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A08328 Summary:

BILL NOA08328A
 
SAME ASSAME AS S07399-A
 
SPONSORStern
 
COSPNSRLemondes, DeStefano, Brabenec, Otis
 
MLTSPNSR
 
Amd §§219-m & 219-f, Gen Muni L
 
Authorizes a municipality to increase the number of years of service that a participant in a defined contribution plan or defined benefit plan service award program for volunteer ambulance workers may receive a contribution.
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A08328 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         8328--A
                                                                Cal. No. 390
 
                               2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                    October 20, 2021
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. STERN, LEMONDES, DeSTEFANO, BRABENEC -- read once
          and  referred  to the Committee on Local Governments -- recommitted to
          the Committee on Local Governments in accordance with Assembly Rule 3,
          sec. 2 -- advanced to a third reading, passed by Assembly  and  deliv-
          ered  to the Senate, recalled from the Senate, vote reconsidered, bill
          amended, ordered reprinted, retaining its place on the order of  third
          reading
 
        AN  ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to authorizing a
          municipality to increase the number of years of service that a partic-
          ipant in a defined  contribution  plan  service  award  program  or  a
          defined benefit plan service award program may receive a contribution
 
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
 
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 219-m  of  the  general  municipal
     2  law,  as added by chapter 558 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    4. Points toward a year of ambulance service may be granted for activ-
     5  ities performed after a participant reaches entitlement age,  but  shall
     6  not  be granted for activities performed after a participant applies for
     7  a service award. The maximum number of years for which a participant may
     8  receive credit for a year of ambulance service shall be forty years. The
     9  governing board of a political subdivision may extend the maximum number
    10  of years for which a participant may receive credit for a year of  ambu-
    11  lance  service  for up to an additional ten years, to a maximum of fifty
    12  years, and such increases in the number of years may be added in  multi-
    13  ple  increments  or  in a single action, pursuant to the adoption of the
    14  required resolution or resolutions of the governing board, receiving the
    15  affirmative vote of at least sixty percent of the governing board of the
    16  political subdivision, and the approval of any mandatory  referendum  or
    17  referenda  authorizing  the  extension  of benefits under the program by
    18  eligible voters within such political subdivision.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13198-08-2

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     1    § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 219-f of the general municipal  law,  as
     2  amended  by  chapter  514  of  the  laws  of 1998, is amended to read as
     3  follows:
     4    3.  The  maximum number of years for which a participant may receive a
     5  contribution shall be forty years.  The governing board of  a  political
     6  subdivision  may extend the maximum number of years of service for which
     7  a participant may receive a contribution for up  to  an  additional  ten
     8  years,  to a maximum of fifty years, and such increases in the number of
     9  years may be added in multiple increments or in a single action,  pursu-
    10  ant  to  the  adoption  of the required resolution or resolutions of the
    11  governing board, receiving  the  affirmative  vote  of  at  least  sixty
    12  percent  of  the  governing  board of the political subdivision, and the
    13  approval of any mandatory referendum or referenda authorizing the exten-
    14  sion of benefits under the program by eligible voters within such  poli-
    15  tical subdivision.
    16    §  3.  This  act  shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
    17  current and future participants.
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