Senate Bill S9076

Signed By Governor
2023-2024 Legislative Session

Relates to increasing certain special accidental death benefits

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Current Bill Status - Signed by Governor


  • 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-S9076 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10111
Law Section:
General Municipal Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §208-f, Gen Muni L; amd §361-a, R & SS L

2023-S9076 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Increases certain special accidental death benefits for state and local retirement system members.

2023-S9076 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S9076 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9076
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              April 16, 2024
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sen. GOUNARDES -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
 
 AN  ACT to amend the general municipal law and the retirement and social
   security law, in relation to increasing the special  accidental  death
   benefit of certain deceased members
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision c of section 208-f  of  the  general  municipal
 law,  as  amended by chapter 213 of the laws of 2023, is amended to read
 as follows:
   c. Commencing July first, two thousand [twenty-three] TWENTY-FOUR  the
 special  accidental  death  benefit  paid  to  a widow or widower or the
 deceased member's children under the age of eighteen or, if  a  student,
 under  the  age of twenty-three, if the widow or widower has died, or to
 the deceased member's parents if the member has no widow, widower, chil-
 dren under the age of eighteen, or a student under the  age  of  twenty-
 three,  shall be escalated by adding thereto an additional percentage of
 the salary of the deceased member (as increased pursuant to  subdivision
 b of this section) in accordance with the following schedule:

      calendar year of death
      of the deceased member              per centum
           1977 or prior                  [289.5%] 301.2%
           1978                           [278.2%] 289.5%
           1979                           [267.1%] 278.2%
           1980                           [256.5%] 267.1%
           1981                           [246.1%] 256.5%
           1982                           [236.0%] 246.1%
           1983                           [226.2%] 236.0%
           1984                           [216.7%] 226.2%
           1985                           [207.5%] 216.7%
           1986                           [198.5%] 207.5%
           1987                           [189.8%] 198.5%
           1988                           [181.4%] 189.8%
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

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