Bill Text: NY S00614 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Extends the benefits of the variable supplements fund to all New York city police officers, firefighters, housing police, transit police, correction officers and registered domestic partners.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-05 - PRINT NUMBER 614A [S00614 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-S00614-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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614--A
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
I N S E N A T E
January 9, 2009
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Introduced by Sens. LANZA, ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed,
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 commit-
tee
AN ACT to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in
relation to extending the benefits of the variable supplements fund to
all New York city police officers, firefighters, housing police, tran-
sit police, correction officers and registered domestic partners
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
1 Section 1. Section 13-271 of the administrative code of the city of
2 New York is amended by adding a new subdivision f to read as follows:
3 F. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
4 SUBCHAPTER SHALL APPLY TO ALL POLICE OFFICERS WHO, PRIOR TO THE EFFEC-
5 TIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION, WERE INELIGIBLE FOR THE BENEFITS SET
6 FORTH IN THIS SUBCHAPTER, INCLUDING ALL DISABLED NEW YORK CITY POLICE
7 OFFICERS, LINE OF DUTY WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS, REGISTERED DOMESTIC PARTNERS
8 AND ALL OTHER NEW YORK CITY POLICE OFFICERS WHO RECEIVE BENEFITS FROM
9 THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE PENSION FUND. ALL SUCH POLICE OFFICER RETI-
10 REES, WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS AND REGISTERED DOMESTIC PARTNERS SHALL BE
11 ELIGIBLE AND ARE HEREBY GRANTED ALL RIGHTS AND BENEFITS SET FORTH IN
12 THIS SUBCHAPTER PURSUANT TO THE SCHEDULE SET FORTH IN SUBPARAGRAPH (I)
13 OF PARAGRAPH SEVEN OF SUBDIVISION A OF THIS SECTION FROM THE EFFECTIVE
14 DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION. HOWEVER, NOTHING IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL
15 SERVE TO CAUSE A REDUCTION IN THE VARIABLE SUPPLEMENT PAYMENT TO ANY
16 POLICE OFFICER OR THEIR BENEFICIARY WHO WAS ELIGIBLE FOR THE BENEFIT
17 PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
18 S 2. Section 13-281 of the administrative code of the city of New York
19 is amended by adding a new subdivision f to read as follows:
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 F. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
2 SUBCHAPTER SHALL APPLY TO ALL POLICE OFFICERS WHO, PRIOR TO THE EFFEC-
3 TIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION, WERE INELIGIBLE FOR THE BENEFITS SET
4 FORTH IN THIS SUBCHAPTER, INCLUDING ALL DISABLED NEW YORK CITY POLICE
5 OFFICERS, LINE OF DUTY WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS, REGISTERED DOMESTIC PARTNERS
6 AND ALL OTHER RETIRED NEW YORK CITY POLICE OFFICERS WHO RECEIVE BENEFITS
7 FROM THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE PENSION FUND. ALL SUCH RETIRED POLICE
8 OFFICERS, WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS AND REGISTERED DOMESTIC PARTNERS SHALL BE
9 ELIGIBLE AND ARE HEREBY GRANTED ALL RIGHTS AND BENEFITS SET FORTH IN
10 THIS SUBCHAPTER PURSUANT TO THE SCHEDULE SET FORTH IN SUBPARAGRAPH (I)
11 OF PARAGRAPH TWO OF SUBDIVISION A OF THIS SECTION FROM THE EFFECTIVE
12 DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION. HOWEVER, NOTHING IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL
13 SERVE TO CAUSE A REDUCTION IN THE VARIABLE SUPPLEMENT PAYMENT TO ANY
14 POLICE OFFICER OR THEIR BENEFICIARY WHO WAS ELIGIBLE FOR THE BENEFIT
15 PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
16 S 3. Section 13-385 of the administrative code of the city of New York
17 is amended by adding a new subdivision i to read as follows:
18 I. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
19 SUBCHAPTER SHALL APPLY TO ALL FIREFIGHTERS WHO, PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE
20 DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION, WERE INELIGIBLE FOR THE BENEFITS SET FORTH IN
21 THIS SUBCHAPTER, INCLUDING ALL DISABLED NEW YORK CITY FIREFIGHTERS, LINE
22 OF DUTY WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS, REGISTERED DOMESTIC PARTNERS AND ALL OTHER
23 RETIRED FIREFIGHTERS WHO RECEIVE BENEFITS FROM THE NEW YORK CITY FIRE-
24 FIGHTERS PENSION FUND. ALL SUCH FIREFIGHTERS, WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS,
25 REGISTERED DOMESTIC PARTNERS AND RETIREES SHALL BE ELIGIBLE AND ARE
26 HEREBY GRANTED ALL RIGHTS AND BENEFITS SET FORTH IN THIS SUBCHAPTER
27 PURSUANT TO THE SCHEDULE SET FORTH IN SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF PARAGRAPH TEN
28 OF SUBDIVISION A OF THIS SECTION FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDI-
29 VISION. HOWEVER, NOTHING IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL SERVE TO CAUSE A
30 REDUCTION IN THE VARIABLE SUPPLEMENT PAYMENT TO ANY FIREFIGHTER OR THEIR
31 BENEFICIARY WHO WAS ELIGIBLE FOR THE BENEFIT PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE
32 OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
33 S 4. Section 13-395 of the administrative code of the city of New York
34 is amended by adding a new subdivision f to read as follows:
