Senate Bill S7570

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Provides for early retirement without a pension reduction for certain disabled veterans

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Civil Service And Pensions Committee


  • 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-S7570 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6950
Current Committee:
Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:
Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 20-A §1005, R & SS L

2023-S7570 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides that a member of a public retirement system of the state who is a disabled veteran may retire without reduction of their retirement benefit upon their attainment of at least fifty-five years of age and completion of at least thirteen years of credited service in such retirement system.

2023-S7570 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7570 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7570
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 7, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in  relation  to
   providing for early retirement without a pension reduction for certain
   disabled veterans

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding
 a new article 20-A to read as follows:
 
                               ARTICLE 20-A
                     DISABLED VETERAN EARLY RETIREMENT
 SECTION 1005. DISABLED VETERAN EARLY RETIREMENT.
   § 1005. DISABLED VETERAN EARLY RETIREMENT. 1. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY  LAW
 TO THE CONTRARY, A MEMBER OF A PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE STATE, AS
 DEFINED  IN SUBDIVISION TWENTY-THREE OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED ONE OF THIS
 CHAPTER, WHO IS A DISABLED VETERAN MAY RETIRE WITHOUT REDUCTION OF THEIR
 RETIREMENT BENEFIT UPON THEIR ATTAINMENT OF AT LEAST FIFTY-FIVE YEARS OF
 AGE AND COMPLETION OF AT LEAST THIRTEEN YEARS  OF  CREDITED  SERVICE  IN
 SUCH  RETIREMENT  SYSTEM.  AS  USED  IN THIS SECTION, THE TERM "DISABLED
 VETERAN" MEANS A VETERAN WHO IS CERTIFIED BY THE UNITED STATES VETERANS'
 ADMINISTRATION OR A MILITARY DEPARTMENT AS ENTITLED TO RECEIVE DISABILI-
 TY PAYMENTS UPON THE CERTIFICATION OF SUCH VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION OR A
 MILITARY DEPARTMENT  FOR  A  SERVICE-CONNECTED  DISABILITY  INCURRED  OR
 AGGRAVATED  BY  THE  VETERAN  IN THE LINE OF DUTY IN THE ACTIVE MILITARY
 SERVICE OF THE UNITED STATES, AS DEFINED IN SECTION ONE OF THE  MILITARY
 LAW,  AND WHOSE DISABILITY IS IN EXISTENCE AT THE TIME OF RETIREMENT. TO
 BE ELIGIBLE UNDER THIS SECTION, A MEMBER MUST  MAKE  APPLICATION  BEFORE
 THE  EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  RETIREMENT. SUCH DISABILITY SHALL BE DEEMED IN
 EXISTENCE AT SUCH TIME OF RETIREMENT  IF  THE  CERTIFICATE  SHALL  STATE
 AFFIRMATIVELY  THAT  SUCH  VETERAN HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED BY SUCH VETERANS'
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03609-04-3
              

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