STATE OF NEW YORK
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3577
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 6, 2013
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Introduced by Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
providing credit to members of public retirement systems of the state
for military service rendered during the cold war
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Section 1000 of the retirement and social security law is
2 amended by adding a new subdivision 2-a to read as follows:
3 2-a. a. A member, upon application to such retirement system, may
4 obtain a total not to exceed three years of service credit for up to
5 three years of military duty, as defined in section two hundred forty-
6 three of the military law, if honorably discharged therefrom, if all or
7 part of such services was rendered during the cold war. For purposes of
8 this subdivision, the term "cold war" shall mean the period beginning
9 September second, nineteen hundred forty-five and ending December twen-
10 ty-sixth, nineteen hundred ninety-one.
11 b. To be eligible to receive credit for military service under this
12 subdivision, a member must make application for such credit before the
13 effective date of retirement.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD08263-01-3