35 F. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
36 SUBCHAPTER SHALL APPLY TO ALL FIREFIGHTERS WHO, PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE
37 DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION, WERE INELIGIBLE FOR THE BENEFITS SET FORTH IN
38 THIS SUBCHAPTER, INCLUDING ALL DISABLED NEW YORK CITY FIREFIGHTERS, LINE
39 OF DUTY WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS, REGISTERED DOMESTIC PARTNERS AND ALL OTHER
40 FIREFIGHTERS WHO RECEIVE A BENEFIT FROM THE NEW YORK CITY FIREFIGHTERS
41 PENSION FUND. ALL SUCH FIREFIGHTERS, WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS, REGISTERED
42 DOMESTIC PARTNERS AND RETIREES SHALL BE ELIGIBLE AND ARE HEREBY GRANTED
43 ALL RIGHTS AND BENEFITS SET FORTH IN THIS SUBCHAPTER PURSUANT TO THE
44 SCHEDULE SET FORTH IN SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF PARAGRAPH TWO OF SUBDIVISION A
45 OF THIS SECTION FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDIVISION. HOWEVER,
46 NOTHING IN THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL SERVE TO CAUSE A REDUCTION IN THE
47 VARIABLE SUPPLEMENT PAYMENT TO ANY FIREFIGHTER OR THEIR BENEFICIARY WHO
48 WAS ELIGIBLE FOR THE BENEFIT PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SUBDI-
49 VISION.
50 S 5. Subdivision 4 of section 13-191 of the administrative code of the
51 city of New York, as added by chapter 844 of the laws of 1987, is
52 amended by adding a new paragraph (i) to read as follows:
53 (I) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
54 SECTION SHALL APPLY TO ALL TRANSIT POLICE MEMBERS WHO RETIRED AS TRANSIT
55 POLICE OFFICERS, WHO, PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS PARAGRAPH,
56 WERE INELIGIBLE FOR THE BENEFITS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION, INCLUDING
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1 ALL DISABLED TRANSIT POLICE MEMBERS, LINE OF DUTY WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS,
2 REGISTERED DOMESTIC PARTNERS AND ALL OTHER TRANSIT POLICE MEMBERS WHO
3 RETIRED AS TRANSIT POLICE OFFICERS AND WHO RECEIVE BENEFITS FROM THE NEW
4 YORK CITY EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. ALL SUCH TRANSIT POLICE OFFICER
5 RETIREES, WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS AND REGISTERED DOMESTIC PARTNERS SHALL BE
6 ELIGIBLE AND ARE HEREBY GRANTED ALL RIGHTS AND BENEFITS SET FORTH IN
7 THIS SECTION PURSUANT TO THE SCHEDULE SET FORTH IN SUBPARAGRAPH ONE OF
8 PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS PARA-
9 GRAPH. HOWEVER, NOTHING IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL SERVE TO CAUSE A
10 REDUCTION IN THE VARIABLE SUPPLEMENT PAYMENT TO ANY TRANSIT POLICE OFFI-
11 CER OR THEIR BENEFICIARY WHO WAS ELIGIBLE FOR THE BENEFIT PRIOR TO THE
12 EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
13 S 6. Subdivision 4 of section 13-191 of the administrative code of the
14 city of New York, as added by chapter 846 of the laws of 1987, is
15 amended by adding a new paragraph (i) to read as follows:
