  of Seneca, on February 4, 2014, and who, through no fault of his
 own, was enrolled to participate in the  retirement  plan  contained  in
 section  375-i of the retirement and social security law, shall be given
 full credit in the special twenty  year  retirement  plan  contained  in
 section 384-d of the retirement and social security law for such service
 upon  the  election of the town of Seneca Falls to assume the additional
 cost of such service. The town of Seneca Falls may so  elect  by  filing
 with the state comptroller within 180 days of the effective date of this
 act,  a  resolution of its legislative body, together with certification
 that such police officer did not bar himself from participation in  such
 retirement  plan  as  a  result of his own negligence.  Thereafter, such
 officer may elect to be covered by the provisions of  section  384-d  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 such effect with the state  comptroller  within  one
 year of the effective date of this act.
   §   2.  All  past  service  costs  associated  with  implementing  the
 provisions of this act shall be borne by the town of  Seneca  Falls,  in
 the county of Seneca, and may be amortized over a ten year period.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
   FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
   This  bill  would  allow  the  Town  of  Seneca  Falls  to  reopen the
 provisions of section 384-d of the Retirement and  Social  Security  Law
 for police officer Thomas Cleere.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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