Senate Bill S6361

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to changes of membership eligibility in a New York state retirement system

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    • In Committee Senate
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    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
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2023-S6361 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §540, Ed L; add §§113-b & 411-a, R & SS L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S4597

2023-S6361 - Summary

Relates to changes of membership eligibility in a New York state retirement system.

2023-S6361 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6361 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6361
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 18, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BROUK  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law and the retirement and social security
   law, in relation to termination of membership  in  a  New  York  state
   retirement system

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 540 to
 read as follows:
   § 540. WRITTEN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF MEMBERSHIP  TERMINATION.  A  TEACHER
 INTENDING  TO  TERMINATE  HIS OR HER MEMBERSHIP IN THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM
 DEFINED IN SUBDIVISION ONE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED ONE OF  THIS  ARTICLE
 AND  THE  TEACHER'S  EMPLOYER  MUST  BOTH  EXECUTE  A  WRITTEN STATEMENT
 PROVIDED BY THE RETIREMENT BOARD  THAT  THE  TEACHER  AND  THE  EMPLOYER
 ACKNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTAND THAT THE TEACHER, ON A SPECIFIC DATE, WILL NO
 LONGER  BE A MEMBER OF SUCH RETIREMENT SYSTEM. THE EMPLOYER MUST, WITHIN
 THIRTY DAYS AFTER SIGNATURE BY BOTH PARTIES, FILE SUCH WRITTEN STATEMENT
 WITH THE RETIREMENT BOARD IN ORDER TO  EFFECTUATE  SUCH  TERMINATION  OF
 MEMBERSHIP.
   § 2. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding a new
 section 113-b to read as follows:
   §  113-B.  WRITTEN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF MEMBERSHIP TERMINATION. A MEMBER
 INTENDING TO TERMINATE HIS OR HER MEMBERSHIP IN  THE  RETIREMENT  SYSTEM
 DEFINED  IN  SUBDIVISION TWENTY-EIGHT OF SECTION TWO OF THIS ARTICLE AND
 THE MEMBER'S EMPLOYER MUST BOTH EXECUTE A WRITTEN STATEMENT PROVIDED  BY
 THE  OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER THAT THE MEMBER AND THE EMPLOYER ACKNOWL-
 EDGE AND UNDERSTAND THAT THE MEMBER, ON A SPECIFIC DATE, WILL NO  LONGER
 BE  A MEMBER OF SUCH RETIREMENT SYSTEM. THE EMPLOYER MUST, WITHIN THIRTY
 DAYS AFTER SIGNATURE BY BOTH PARTIES, FILE SUCH WRITTEN  STATEMENT  WITH
 THE OFFICE OF THE COMPTROLLER IN ORDER TO EFFECTUATE SUCH TERMINATION OF
 MEMBERSHIP.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01478-01-3
              

2023-S6361A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §540, Ed L; add §§113-b & 411-a, R & SS L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S4597

2023-S6361A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to changes of membership eligibility in a New York state retirement system.

2023-S6361A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S6361A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  6361--A
     Cal. No. 377
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 18, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  BROUK  -- 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 -- reported favorably from said
   committee, ordered to first and second  report,  ordered  to  a  third
   reading,  amended  and  ordered  reprinted, retaining its place in the
   order of third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law and the retirement and social security
   law, in relation to changes of membership eligibility in  a  New  York
   state retirement system
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 540 to
 read as follows:
   § 540. WRITTEN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF CHANGE OF MEMBERSHIP ELIGIBILITY.  A
 MEMBER  INTENDING TO INITIATE OR UNDERGO A CHANGE OF TITLE OR EMPLOYMENT
 RESPONSIBILITIES WHILE REMAINING IN THE EMPLOY OF SUCH MEMBER'S  CURRENT
 EMPLOYER  WHICH SHALL AFFECT SUCH MEMBER'S ELIGIBILITY FOR MEMBERSHIP OR
 ABILITY TO ACCRUE SERVICE CREDIT IN THE  RETIREMENT  SYSTEM  DEFINED  IN
 SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF  SECTION FIVE HUNDRED ONE OF THIS ARTICLE, AND SUCH
 MEMBER'S EMPLOYER SHALL BOTH EXECUTE A WRITTEN STATEMENT PROVIDED BY THE
 RETIREMENT BOARD THAT SUCH MEMBER  AND  SUCH  EMPLOYER  ACKNOWLEDGE  AND
 UNDERSTAND  THAT  SUCH  MEMBER,  ON A SPECIFIC DATE, WILL NO LONGER BE A
 MEMBER OF SUCH RETIREMENT SYSTEM OR WILL NO LONGER BE ELIGIBLE TO ACCRUE
 SERVICE CREDIT IN SUCH MEMBER'S RETIREMENT PLAN.  SUCH  EMPLOYER  SHALL,
 WITHIN  THIRTY  DAYS  AFTER SIGNATURE BY BOTH PARTIES, FILE SUCH WRITTEN
 STATEMENT WITH THE RETIREMENT BOARD IN ORDER TO EFFECTUATE  SUCH  CHANGE
 OF MEMBERSHIP.
   § 2. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding a new
 section 113-b to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01478-03-4
              

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