Senate Bill S4520

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Authorizes Lawrence Ecker to receive certain service credit with the New York state and local employees' retirement system

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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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2023-S4520 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5787
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Retirement

2023-S4520 - Summary

Authorizes Lawrence Ecker to receive certain service credit with the New York state and local employees' retirement system for his time as a state supreme court judge from approximately June 2021 through June 2022.

2023-S4520 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4520 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4520
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  STEWART-COUSINS -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and
   Pensions
 
 AN ACT in relation to authorizing  Lawrence  Ecker  to  receive  certain
   service credit with the New York state and local employees' retirement
   system

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1.   Notwithstanding any provision of  law  to  the  contrary,
 Lawrence Ecker, who retired from the New York state and local employees'
 retirement  system  on  January  1,  2021 and whom, post retirement, was
 again employed as a state supreme court judge from approximately June of
 2021 through June of 2022, shall have his  pension  with  the  New  York
 state  and  local  employees'  retirement system recalculated to include
 additional full-time service credit for the period beginning January  1,
 2021  and  ending  December 31, 2022 if, on or before one year after the
 effective date of this act, he shall file  a  written  request  to  that
 effect with the New York state and local employees' retirement system.
   § 2. All costs associated with implementing the provisions of this act
 shall be borne by the Office of Court Administration.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
   FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
   This  bill  would  grant 2 years of service credit under Article 15 of
 the Retirement and Social Security Law  to  Lawrence  Ecker,  a  current
 retiree  of  the  New  York State and Local Employees' Retirement System
 (NYSLERS), for the period beginning January 1, 2021 and ending  December
 31, 2022.  Lawrence Ecker retired effective January 1, 2021 and rejoined
 the  NYSLERS  for  one  year before resuming their retirement. This bill
 would therefore grant service credit for a period during which  Lawrence
 Ecker  was  retired  and  collecting a pension benefit. Per the New York
 State and Local Retirement System's policies, Lawrence Ecker is ineligi-
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02390-04-3
              

2023-S4520A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5787
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Retirement

2023-S4520A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes Lawrence Ecker to receive certain service credit with the New York state and local employees' retirement system for his time as a state supreme court judge from approximately June 2021 through June 2022.

2023-S4520A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S4520A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4520--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 9, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  STEWART-COUSINS -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and
   Pensions -- recommitted to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
   in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
   tee
 
 AN  ACT  in  relation  to  authorizing Lawrence Ecker to receive certain
   service credit with the New York state and local employees' retirement
   system
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.    Notwithstanding  any  provision of law to the contrary,
 Lawrence Ecker, who retired from the New York state and local employees'
 retirement system on January 1, 2021  and  whom,  post  retirement,  was
 again employed as a state supreme court judge from approximately June of
 2021  through  June  of  2022,  shall have his pension with the New York
 state and local employees' retirement  system  recalculated  to  include
 additional  full-time service credit for the period beginning January 1,
 2021 and ending December 31, 2022 if, on or before one  year  after  the
 effective  date  of  this  act,  he shall file a written request to that
 effect with the New York state and local employees' retirement system.
   § 2. All costs associated with implementing the provisions of this act
 shall be borne by the Office of Court Administration.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
   FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
   This bill would grant two years of service credit under Article 15  of
 the  Retirement  and  Social  Security  Law to Lawrence Ecker, a current
 retiree of the New York State and  Local  Employees'  Retirement  System
 (NYSLERS),  for the period beginning January 1, 2021 and ending December
 31, 2022. Lawrence Ecker retired effective January 1, 2021 and  rejoined
 the  NYSLERS  for  one  year before resuming their retirement. This bill

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02390-05-4
              

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