Provides that in no event shall such annual service be continued after a member has attained age fifty-five or at least twenty years of service, except however, that members in the town of Southampton police department who hold the rank of sergeant or higher within such department may be permitted by the town board to remain in service until such member has attained age sixty.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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3667
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
March 1, 2011
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Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- 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
the employment of police officers in the town of Southampton; and to
repeal certain provisions of such law relating thereto
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision m of section 384-d of the retirement and social
2 security law is REPEALED and a new subdivision m is added to read as
3 follows:
4 m. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, if the town
5 board of the town of Southampton elects to make the benefits of this
6 section available to the members of its police department, each member
7 of such department shall be separated from service upon completion of
8 twenty years of service, provided, however, that the town board may
9 permit a member to continue in service on an annual basis after the
10 completion of twenty years of service, but in no event shall such annual
11 service be continued after a member has attained age fifty-five unless
12 such member has not attained twenty years of service, except however,
13 that members of such department who hold the rank of sergeant or higher
14 within such department may be permitted by the town board to remain in
15 service until the member has attained age sixty.
16 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
This bill will amend Subdivision (m) of Section 384-d of the Retire-
ment and Social Security Law so as to not force a police officer
employed by the Town of Southampton to retire after attaining age 55
without 20 years of service.
If this bill is enacted, there will be no cost.
This estimate, dated January 7, 2011, and intended for use only during
the 2011 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2011-81, prepared by
the Actuary for the New York State and Local Police and Fire Retirement
System.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
LBD03874-02-1
