Senate Bill S5994

Signed By Governor
2013-2014 Legislative Session

Authorizes the village of Tuckahoe, in the county of Westchester, to offer a certain retirement option to police officer Christopher J. Santiago

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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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2013-S5994 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8662
Law Section:
Retirement

2013-S5994 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the village of Tuckahoe, in the county of Westchester, to offer a certain retirement option to police officer Christopher J. Santiago.

2013-S5994 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S5994 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  5994

                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            November 22, 2013
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. LATIMER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

AN ACT to authorize the village of Tuckahoe, in the county of  Westches-
  ter,  to  offer a certain retirement option to police officer Christo-
  pher J.  Santiago

  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,
the  village  of Tuckahoe, in the county of Westchester, a participating
employer in the New York state and  local  police  and  fire  retirement
system,  which  previously elected to offer the optional retirement plan
established pursuant to section 384-d of the retirement and social secu-
rity law to firefighters and police officers employed by  such  village,
is  hereby  authorized  to  make participation in such plan available to
police officer Christopher J. Santiago, who was employed by the  village
of Tuckahoe on August 4, 2008 and who, on the effective date of this act
is  covered  under the provisions of section 375-i of the retirement and
social security law, and who, for reasons  not  ascribable  to  his  own
negligence  failed  to  make a timely application to participate in such
optional retirement plan.   Thereafter, police  officer  Christopher  J.
Santiago  may  elect to be covered by the provisions of section 384-d of
the retirement and social security law, and shall  be  entitled  to  the
full rights and benefits associated with coverage under such section, by
filing  a  request  to that effect with the state comptroller within one
year of the effective date of this act.
  S  2.  All  past  service  costs  associated  with  implementing   the
provisions of this act shall be borne by the village of Tuckahoe.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
  FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11767-03-3

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