Bill Text: NY S04343 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Provides health insurance coverage upon retirement for certain officers and employees of the NYC transit authority pursuant to provisions of the administrative code of the city of New York.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - REFERRED TO TRANSPORTATION [S04343 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S04343-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4343
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    March 30, 2011
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Transportation
       AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to health insur-
         ance coverage for  certain  officers  and  employees  of  an  eligible
         pension or retirement system upon retirement
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 1210  of  the  public  authorities
    2  law,  as  added  by  chapter 200 of the laws of 1953 and such section as
    3  renumbered by chapter 914 of the laws of 1957, is  amended  to  read  as
    4  follows:
    5    3. Officers and employees of the city who are members or beneficiaries
    6  of  any existing pension or retirement system shall continue to have the
    7  rights, privileges, obligations and status with respect to  such  system
    8  or  systems  as  if  they had continued in their city offices or employ-
    9  ments. Employment by the authority shall constitute city service for the
   10  purposes of CHAPTER ONE OF title [B] THIRTEEN of [chapter three of]  the
   11  administrative code of [such] THE city OF NEW YORK and the contributions
   12  required  to  be  made  by  the authority pursuant to section [B 3-20.0]
   13  13-130 of such code shall be an operating expense of the authority. WITH
   14  RESPECT TO OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY
   15  WHO OCCUPY CAREER AND SALARY  POSITIONS,  SUCH  OFFICERS  AND  EMPLOYEES
   16  SHALL  BE  ELIGIBLE  FOR  HEALTH INSURANCE PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF
   17  SECTION 12-126 OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE CODE  OF  THE  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK,
   18  PROVIDED  THAT  THEY  ARE (A) IN ACTIVE SERVICE ON THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
   19  THE CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN WHICH AMENDED THIS SUBDI-
   20  VISION OR (B) COMMENCE ACTIVE SERVICE AFTER THE EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THE
   21  CHAPTER  OF  THE LAWS OF TWO THOUSAND ELEVEN WHICH AMENDED THIS SUBDIVI-
   22  SION.
   23    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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