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Jan 08, 2014 |
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Apr 05, 2013 |
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Senate Bill S4517
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Civil Service And Pensions Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
2013-S4517 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Civil Service And Pensions
- Law Section:
- Retirement
2013-S4517 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S4517 TITLE OF BILL: An act to prohibit the reduction of the disability retirements of responders, injured at the site of the World Trade Center terrorist attack, by any workers' compensation payments received by such first responders PURPOSE: To prohibit the reduction of disability retirement benefits of responders to the 9/11 attack, by any amount of workers' compensation benefits received. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the disability retirement benefits from any public retirement system of the state, as defined in section 501 of the retirement and social security law, of any retired member of such system who was a police officer, a firefighter or certified first responder, as defined in section 3001 of the public health law, and whose disability arose as the natural and proximate result of participation in the rescue effort conducted in response to the World Trade Center attack on September 11, 2001, shall not be reduced or set off by the amounts of any workers' compensation benefits paid or payable to such retiree. All workers' compensation benefits paid or payable to every such retiree, shall be payable in addition to any disability retirement for which the retiree is eligible. Section 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
2013-S4517 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 4517 2013-2014 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E April 5, 2013 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BALL -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions AN ACT to prohibit the reduction of the disability retirements of responders, injured at the site of the World Trade Center terrorist attack, by any workers' compensation payments received by such first responders THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the disability retirement benefits from any public retirement system of the state, as defined in section 501 of the retirement and social security law, of any retired member of such system who was a police officer, a firefighter or certified first responder, as defined in section 3001 of the public health law, and whose disability arose as the natural and proximate result of participation in the rescue effort conducted in response to the World Trade Center attack on September 1, 2001, shall not be reduced or set off by the amounts of any workers' compensation benefits paid or payable to such retiree. All workers' compensation benefits paid or payable to every such reti- ree, shall be payable in addition to any disability retirement for which the retiree is eligible. S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD09796-01-3
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