Authorizes a municipality to increase the number of years of service that a participant in a defined contribution plan or defined benefit plan service award program for volunteer ambulance workers may receive a contribution.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7399--A
Cal. No. 361
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
September 24, 2021
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Introduced by Sens. GAUGHRAN, ADDABBO, HELMING, HINCHEY, STEC -- read
twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the
Committee on Rules -- recommitted to the Committee on Local Government
in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- reported favorably from
said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third
reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the
order of third reading
AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to authorizing a
municipality to increase the number of years of service that a partic-
ipant in a defined contribution plan service award program or a
defined benefit plan service award program may receive a contribution
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 4 of section 219-m of the general municipal
2 law, as added by chapter 558 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 4. Points toward a year of ambulance service may be granted for activ-
5 ities performed after a participant reaches entitlement age, but shall
6 not be granted for activities performed after a participant applies for
7 a service award. The maximum number of years for which a participant may
8 receive credit for a year of ambulance service shall be forty years. The
9 governing board of a political subdivision may extend the maximum number
10 of years for which a participant may receive credit for a year of ambu-
11 lance service for up to an additional ten years, to a maximum of fifty
12 years, and such increases in the number of years may be added in multi-
13 ple increments or in a single action, pursuant to the adoption of the
14 required resolution or resolutions of the governing board, receiving the
15 affirmative vote of at least sixty percent of the governing board of the
16 political subdivision, and the approval of any mandatory referendum or
17 referenda authorizing the extension of benefits under the program by
18 eligible voters within such political subdivision.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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S. 7399--A 2
1 § 2. Subdivision 3 of section 219-f of the general municipal law, as
2 amended by chapter 514 of the laws of 1998, is amended to read as
3 follows:
4 3. The maximum number of years for which a participant may receive a
5 contribution shall be forty years. The governing board of a political
6 subdivision may extend the maximum number of years of service for which
7 a participant may receive a contribution for up to an additional ten
8 years, to a maximum of fifty years, and such increases in the number of
9 years may be added in multiple increments or in a single action, pursu-
10 ant to the adoption of the required resolution or resolutions of the
11 governing board, receiving the affirmative vote of at least sixty
12 percent of the governing board of the political subdivision, and the
13 approval of any mandatory referendum or referenda authorizing the exten-
14 sion of benefits under the program by eligible voters within such poli-
15 tical subdivision.
16 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all
17 current and future participants.
