Bill Text: NY S07926 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides military service credit to members who were recipients of the Armed Forces expeditionary medal, Navy expeditionary medal or Marine Corps expeditionary medal, and who were discharged or released therefrom under honorable conditions.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-05-24 - REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS [S07926 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-S07926-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7926 I N S E N A T E May 24, 2010 ___________ Introduced by Sen. ALESI -- 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 military service credit for members who received certain expeditionary medals THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Paragraphs (c) and (d) of subdivision 2 of section 1000 of 2 the retirement and social security law, as added by chapter 548 of the 3 laws of 2000, are amended and a new paragraph (e) is added to read as 4 follows: 5 (c) hostilities participated in by the military forces of the United 6 States in Panama, from the twentieth day of December, nineteen hundred 7 eighty-nine to the thirty-first day of January, nineteen hundred ninety, 8 as established by receipt of the armed forces expeditionary medal, the 9 navy expeditionary medal, or the marine corps expeditionary medal; [or] 10 (d) hostilities participated in by the military forces of the United 11 States, from the second day of August, nineteen hundred ninety, to the 12 end of such hostilities in case of a veteran who served in the theater 13 of operations including Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the 14 United Arab Emirates, Oman, the Gulf of Aden, the Gulf of Oman, the 15 Persian Gulf, the Red Sea, and the airspace above these locations[.]; OR 16 (E) IF SUCH MEMBER WAS A RECIPIENT OF THE ARMED FORCES EXPEDITIONARY 17 MEDAL, NAVY EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL OR MARINE CORPS EXPEDITIONARY MEDAL, AND 18 WAS DISCHARGED OR RELEASED THEREFROM UNDER HONORABLE CONDITIONS. 19 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50: This bill would amend Chapter 548 of the Laws of 2000 to allow veter- ans who are members of public retirement systems and who have received an expeditionary medal to purchase additional service credit for up to a maximum of three years of military service. Affected members would be required to pay three percent of their current annual compensation for each year of service being purchased. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD05073-02-0 S. 7926 2 This bill also applies to certain veterans who become members of a public retirement system after the effective date of this legislation and certain veterans who render military duty in future conflicts that could occur after the effective date of this legislation. If this bill is enacted, insofar as it would affect the New York State and Local Employees' Retirement System and the New York State and Local Police and Fire Retirement System, the cost would depend on the number of members affected and upon each such member's age, salary, credited service, military service, plan coverage and tier. The number of current and future members who could be affected by this legislation cannot be readily determined. These costs would be shared by the State of New York and all partic- ipating employers in the New York State and Local Employees' Retirement System and the New York State and Local Police and Fire Retirement System. This estimate, dated April 29, 2010 and intended for use only during the 2010 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2010-152, prepared by the Actuary for the New York State and Local Employees' Retirement System and the New York State and Local Police and Fire Retirement System.