Bill Text: NY A07373 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Grants Robert V. Vassallo, Sr. disability retirement from the state police.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-15 - held for consideration in governmental employees [A07373 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A07373-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7373
2011-2012 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 3, 2011
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Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. DenDEKK-
ER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employ-
ees
AN ACT in relation to granting Robert V. Vassallo, Sr. disability
retirement from the New York state police
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, Robert V.
2 Vassallo, Sr., who was employed as a correction officer with the depart-
3 ment of correctional services for the state of New York for approximate-
4 ly one year beginning in 1968, and who was employed as a correction
5 officer with the department of correction for the city of New York for
6 approximately one year until September 10, 1970, and who was employed as
7 a police officer with the New York state parkway police for the period
8 beginning September 10, 1970 and ending January 1, 1980, and who was
9 employed as a trooper with the New York state police for the period
10 beginning January 1, 1980 and ending March 1, 1990, and who was employed
11 as an investigator in the bureau of criminal investigation with the New
12 York state police for the period beginning March 1, 1990 and ending
13 September 13, 1997, and who, on January 14, 1991, was critically injured
14 in an automobile accident while working undercover in an unmarked police
15 car, and, as a result of such critical injuries has been unable to
16 return to work with the New York state police, and who, for reasons not
17 ascribable to his own negligence, has been denied a disability retire-
18 ment from the New York state police, and who, as of the effective date
19 of this act, is on regular service retirement, shall be entitled to a
20 disability retirement from the New York state police effective September
21 13, 1997, the date on which his regular service retirement benefits
22 began, if on or before December 31, 2011, he files a written request
23 with the state comptroller to that effect.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 S 2. All costs associated with the implementation of this act shall be
2 borne by the state.
3 S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
This bill will entitle Robert V. Vassallo, a retired New York State
Police Officer, to receive a disability benefit from the New York State
and Local Police and Fire Retirement System effective September 13,
1997.
If this bill is enacted, there will be an immediate past service cost
of approximately $21,600 which would be borne by the State of New York
as a one time payment. This estimate is based on the assumption that
payment will be made on March 1, 2012.
This estimate, dated April 20, 2011, and intended for use only during
the 2011 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2011-169, prepared by
the Actuary for the New York State and Local Police and Fire Retirement
System.
