Bill Text: NY A07146 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to extending the filing deadline from two years to five years for active and retired firefighters in the New York state and local police and fire retirement system.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2016-11-28 - tabled [A07146 Detail]

Download: New_York-2015-A07146-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         7146--A
                               2015-2016 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                     April 27, 2015
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. GOLDFED-
          ER  -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employ-
          ees -- recommitted to  the  Committee  on  Governmental  Employees  in
          accordance  with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
          amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
          tee
        AN  ACT  to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
          accidental disability retirement
          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section  1. Paragraph 2 of subdivision a of section 363 of the retire-
     2  ment and social security law, as amended by chapter 489 of the  laws  of
     3  2008, is amended to read as follows:
     4    2. Actually in service upon which his membership is based. However, in
     5  a  case  where  a  member is discontinued from service subsequent to the
     6  accident, either voluntarily or involuntarily,  and  provided  that  the
     7  member  meets  the  requirements  of  paragraph one of this subdivision,
     8  application may be made, either (a) by a vested member incapacitated  as
     9  the  result  of  a qualifying World Trade Center condition as defined in
    10  section two of this chapter at any time, or (b) not later than two years
    11  after the member is first discontinued from service.   Provided  further
    12  that in the case of an application filed for accidental disability bene-
    13  fits  pursuant to section three hundred sixty-three-d of this title, the
    14  requirements for filing for such benefits shall be five years.
    15    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and apply to all  applica-
    16  tions filed on or after January 1, 2014.
          FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
          This bill would extend the filing deadline from 2 years to 5 years for
        active  and  retired firefighters in the New York State and Local Police
        and Fire Retirement System to file an application for  accidental  disa-
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10604-03-6