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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S. 4129--A A. 7511--A
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
SENATE - ASSEMBLY
April 14, 2009
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IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service
and Pensions -- recommitted to the Committee on Civil Service and
Pensions in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee
discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted
to said committee
IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred
to the Committee on Governmental Employees -- recommitted to the
Committee on Governmental Employees in accordance with Assembly Rule
3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
amended and recommitted to said committee
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2 security law is REPEALED and a new subdivision m is added to read as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
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 within such department may be permitted by the town board to remain in
2 service until the member has attained age sixty.
3 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
This bill will amend Section 384-d(m) 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 29, 2010, and intended for use only
during the 2010 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2010-86,
prepared by the Actuary for the New York State and Local Police and Fire
Retirement System.
