Bill Text: NY A07455 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 7455 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Authorizes retired firefighters to be employed as fire science instructors by career and technical education centers without reduction of their retirement benefits.

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 13-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-15 - held for consideration in governmental employees [A07455 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A07455-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7455
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      May 4, 2011
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       Introduced  by M. of A. RABBITT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
         tee on Governmental Employees
       AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in  relation  to
         authorizing  retired firefighters to be employed as instructor of fire
         sciences by a career and technical education center without diminution
         of his or her retirement benefits
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding
    2  a new section 214-c to read as follows:
    3    S  214-C.  EMPLOYMENT OF CERTAIN RETIRED PERSONS WHO RETIRED FROM FIRE
    4  SERVICE.  NOTWITHSTANDING  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  CHAPTER   OR   THE
    5  PROVISIONS  OF  ANY  STATE  OR  LOCAL LAW OR CHARTER TO THE CONTRARY, NO
    6  RETIRED PERSON WHO RETIRED FROM FIRE SERVICE AS A MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK
    7  STATE AND LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE RETIREMENT SYSTEM OR THE NEW  YORK  FIRE
    8  DEPARTMENT  PENSION  FUND, AND WHO IS EMPLOYED BY A CAREER AND TECHNICAL
    9  EDUCATION CENTER AS AN INSTRUCTOR IN A FIRE SCIENCE PROGRAM APPROVED  BY
   10  THE  EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, SHALL HAVE HIS OR HER RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE OR
   11  BENEFITS SUSPENDED OR REDUCED BECAUSE OF  COMPENSATION  EARNED  BY  SUCH
   12  RETIRED PERSON FROM SERVICE AS A FIRE SCIENCE INSTRUCTOR.
   13    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         FISCAL  NOTE.--This  bill  will  allow retired firefighters of the New
       York State and Local Police and Fire Retirement System or the  New  York
       City  Fire  Department Pension Fund to work as a fire science instructor
       in a program approved by the New York State Department of Education  and
       continue to receive their retirement benefit.
         If  this bill is enacted, insofar as it will affect the New York State
       and Local Police and Fire Retirement System, we expect few  retirees  to
       be affected. There would be negligible additional annual costs.
         This  estimate,  dated March 4, 2011, and intended for use only during
       the 2011 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2011-129,  prepared  by
       the  Actuary for the New York State and Local Police and Fire Retirement
       System.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD07012-02-1