Bill Text: NY S04981 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relates to permitting retired members to authorize a deduction from retirement benefits for membership dues in not-for-profit membership organizations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-20 - COMMITTED TO RULES [S04981 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S04981-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         4981
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      May 2, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  GOLDEN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
       AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in  relation  to
         deductions for retiree organization dues
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Section 110-c of the retirement and social security law, as
    2  amended by chapter 165 of the laws  of  1993,  is  amended  to  read  as
    3  follows:
    4    S  110-c.  Deductions  from  benefits of certain retired members.   1.
    5  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a retired member shall  have
    6  the  right,  at  any time after the retiree's retirement, to execute and
    7  file a deduction authorization card with the comptroller authorizing the
    8  deduction from the retired member's retirement allowance  of  membership
    9  dues  and such retired member's share of the cost for employee organiza-
   10  tion-sponsored benefit plans and the payment thereof to a retiree organ-
   11  ization of which the retired member is then a member and which  is  then
   12  affiliated  with either an employee organization certified or recognized
   13  as the collective bargaining representative  of  all  employees  in  the
   14  negotiating  unit of which the retired member was a part prior to his or
   15  her retirement or with an employee organization with which such employee
   16  organization is then affiliated. The comptroller shall thereafter deduct
   17  from the retirement allowance of  such  retired  member  the  amount  of
   18  membership  dues  and  such  amounts required to be paid by such retired
   19  member  for  such  authorized  employee  organization-sponsored  benefit
   20  plans,  and shall transmit the sum so deducted to said retiree organiza-
   21  tion. Such authorization shall continue in effect until revoked in writ-
   22  ing by such retired member.  For  purposes  of  this  section  the  term
   23  "employee  organization-sponsored  benefit  plans" shall include any and
   24  all insurance plans and/or other benefit plans sponsored by such retiree
   25  organization  whether  provided  by  (a)  a  not-for-profit  corporation
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD10692-01-3
       S. 4981                             2
    1  licensed  under article forty-three of the insurance law; (b) any insur-
    2  ance company authorized to do business in this state; (c) a health main-
    3  tenance organization issued a certificate of authority pursuant to arti-
    4  cle  forty-four  of  the  public  health  law;  or  (d) a self-insurance
    5  arrangement, welfare fund or benefit fund.
    6    2.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW, A RETIRED MEMBER SHALL
    7  HAVE THE RIGHT, AT ANY TIME AFTER THE RETIREE'S RETIREMENT,  TO  EXECUTE
    8  AND FILE A DEDUCTION AUTHORIZATION CARD WITH THE COMPTROLLER AUTHORIZING
    9  THE DEDUCTION FROM THE  RETIRED MEMBER'S RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE OF MEMBER-
   10  SHIP  DUES IN A NOT-FOR-PROFIT MEMBERSHIP ORGANIZATION OF RETIRED PUBLIC
   11  EMPLOYEES. THE COMPTROLLER SHALL THEREAFTER DEDUCT FROM  THE  RETIREMENT
   12  ALLOWANCE OF SUCH RETIRED MEMBER THE AMOUNT OF MEMBERSHIP DUES AND SHALL
   13  TRANSMIT THE SUM SO DEDUCTED TO SAID RETIRED ORGANIZATION. SUCH AUTHORI-
   14  ZATION SHALL CONTINUE IN EFFECT UNTIL REVOKED IN WRITING BY SUCH RETIRED
   15  MEMBER.
   16    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.