Bill Text: NY A07768 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Assembly Bill 7768 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to disability retirement for persons receiving benefits from the victims compensation fund for the terrorist attacks occurring on September eleventh, two thousand one.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to governmental employees [A07768 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A07768-Introduced.html




                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          7768

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 20, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  DenDEKKER  --  read once and referred to the
          Committee on Governmental Employees

        AN ACT to amend the general municipal  law  in  relation  to  disability
          retirement  for  persons  receiving  benefits from the victims compen-
          sation fund for the terrorist attacks occurring on September eleventh,
          two thousand one

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  The  general  municipal  law  is  amended by adding a new
     2  section 207-r to read as follows:
     3    § 207-r. Performance of duty  disability  retirement.  Notwithstanding
     4  the  provisions  of  any general, special or local law or administrative
     5  code to the contrary, but  except  for  the  purposes  of  the  workers'
     6  compensation  law  and  the  labor  law,  a  member of the New York city
     7  employee retirement system who has previously received benefits from the
     8  victims compensation fund for the terrorist attacks occurring on Septem-
     9  ber eleventh, two thousand one, who completes an application  for  disa-
    10  bility  retirement shall be presumed to have such disability as a result
    11  of the performance or discharge of his or her duties, unless the contra-
    12  ry be proved by competent evidence. Such disability retirement shall  be
    13  approved  unless  it is proved such member of the New York city employee
    14  retirement system has not received benefits  from  the  victims  compen-
    15  sation  fund  for the terrorist attacks occurring on September eleventh,
    16  two  thousand one.
    17    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.



         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11599-01-9