Bill Text: NY S06309 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

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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

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          6309
                    IN SENATE
                                       (Prefiled)
                                     January 6, 2016
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        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