Senate Bill S5454A

Signed By Governor
2015-2016 Legislative Session

Authorizes the village of Painted Post to offer an optional twenty year retirement plan to certain police officers employed by such village

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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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2015-S5454 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7799
Law Section:
Retirement

2015-S5454 - Summary

Authorizes the village of Painted Post to offer an optional twenty year retirement plan to certain police officers employed by such village.

2015-S5454 - Sponsor Memo

2015-S5454 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  5454

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 14, 2015
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to authorize the village of Painted Post  to  offer  an  optional
  twenty  year  retirement  plan  to certain police officers employed by
  such village

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
Tod  Kimmey,  Robert Hoffman and Andrew Rowland, members of the New York
state and local police and fire retirement system, who began  employment
as  police  officers  with  the village of Painted Post on June 1, 1990,
March 27, 2013 and April 24, 2012, respectively,  and  currently  remain
employed by such village, and who, through no fault of their own, failed
to  file  timely  applications to participate in the special twenty year
retirement plan contained in section 384-d of the retirement and  social
security  law  resulting  in  the  crediting  of  their service with the
village of Painted Post in the  general  retirement  plan  contained  in
section  375-e  of  such  law, shall be given full credit in the special
twenty year retirement plan for such service upon the  election  of  the
village  of  Painted Post to assume the additional cost of such service.
The village of Painted Post may so elect by filing with the state  comp-
troller,  on  or  before  December 31, 2015, a resolution of the village
board of trustees together with certification that such police  officers
did  not  bar themselves from participation in such retirement plan as a
result of their own negligence. Thereafter,  such  police  officers  may
elect to be covered by the provisions of section 384-d of the retirement
and social security law from the date they commenced their employment as
police  officers  by  such  village,  and  shall be entitled to the full
rights and benefits associated with coverage under such section while so
employed, by filing a request to that effect with the state  comptroller
on or before June 30, 2016.
  S   2.  All  past  service  costs  associated  with  implementing  the
provisions of this act shall be borne by the village of Painted Post.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

              

2015-S5454A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7799
Law Section:
Retirement

2015-S5454A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the village of Painted Post to offer an optional twenty year retirement plan to certain police officers employed by such village.

2015-S5454A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2015-S5454A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 5454--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 14, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  O'MARA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
  -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
  and recommitted to said committee

AN  ACT  to  authorize  the village of Painted Post to offer an optional
  twenty year retirement plan to certain  police  officers  employed  by
  such village

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
Tod Kimmey, Robert Hoffman and Andrew Rowland, members of the  New  York
state  and local police and fire retirement system, who began employment
as police officers with the village of Painted Post  on  June  1,  1990,
March  27,  2013  and April 24, 2012, respectively, and currently remain
employed by such village, and who, through no fault of their own, failed
to file timely applications to participate in the  special  twenty  year
retirement  plan contained in section 384-d of the retirement and social
security law resulting in  the  crediting  of  their  service  with  the
village  of  Painted  Post  in  the general retirement plan contained in
section 375-e of such law, shall be given full  credit  in  the  special
twenty  year  retirement  plan for such service upon the election of the
village of Painted Post to assume the additional cost of  such  service.
The  village of Painted Post may so elect by filing with the state comp-
troller, on or before December 31, 2015, a  resolution  of  the  village
board  of trustees together with certification that such police officers
did not bar themselves from participation in such retirement plan  as  a
result  of  their  own  negligence. Thereafter, such police officers may
elect to be covered by the provisions of section 384-d of the retirement
and social security law from the date they commenced their employment as
police officers by such village, and  shall  be  entitled  to  the  full
rights and benefits associated with coverage under such section while so

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD10320-02-5
              

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