16 (I) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
17 SECTION SHALL APPLY TO ALL HOUSING POLICE MEMBERS WHO RETIRED AS HOUSING
18 POLICE OFFICERS, WHO, PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS PARAGRAPH,
19 WERE INELIGIBLE FOR THE BENEFITS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION, INCLUDING
20 ALL DISABLED HOUSING POLICE MEMBERS, LINE OF DUTY WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS,
21 REGISTERED DOMESTIC PARTNERS AND ALL OTHER HOUSING POLICE MEMBERS WHO
22 RETIRED AS HOUSING POLICE OFFICERS AND WHO RECEIVE BENEFITS FROM THE NEW
23 YORK CITY EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. ALL SUCH HOUSING POLICE OFFICER
24 RETIREES, WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS AND REGISTERED DOMESTIC PARTNERS SHALL BE
25 ELIGIBLE AND ARE HEREBY GRANTED ALL RIGHTS AND BENEFITS SET FORTH IN
26 THIS SECTION PURSUANT TO THE SCHEDULE SET FORTH IN SUBPARAGRAPH ONE OF
27 PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS PARA-
28 GRAPH. HOWEVER, NOTHING IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL SERVE TO CAUSE A
29 REDUCTION IN THE VARIABLE SUPPLEMENT PAYMENT TO ANY HOUSING POLICE OFFI-
30 CER OR THEIR BENEFICIARY WHO WAS ELIGIBLE FOR THE BENEFIT PRIOR TO THE
31 EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
32 S 7. Subdivision 4 of section 13-192 of the administrative code of the
33 city of New York, as added by chapter 844 of the laws of 1987, is
34 amended by adding a new paragraph (h) to read as follows:
35 (H) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
36 SECTION SHALL APPLY TO ALL TRANSIT POLICE MEMBERS WHO RETIRED AS TRANSIT
37 POLICE SUPERIOR OFFICERS, WHO, PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS PARA-
38 GRAPH, WERE INELIGIBLE FOR THE BENEFITS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION,
39 INCLUDING ALL DISABLED TRANSIT POLICE MEMBERS, LINE OF DUTY WIDOWS AND
40 WIDOWERS, REGISTERED DOMESTIC PARTNERS AND ALL OTHER TRANSIT POLICE
41 MEMBERS WHO RETIRED AS TRANSIT POLICE SUPERIOR OFFICERS AND WHO RECEIVE
42 BENEFITS FROM THE NEW YORK CITY EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. ALL SUCH
43 TRANSIT POLICE SUPERIOR OFFICER RETIREES, WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS AND REGIS-
44 TERED DOMESTIC PARTNERS SHALL BE ELIGIBLE AND ARE HEREBY GRANTED ALL
45 RIGHTS AND BENEFITS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION PURSUANT TO THE SCHEDULE
46 SET FORTH IN SUBPARAGRAPH ONE OF PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, FROM
47 THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS PARAGRAPH. HOWEVER, NOTHING IN THIS PARAGRAPH
48 SHALL SERVE TO CAUSE A REDUCTION IN THE VARIABLE SUPPLEMENT PAYMENT TO
49 ANY TRANSIT SUPERIOR POLICE OFFICER OR THEIR BENEFICIARY WHO WAS ELIGI-
50 BLE FOR THE BENEFIT PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
51 S 8. Subdivision 4 of section 13-192 of the administrative code of the
52 city of New York, as added by chapter 846 of the laws of 1987, is
