Senate Bill S8989

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Authorizes Lee Weinstein to receive certain service credit under section 384-d of the retirement and social security law

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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-S8989 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A9895
Law Section:
Retirement

2023-S8989 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes Lee Weinstein to receive certain service credit under section 384-d of the retirement and social security law.

2023-S8989 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S8989 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8989
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               April 8, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
 
 AN ACT to authorize Lee Weinstein  to  receive  certain  service  credit
   under section 384-d of the retirement and social security law
 
   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,
 Lee Weinstein, currently employed as a police officer with the  town  of
 Chester police department, who was employed as a police officer with the
 village of Greenwood Lake between August 15, 2001 and September 6, 2005,
 and  who,  through no fault of his own, failed to file a timely applica-
 tion to participate in the special twenty year retirement plan contained
 in section 384-d of the retirement and social security law resulting  in
 the  crediting  of his service with the village of Greenwood Lake in the
 general retirement plan contained in section 375-c of such law and  with
 the  town of Chester in the general retirement plan contained in section
 375-i of such law, shall be given full credit in the special twenty year
 retirement plan for such  additional  cost  of  such  service  upon  the
 election  of the village of Greenwood Lake to assume the additional cost
 of such service to such village and the town of Chester  to  assume  the
 additional  cost of such service to such town.  The village of Greenwood
 Lake may so elect by filing with the state comptroller, within one  year
 from  the effective date of this act, a resolution of its local legisla-
 tive body together with certification that  such  officer  did  not  bar
 himself  from  participation  in such retirement plan as a result of his
 own negligence.  The town of Chester may so elect  by  filing  with  the
 state  comptroller, within one year from the effective date of this act,
 a resolution of its local legislative body together  with  certification
 that such officer did not bar himself from participation in such retire-
 ment  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
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13576-05-4
              

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