Bill Text: NY S09627 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Grants retroactive membership with tier IV status in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Calvin Rice.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-16 - REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS [S09627 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S09627-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          9627

                    IN SENATE

                                      May 16, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions

        AN ACT granting retroactive tier IV status in the  New  York  state  and
          local employees' retirement system to Calvin Rice

          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 to the contrary,
     2  Calvin Rice, who was employed as a chaplain with the South Beach Psychi-
     3  atric Center with a start date of September 6, 1990, and who is current-
     4  ly a member of the  New  York  state  and  local  employees'  retirement
     5  system,  who  through no fault of his own did not become a member of the
     6  New York state and local employees' retirement system  on  September  6,
     7  1990  when first employed by the South Beach Psychiatric Center shall be
     8  deemed to have been a member of the New York state and local  employees'
     9  retirement  system on such date he commenced his employment and shall be
    10  granted Tier IV status, provided that an application is filed  with  the
    11  head of the New York state and local employees' retirement system within
    12  one year from the effective date of this act.  Upon the granting of such
    13  retroactive membership, Calvin Rice shall not be granted a refund of any
    14  employee  contributions  made  by  him  to  the New York state and local
    15  employees' retirement system.
    16    § 2. All past services costs associated  with  the  implementation  of
    17  this act shall be borne by the South Beach Psychiatric Center.
    18    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.




         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11737-01-3