STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 4734--A 2015-2016 Regular Sessions IN SENATE April 13, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. LITTLE -- 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 authorize the payment of ordinary disability retirement bene- fits by the New York state teachers' retirement system to the widow of Lawrence L. Allen 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 Christine M. Allen, the widow of Lawrence L. Allen, who was a member of 3 the New York state teachers' retirement system, who prior to his death, 4 in the presence of a notary public, completed and mailed an application 5 for an ordinary disability retirement and a retirement election form to 6 the New York state teachers' retirement system, and who died before the 7 application was received by the New York state teachers' retirement 8 system, shall be authorized to re-file such application and election on 9 behalf of her deceased husband, if within 1 year of the effective date 10 of this act she shall file a request therefor with the retirement board 11 of the New York state teachers' retirement system. Such application for 12 an ordinary disability retirement and retirement option election shall 13 be deemed to have become effective on March 18, 1999. All retirement 14 benefits payable pursuant to the provisions of this act shall be paid to 15 Christine M. Allen and shall be in lieu of any other death benefits 16 payable. 17 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50: This bill would allow Christine M. Allen, the widow of Lawrence L. Allen who was a Tier 1 member of the New York State Teachers' Retirement EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD06419-06-6