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                                   5005
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 10, 2025
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 Introduced by M. of A. BICHOTTE HERMELYN, GONZALEZ-ROJAS, LUCAS, CONRAD,
   COLTON,  BENDETT,  BRABENEC,  K. BROWN,  DeSTEFANO,  SAYEGH,  HYNDMAN,
   ZACCARO -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of  A.  SIMON  --  read  once  and
   referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees
 
 AN  ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York and the
   retirement and social security law,  in  relation  to  providing  that
   members  of  a retirement system who retire from such system and later
   rejoin the retirement system are entitled to the same rights, benefits
   and privileges such member had prior to retirement
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Section  13-105 of the administrative code of the city of
 New York is amended to read as follows:
   § 13-105 Membership; eligibility in certain cases. Notwithstanding any
 inconsistent provision of this chapter, the code, or any other  law,  an
 officer  or  employee  in  city-service  who  is  otherwise eligible for
 membership in this retirement system but  who  is  entitled  to  receive
 benefits  from any other pension fund or retirement system maintained by
 the city may become a member of this  retirement  system  provided  such
 benefits  are  suspended  during [his or her] SUCH OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE'S
 active membership in this retirement system. Such member shall  contrib-
 ute  to this retirement system as a new entrant, PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT
 IN THE CASE OF A MEMBER WHO HAS RETIRED OR RETIRES FROM  PUBLIC  SERVICE
 ON  OR  AFTER  JULY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-SIX AND SUSPENDED OR
 SUSPENDS SUCH MEMBER'S RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE UPON ENTRANCE INTO CITY-SER-
 VICE, SUCH MEMBER SHALL BE ENTITLED TO THE SAME RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES AS
 THOSE TO WHICH SUCH MEMBER WAS ENTITLED UPON SUCH MEMBER'S LAST DATE  OF
 ENTRY  INTO  A  PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEM OR PENSION FUND OF THE STATE OR
 THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
   § 2. Subdivision 2 of section 519 of the retirement and social securi-
 ty law is amended by adding a new paragraph (vi) to read as follows:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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   (VI) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION  OF  LAW,  ANY  MEMBER  OF  A
 PUBLIC  RETIREMENT  SYSTEM  WHO  RETIRED  AFTER HAVING LAST ENTERED SUCH
 SYSTEM ON OR AFTER JULY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-SIX, AND  THERE-
 AFTER  RE-ENTERED  SERVICE  AND  JOINED  OR REJOINED A PUBLIC RETIREMENT
 SYSTEM  SHALL BE ENTITLED TO ALL THE RIGHTS, BENEFITS AND PRIVILEGES AND
 SUBJECT TO ALL THE OBLIGATIONS SET FORTH IN ANY LAW OR LAWS RELATING  TO
 PUBLIC  RETIREMENT  SYSTEMS  AND  TO  WHICH  SUCH MEMBER WOULD HAVE BEEN
 SUBJECT OR ENTITLED HAD SUCH MEMBER ENTERED OR RE-ENTERED MEMBERSHIP  IN
 SUCH  RETIREMENT  SYSTEM  ON THE DATE IN WHICH SUCH MEMBER FIRST ENTERED
 THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM FROM WHICH SUCH MEMBER RETIRED.
   § 3. Subdivision b of section 614 of the retirement and social securi-
 ty law is amended by adding a new paragraph (vi) to read as follows:
   (VI) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION  OF  LAW,  ANY  MEMBER  OF  A
 PUBLIC  RETIREMENT  SYSTEM  WHO  RETIRED  AFTER HAVING LAST ENTERED SUCH
 SYSTEM ON OR AFTER JULY FIRST, NINETEEN HUNDRED SEVENTY-SIX, AND  THERE-
 AFTER  RE-ENTERED  SERVICE  AND  JOINED  OR REJOINED A PUBLIC RETIREMENT
 SYSTEM SHALL BE ENTITLED TO ALL THE RIGHTS, BENEFITS AND PRIVILEGES  AND
 SUBJECT  TO ALL THE OBLIGATIONS SET FORTH IN ANY LAW OR LAWS RELATING TO
 PUBLIC RETIREMENT SYSTEMS AND TO  WHICH  SUCH  MEMBER  WOULD  HAVE  BEEN
 SUBJECT  OR ENTITLED HAD SUCH MEMBER ENTERED OR RE-ENTERED MEMBERSHIP IN
 SUCH RETIREMENT SYSTEM ON THE DATE IN WHICH SUCH  MEMBER  FIRST  ENTERED
 THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM FROM WHICH SUCH MEMBER RETIRED.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.