Assembly Bill A8032

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Relates to providing a performance of duty disability retirement benefit for members of the armed forces injured in combat

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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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2011-A8032 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S3095
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:
Add §§65, 365, 448-b, 507-j & 607-i, R & SS L; add §511-b, Ed L; add §§13-168.1 & 13-551.1, NYC Ad Cd
Versions Introduced in 2009-2010 Legislative Session:
A7874, S2716

2011-A8032 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides a performance of duty disability retirement benefit for members of a public retirement system who are members of the armed forces and are injured in combat; such benefit shall be 75% of such member's final one year average salary.

2011-A8032 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  8032

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                              May 27, 2011
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. RAMOS, CASTELLI, ORTIZ, TEDISCO, BURLING, SALADI-
  NO,  MENG,  P. RIVERA,  STEVENSON, KATZ, GIGLIO, MALLIOTAKIS -- Multi-
  Sponsored by -- M. of A. AMEDORE, BARCLAY, BLANKENBUSH, BOYLE, BUTLER,
  CALHOUN,  CERETTO,  CONTE,  CORWIN,  CROUCH,  CURRAN,  DUPREY,  FINCH,
  FITZPATRICK,  HAWLEY, HAYES, JOHNS, JORDAN, KOLB, P. LOPEZ, McDONOUGH,
  McKEVITT, McLAUGHLIN, J. MILLER, MOLINARO,  MONTESANO,  MURRAY,  OAKS,
  PALMESANO,  RABBITT, RAIA, REILICH, N. RIVERA, SAYWARD, SMARDZ, SPANO,
  TENNEY, THIELE, TOBACCO -- read once and referred to the Committee  on
  Governmental Employees

AN  ACT  to  amend the retirement and social security law, the education
  law and the administrative code of the city of New York,  in  relation
  to  a  special  disability retirement benefit for members of the armed
  forces injured in combat

  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 section 65 to read as follows:
  S  65.  PERFORMANCE  OF DUTY DISABILITY BENEFIT FOR MEMBERS INJURED IN
COMBAT. A.   NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  SECTION  TWO  HUNDRED
FORTY-TWO,  TWO  HUNDRED  FORTY-THREE  OR  TWO HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR OF THE
MILITARY LAW OR THE PROVISIONS OF ANY OTHER LAW  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  ANY
MEMBER  OR RETIREE WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE MILITARY ON ACTIVE DUTY IN THE
ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES OR THE ORGANIZED MILITIA OF THE  STATE
OF  NEW  YORK  AS  DEFINED  IN  SECTION ONE OF THE MILITARY LAW, AND WHO
BECOMES PHYSICALLY INCAPACITATED FOR THE PERFORMANCE OF  DUTIES  AS  THE
NATURAL  AND PROXIMATE RESULT OF AN INJURY SUSTAINED IN A COMBAT THEATRE
OR COMBAT ZONE OF OPERATIONS, AS DOCUMENTED BY THE  AWARD  OF  A  UNITED
STATES CAMPAIGN RIBBON OR SERVICE MEDAL, OR THE ARMED FORCES EXPEDITION-
ARY  MEDAL,  NAVY EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL, MARINE CORPS EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL,
OR GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL, SHALL BE ELIGIBLE FOR  A
PERFORMANCE   OF   DUTY   DISABILITY   RETIREMENT   ALLOWANCE  EQUAL  TO

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD05484-03-1
              

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