Bill Text: NY A02454 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to the service time of military personnel.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-03 - referred to governmental employees [A02454 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A02454-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          2454
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 20, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A. M. G. MILLER -- read once and referred to the
          Committee on Governmental Employees
        AN ACT to amend the military law, in relation to the service credit time
          of military personnel
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1.  The military law is amended by adding a new section 244-b
     2  to read as follows:
     3    § 244-b. Pension credit during active duty.  Notwithstanding any other
     4  provision of law to the contrary, any person, who is  a  member  of  any
     5  public retirement system of the state, called up for active duty service
     6  as a member of the:
     7    a. Naval militia;
     8    b. New York state guard;
     9    c. New York national guard;
    10    d. Reserves; or
    11    e.  United  States  Army,  Navy,  Marines,  Air Force, or Coast Guard;
    12  during any period from September eleventh, two thousand one to the pres-
    13  ent time, shall be awarded full pension credit, for all time so employed
    14  on active duty, as if such person was employed full time in their public
    15  employment, during the time of such active duty service,  regardless  of
    16  whether such person receives any wages or salary income from such public
    17  employment during such active duty service.
    18    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03063-01-7