Authorizes retired firefighters to be employed as fire science instructors by career and technical education centers without reduction of their retirement benefits.

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S4239-2011 Actions

• May 14, 2012: referred to governmental employees
• May 14, 2012: DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
• May 14, 2012: PASSED SENATE
• Feb 6, 2012: AMENDED ON THIRD READING 4239A
• Jan 30, 2012: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• Jan 24, 2012: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• Jan 23, 2012: 1ST REPORT CAL.120
• Jan 4, 2012: REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS
• Jun 24, 2011: COMMITTED TO RULES
• May 24, 2011: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
• May 23, 2011: 2ND REPORT CAL.
• May 18, 2011: 1ST REPORT CAL.789
• Mar 24, 2011: REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

S4239-2011 Meetings

Civil Service and Pensions: Jan 23, 2012, Civil Service and Pensions: May 18, 2011

S4239-2011 Calendars

Floor Calendar: Jan 24, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jan 30, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Jan 31, 2012 , Floor Calendar: Feb 6, 2012 , Floor Calendar: May 23, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 24, 2011 , Floor Calendar: May 25, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 1, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 2, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 6, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 7, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 13, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 14, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 15, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 16, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 17, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 21, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 22, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 23, 2011 , Floor Calendar: Jun 24, 2011

S4239-2011 Votes

S4239-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S4239

TITLE OF BILL:
An act
to
amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
authorizing retired firefighters to be employed as instructor of fire
sciences by a career and technical education center without diminution
of his or her retirement benefits

PURPOSE:
To allow retired firefighters with knowledge and expertise in the
profession to train the future generation of young firefighters
without diminution of his or her retirement benefits.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1-Amends the retirement and social security law by adding a
new section 214-c.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter or the provisions of
any state or local law or charter to the contrary, no retired person
who retired from fire service as a member of the New York state and
local police and fire retirement system or the New York fire
department pension fund, and who is employed by a career and
technical education center as an instructor in a fire science program
approved by the education department, shall have his or her
retirement allowance or benefits suspended or reduced because of
compensation earned by such retired person from service as a fire
science instructor.

Section 2- This act shall take effect immediately.

JUSTIFICATION:

This bill would permit retired firefighters to receive their pension
payments while earning compensation for employment by a career and
technical education center as an instructor in a fire science program
approved by the education department. Retired firefighters possess
the training, skills, and experience which make them an excellent
resource of knowledge for New York's future generation of
firefighters. Permitting such highly qualified retired public
employees to receive pension payments while being employed as fire
science instructors would provide an
incentive for those retirees to pass on the knowledge that was
acquired throughout their years of service to a new generation of
firefighters.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New Bill.

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
See fiscal note.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S4239-2011 Text

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

                                    4239

                         2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                              I N  SENATE

                               March 24, 2011
                                 ___________

  Introduced  by  Sen.  LARKIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
    printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions

  AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in  relation  to
    authorizing  retired firefighters to be employed as instructor of fire
    sciences by a career and technical education center without diminution
    of his or her retirement benefits

    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 214-c to read as follows:

    S  214-C.  EMPLOYMENT OF CERTAIN RETIRED PERSONS WHO RETIRED FROM FIRE
  SERVICE.  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  CHAPTER   OR   THE
  PROVISIONS  OF  ANY  STATE  OR  LOCAL LAW OR CHARTER TO THE CONTRARY, NO
  RETIRED PERSON WHO RETIRED FROM FIRE SERVICE AS A MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK
  STATE AND LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE RETIREMENT SYSTEM OR THE NEW  YORK  FIRE
  DEPARTMENT  PENSION  FUND, AND WHO IS EMPLOYED BY A CAREER AND TECHNICAL
  EDUCATION CENTER AS AN INSTRUCTOR IN A FIRE SCIENCE PROGRAM APPROVED  BY
  THE  EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, SHALL HAVE HIS OR HER RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE OR
  BENEFITS SUSPENDED OR REDUCED BECAUSE OF  COMPENSATION  EARNED  BY  SUCH
  RETIRED PERSON FROM SERVICE AS A FIRE SCIENCE INSTRUCTOR.
    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
    FISCAL  NOTE.--This  bill  will  allow retired firefighters of the New
  York State and Local Police and Fire Retirement System or the  New  York
  City  Fire  Department Pension Fund to work as a fire science instructor
  in a program approved by the New York State Department of Education  and
  continue to receive their retirement benefit.
    If  this bill is enacted, insofar as it will affect the New York State
  and Local Police and Fire Retirement System, we expect few  retirees  to
  be affected. There would be negligible additional annual costs.
    This  estimate,  dated March 4, 2011, and intended for use only during
  the 2011 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2011-129,  prepared  by
  the  Actuary for the New York State and Local Police and Fire Retirement
  System.

   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD07012-02-1