53 amended by adding a new paragraph (h) to read as follows:
54 (H) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
55 SECTION SHALL APPLY TO ALL HOUSING POLICE MEMBERS WHO RETIRED AS HOUSING
56 POLICE SUPERIOR OFFICERS, WHO, PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS PARA-
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1 GRAPH, WERE INELIGIBLE FOR THE BENEFITS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION,
2 INCLUDING ALL DISABLED HOUSING POLICE MEMBERS, LINE OF DUTY WIDOWS AND
3 WIDOWERS, REGISTERED DOMESTIC PARTNERS AND ALL OTHER HOUSING POLICE
4 MEMBERS WHO RETIRED AS HOUSING POLICE SUPERIOR OFFICERS AND WHO RECEIVE
5 BENEFITS FROM THE NEW YORK CITY EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. ALL SUCH
6 HOUSING POLICE SUPERIOR OFFICER RETIREES, WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS AND REGIS-
7 TERED DOMESTIC PARTNERS SHALL BE ELIGIBLE AND ARE HEREBY GRANTED ALL
8 RIGHTS AND BENEFITS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION PURSUANT TO THE SCHEDULE
9 SET FORTH IN SUBPARAGRAPH ONE OF PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, FROM
10 THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS PARAGRAPH. HOWEVER, NOTHING IN THIS PARAGRAPH
11 SHALL SERVE TO CAUSE A REDUCTION IN THE VARIABLE SUPPLEMENT PAYMENT TO
12 ANY HOUSING POLICE SUPERIOR OFFICER OR THEIR BENEFICIARY WHO WAS ELIGI-
13 BLE FOR THE BENEFIT PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
14 S 9. Subdivision 4 of section 13-194 of the administrative code of the
15 city of New York is amended by adding a new paragraph (h) to read as
16 follows:
17 (H) NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, THE PROVISIONS OF THIS
18 SECTION SHALL APPLY TO ALL CORRECTION OFFICER MEMBERS WHO RETIRED AS
19 CORRECTION OFFICERS, WHO, PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS PARAGRAPH,
20 WERE INELIGIBLE FOR THE BENEFITS SET FORTH IN THIS SECTION, INCLUDING
21 ALL DISABLED CORRECTION OFFICER MEMBERS, LINE OF DUTY WIDOWS AND WIDOW-
22 ERS, REGISTERED DOMESTIC PARTNERS AND ALL OTHER CORRECTION OFFICER
23 MEMBERS WHO RETIRED AS CORRECTION OFFICERS AND WHO RECEIVE BENEFITS FROM
24 THE NEW YORK CITY EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM. ALL SUCH CORRECTION
25 OFFICER RETIREES, WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS AND REGISTERED DOMESTIC PARTNERS
26 SHALL BE ELIGIBLE AND ARE HEREBY GRANTED ALL RIGHTS AND BENEFITS SET
27 FORTH IN THIS SECTION PURSUANT TO THE SCHEDULE SET FORTH IN SUBPARAGRAPH
28 ONE OF PARAGRAPH (C) OF THIS SUBDIVISION, FROM THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
29 THIS PARAGRAPH. HOWEVER, NOTHING IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL SERVE TO CAUSE
30 A REDUCTION IN THE VARIABLE SUPPLEMENT PAYMENT TO ANY CORRECTION OFFICER
31 OR THEIR BENEFICIARY WHO WAS ELIGIBLE FOR THE BENEFIT PRIOR TO THE
32 EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS PARAGRAPH.
33 S 10. This act shall take effect immediately.
