Bill Text: NY S06309 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes the county of Livingston to offer an optional twenty-five year retirement plan to certain deputy sheriffs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-11-28 - SIGNED CHAP.482 [S06309 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S06309-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6309 IN SENATE (Prefiled) January 6, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions AN ACT to authorize the county of Livingston to offer an optional twen- ty-five year retirement plan to certain deputy sheriffs 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 the county of Livingston, a participating employer in the New York state 3 and local employees' retirement system, which previously elected to 4 offer the optional twenty-five year retirement plan established pursuant 5 to subdivision e of section 551 of the retirement and social security 6 law, to deputy sheriffs employed by such county, is hereby authorized to 7 make participation in such plan available to Kevin L. Geer, John W. 8 Morgan, Jeffrey D. Wiedrick, Phyllis A. Applin, Matthew D. Orman, Joseph 9 J. Breu, Ross L. Gerace, Menzo A. Peck, Chad J. VanAuken, Rebecca J. 10 Kane, Martin C. Herkimer, Stephanie L. Schroeder, Shawn S. Whitford, 11 Wayne M. Swede, Christopher J. Brosius, Michael R. Wade, Caleb I. 12 Cutting, and Arick C. Perkins, deputy sheriffs employed by the county of 13 Livingston, who, for reasons not ascribable to their own negligence 14 failed to make timely application to participate in such optional twen- 15 ty-five year retirement plan. The county of Livingston may so elect by 16 filing with the state comptroller, on or before December 31, 2016, a 17 resolution of the Livingston county legislature together with certif- 18 ication that such deputy sheriffs did not bar themselves from partic- 19 ipation in such retirement plan as a result of their own negligence. 20 Thereafter, such deputy sheriffs may elect to be covered by the 21 provisions of subdivision e of section 551 of the retirement and social 22 security law, and shall be entitled to the full rights and benefits 23 associated with coverage under such subdivision, by filing a request to 24 that effect with the state comptroller on or before June 30, 2017. 25 § 2. All past service costs associated with implementing the 26 provisions of this act shall be borne by the county of Livingston. 27 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD11995-02-5