STATE OF NEW YORK
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2454
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 20, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. M. G. MILLER -- read once and referred to the
Committee on Governmental Employees
AN ACT to amend the military law, in relation to the service credit time
of military personnel
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The military law is amended by adding a new section 244-b
2 to read as follows:
3 § 244-b. Pension credit during active duty. Notwithstanding any other
4 provision of law to the contrary, any person, who is a member of any
5 public retirement system of the state, called up for active duty service
6 as a member of the:
7 a. Naval militia;
8 b. New York state guard;
9 c. New York national guard;
10 d. Reserves; or
11 e. United States Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, or Coast Guard;
12 during any period from September eleventh, two thousand one to the pres-
13 ent time, shall be awarded full pension credit, for all time so employed
14 on active duty, as if such person was employed full time in their public
15 employment, during the time of such active duty service, regardless of
16 whether such person receives any wages or salary income from such public
17 employment during such active duty service.
18 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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