STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          7212
                    IN SENATE
                                      April 6, 2016
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- (at request of the State Comptroller) --
          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
          the form of a membership application
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. The opening paragraph of subdivision a of section 40 of the
     2  retirement and social security law is amended to read as follows:
     3    Each person who becomes a member of the retirement system shall file a
     4  duly executed [and acknowledged] application with the comptroller.  Such
     5  application shall contain:
     6    §  2.  The  opening  paragraph  of subdivision a of section 340 of the
     7  retirement and social security law, as added by chapter 1000 of the laws
     8  of 1966, is amended to read as follows:
     9    After the effective date of this article, each person  who  becomes  a
    10  member  of  the  [policemen's  and  firemen's]  New York state and local
    11  police and fire retirement  system  shall  file  a  duly  executed  [and
    12  acknowledged]  application  with the comptroller. Such application shall
    13  contain:
    14    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13499-01-6