Bill Text: NY S03528 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to the authorization of the New York state and local police and fire retirement system to designate Sean William McCabe as a Tier III member.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2016-09-29 - SIGNED CHAP.361 [S03528 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-S03528-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         3528--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                    February 11, 2015
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        Introduced by Sens. KENNEDY, GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed,
          and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and
          Pensions -- recommitted to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
          in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
          amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
          tee
        AN ACT in relation to authorizing Sean William McCabe to file a  request
          for  change  of  benefit  coverage  with  the New York state and local
          police and fire retirement system
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  Notwithstanding  any other provision of law, Sean William
     2  McCabe, who is currently a member of the New York state and local police
     3  and fire retirement system, and who was first employed  by  the  Buffalo
     4  Police Department on July 31, 2009, and by virtue of his date of employ-
     5  ment  became  a  member  of the New York state and local police and fire
     6  retirement system covered by the benefits of article 14 of  the  retire-
     7  ment  and social security law and who, for reasons not ascribable to his
     8  own negligence, elected to participate in the  non-contributory  retire-
     9  ment plan contained in subdivision f of section 384 of such law, and who
    10  subsequently  filed an election to be covered by the benefits of article
    11  22 of such law, shall be deemed to be covered by the benefits of article
    12  14 and the retirement plan contained in subdivision  f  of  section  384
    13  retroactive  to  July 31, 2009 if, within one year of the effective date
    14  of this act, he shall file a written request to  that  effect  with  the
    15  state comptroller. Upon the granting of such status, Sean William McCabe
    16  shall  be  granted a refund of any employee contributions made by him to
    17  the New York state and local police and fire retirement system.
    18    § 2. All past service costs associated with the implementation of this
    19  act shall be borne by the city of Buffalo.
    20    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03260-03-6