Provides a pension benefit parity payment to certain retirees from a state management/confidential position; provides a payment for salary increases that were authorized but withheld by the state.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4885
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 8, 2021
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Introduced by M. of A. FAHY -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Governmental Employees
AN ACT to amend the civil service law, in relation to establishing a
retiree parity payment for certain employees who served in a position
or positions in the classified service of the state designated manage-
rial or confidential
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The civil service law is amended by adding a new section
2 137 to read as follows:
3 § 137. Management/confidential retiree parity payment. 1. Notwith-
4 standing any provision of law, rule or regulation to the contrary, any
5 retiree who served in a position or positions in the classified service
6 of the state designated managerial or confidential pursuant to article
7 fourteen of this chapter and who retired between April first, two thou-
8 sand nine and March thirty-first, two thousand fifteen, and had a salary
9 increase authorized under chapter ten of the laws of two thousand eight
10 which was withheld for state fiscal years two thousand nine and/or two
11 thousand ten shall receive a seventy dollar rebate payment for every
12 month of withholding from April first, two thousand nine until such
13 retiree's date of retirement or March thirty-first, two thousand
14 fifteen, whichever is earlier, not to exceed a total of five thousand
15 dollars. The comptroller shall certify to the division of the budget a
16 listing of all such retirees deemed eligible pursuant to this subdivi-
17 sion.
18 2. Notwithstanding any provision of law, rule or regulation to the
19 contrary, any retiree who served in a position or positions in the clas-
20 sified service of the state designated managerial or confidential pursu-
21 ant to article fourteen of this chapter and who retired between April
22 first, two thousand fifteen and June thirtieth, two thousand seventeen
23 and had a salary increase authorized under chapter ten of the laws of
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 two thousand eight which was withheld for state fiscal years two thou-
2 sand nine and/or two thousand ten shall receive five thousand dollars
3 less the parity salary increases received during the specified time
4 period. The comptroller shall certify to the division of the budget a
5 listing of all such retirees deemed eligible pursuant to this subdivi-
6 sion.
7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
