Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
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Aug 17, 2011 |
signed chap.447 |
Aug 05, 2011 |
delivered to governor |
Jun 21, 2011 |
returned to assembly passed senate 3rd reading cal.1482 substituted for s5655 |
Jun 21, 2011 |
substituted by a8109a ordered to third reading cal.1482 committee discharged and committed to rules |
Jun 09, 2011 |
referred to civil service and pensions |
Senate Bill S5655
Signed By Governor2011-2012 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, C, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status Via A8109 - Signed by Governor
- 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
Votes
2011-S5655 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Assembly Version of this Bill:
- A8109
- Law Section:
- Retirement and Social Security Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd ยงยง555, 556 & 558, R & SS L
2011-S5655 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Relates to disability retirement applications made by or on behalf of certain deputy sheriffs; ensures that a deputy sheriff who is disabled is not denied disability retirement benefits because they were unable to work in criminal law enforcement activities because of the disability at the date the application is filed.
2011-S5655 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S5655 TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to disability retirement applications made by or on behalf of certain deputy sheriffs PURPOSE OF THE BILL: To provide a fair pension benefit for Sheriff's Deputies who are injured performing law enforcement duty but who choose not to immediately retire as a result of their injury because they are either attempting to come back to work or because it is uncertain whether or not they will be able to go back to work. SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1: Amends subdivision aa of section 555 of the retirement and social security law to provide that an application for disability retirement shall not be disapproved on the basis of a deputy sheriff having failed to engage directly in criminal law enforcement activities that aggregate fifty percent of a deputy sheriff's service during a period preceding the filing of the application, provided the failure to do so was the result of the disability alleged in the application and further provided the deputy sheriff was certified as so engaged in criminal law enforcement activities by the county sheriff for the calendar year preceding the onset of the disability.
2011-S5655 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5655 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E June 9, 2011 ___________ Introduced by Sen. BONACIC -- 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 disability retirement applications made by or on behalf of certain deputy sheriffs THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision aa of section 555 of the retirement and social security law, as added by chapter 165 of the laws of 1995, is amended to read as follows: aa. At the time of the filing of an application pursuant to this section, the member must: 1. Have at least ten years of total service credit, and 2. Actually be in service upon which his or her membership is based, or, have been discontinued from service, either voluntarily or involun- tarily, for not more than ninety days, providing the member was disabled prior to such discontinuance. AN APPLICATION FOR DISABILITY RETIREMENT SHALL NOT BE DISAPPROVED ON THE BASIS OF A DEPUTY SHERIFF HAVING FAILED TO ENGAGE DIRECTLY IN CRIMI- NAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES THAT AGGREGATE FIFTY PER CENTUM OF A DEPUTY SHERIFF'S SERVICE DURING A PERIOD PRECEDING THE FILING OF THE APPLICATION PROVIDED THE FAILURE TO DO SO WAS THE RESULT OF THE DISABIL- ITY ALLEGED IN THE APPLICATION AND FURTHER PROVIDED THE DEPUTY SHERIFF WAS CERTIFIED AS SO ENGAGED IN CRIMINAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES BY THE COUNTY SHERIFF FOR THE CALENDAR YEAR PRECEDING THE ONSET OF THE DISABILITY. After the filing of such an application, such member shall be given one or more medical examinations. If the comptroller determines that the member is physically or mentally incapacitated for the performance of duty and ought to be retired for ordinary disability, he or she shall be EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11832-02-1
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