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- Vetoed memo.557
- Delivered to governor
- Returned to senate
- Passed assembly
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.530
- Substituted for A6780A
- Referred to ways and means
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 57–1
- Advanced to third reading
- 2nd report cal.
- 1st report cal.388
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- Print number 3867a
- Amend and recommit to civil service and pensions
- Referred to civil service and pensions
- Returned to senate
- Died in assembly
- Referred to ways and means
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 57–2
- Ordered to third reading cal.1332
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Referred to civil service and pensions
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Permits deferral of vacation days for certain members of the retirement system
Assembly Floor Calendar · Sponsor Peter Abbate
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S3867A
Title of bill
An act to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to the deferral of vacation days for certain members of the retirement system
Purpose
To allow State Correctional Officers and Security Hospital Treatment Assistants to voluntarily defer up to five vacation days
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 of the bill amends § 89 of the Retirement and Social Security Law to authorize State Correctional Officers and Security Hospital Treatment Assistants to voluntarily defer up to five vacation days per year and receive a lump sum payment equal to the value of the time deferred upon retirement. The bill specifically prohibits the inclusion of such lump sum payment in the calculation of final average salary. Section 2 of the bill provides an immediate effective date.
Existing law
Under current law, Correctional Officers employed by the Department of Correctional Services and Security Hospital Treatment Assistants employed by the Office of Mental Health are not authorized to voluntarily defer such vacation time.
Justification
State Correctional Officers and Security Hospital Treatment Assistants work in extremely stressful and dangerous environments. Correctional Officers maintain the safety and security within our State's prison system and are charged with the care custody and control of the State's inmate population. Security Hospital Treatment Assistants are charged with supervising some of the most dangerous people in society - those who have committed crimes but who have been determined by the courts to be criminally insane.
This legislation simply establishes a new savings mechanism by affording these hard working civil servants an opportunity to defer vacation time which has already accrued so that such time can be paid out in a lump sum at the time of retirement. Any such vacation time which is deferred and paid out at retirement cannot be utilized in the calculation of final average salary, per this legislation. As such, there is no fiscal impact to the State's Retirement System.
Fiscal implications
None (see attached fiscal note).
Effective date
Immediately.
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