New York S 8505: Authorizes Nicholas Moore, Joshua Golden and Nathan Kasprzak to receive certain service credit under section 384-d of the retirement and social security law

Bill Text

STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8505
                    IN SENATE
                                      March 8, 2022
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  STEC  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
        AN ACT to authorize Nicholas Moore, Joshua Golden and Nathan Kasprzak to
          receive certain service credit under section 384-d of  the  retirement
          and social security law
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
     2  the city of Plattsburgh, a participating employer in the New York  state
     3  local  police  and  fire retirement system, is hereby authorized to make
     4  participation in the 384-d special twenty year retirement plan  pursuant
     5  to  section 384-d of the retirement and social security law available to
     6  Nicholas Moore, a police officer employed with  the  Plattsburgh  Police
     7  Department  with a start date of February 21, 2014, who, for reasons not
     8  ascribable to his own negligence, was enrolled in  the  special  twenty-
     9  five year retirement plan contained within section 384 of the retirement
    10  and social security law. Officer Moore shall be given full credit in the
    11  special  twenty  year plan contained within section 384-d of the retire-
    12  ment and social security law for such service upon election of the  city
    13  of Plattsburgh to assume the additional cost of such service.
    14    §  2.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the
    15  city of Plattsburgh, a participating employer  in  the  New  York  state
    16  local  police  and  fire retirement system, is hereby authorized to make
    17  participation in the 384-d special twenty year retirement plan  pursuant
    18  to  section 384-d of the retirement and social security law available to
    19  Joshua Golden, a police officer employed  with  the  Plattsburgh  Police
    20  Department  with a start date of February 21, 2014, who, for reasons not
    21  ascribable to his own negligence, was enrolled in  the  special  twenty-
    22  five year retirement plan contained within section 384 of the retirement
    23  and  social  security  law. Officer Golden shall be given full credit in
    24  the special twenty year plan  contained  within  section  384-d  of  the
    25  retirement and social security law for such service upon election of the
    26  city of Plattsburgh to assume the additional cost of such service.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in  (underscored) is new; matter in bracketsitalics
                              [] is old law to be omitted. 
                                                                   LBD14926-02-2

        S. 8505                             2
     1    §  3.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the
     2  city of Plattsburgh, a participating employer  in  the  New  York  state
     3  local  police  and  fire retirement system, is hereby authorized to make
     4  participation in the 384-d special twenty year retirement plan  pursuant
     5  to  section 384-d of the retirement and social security law available to
     6  Nathan Kasprzak, a police officer employed with the  Plattsburgh  Police
     7  Department  with a start date of February 28, 2014, who, for reasons not
     8  ascribable to his own negligence, was enrolled in  the  special  twenty-
     9  five year retirement plan contained within section 384 of the retirement
    10  and  social security law. Officer Kasprzak shall be given full credit in
    11  the special twenty year plan  contained  within  section  384-d  of  the
    12  retirement and social security law for such service upon election of the
    13  city of Plattsburgh to assume the additional cost of such service.
    14    §  4.  The  city  of Plattsburgh may so elect by filing with the state
    15  comptroller within 180 days of the effective date of this act, a  resol-
    16  ution  of  its  legislative  body, together with certification that such
    17  police officers did  not  bar  themselves  from  participation  in  such
    18  retirement  plan  as  a result of their own negligence. Thereafter, such
    19  officers may elect to be covered by the provisions of section  384-d  of
    20  the  retirement  and  social security law, and shall be entitled to full
    21  rights and benefits associated with the coverage under such section,  by
    22  filing  a  request  to this effect with the state comptroller within one
    23  year of the effective date of this act.
    24    §  5.  All  past  service  costs  associated  with  impl