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Senator · Senate District 45
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- Referred to civil service and pensions
- Referred to civil service and pensions
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Authorizes the payment of ordinary disability retirement benefits by the New York state teachers' retirement system to the widow of Lawrence L. Allen
In Assembly Committee · Governmental Employees · Sponsor Dan Stec
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S5273
Title of bill
An act authorizing the payment of ordinary disability retirement benefits by the New York state teachers' retirement system to the widow of Lawrence L. Allen
Purpose
This legislation, if enacted, will provide Christine M. Allen, the widow and beneficiary of Lawrence Allen, with the ordinary disability retirement death benefit she would have received if Mr. Alien's application for an ordinary disability retirement had been processed by the teachers' retirement system prior to his death.
Summary of provisions
Section one authorizes Christine Allen to re-file an application for an ordinary disability retirement on behalf of her husband. It also states that said application shall be deemed to have become effective on March 18, 1999, the date the original application was signed and notarized and that Mrs. Allen shall be paid all the retirement benefits she is entitled as her husband's designated beneficiary.
Section two contains the effective date.
Justification
Lawrence L. Allen, a tier I member of the teachers' retirement system and a teacher at Lake George High School became gravely ill in early 1999. On March 18, 1999, Mr. Allen signed in the presence of a notary public an application for an ordinary disability retirement while designating his wife, Christine M. Allen, as his beneficiary. Unfortunately, Mr. Allen died on March 19, 1999 before his application was received or processed by the teachers' retirement system. This legislation will authorize Mrs. Allen to re-file and the teachers' retirement system to accept an application for an ordinary disability retirement on behalf of Mr. Allen deemed to have been in effect as of March 18, 1999.
Enacting this legislation will recognize the intent of Mr. Allen's actions prior to his premature death and insure that a technicality will not keep Mrs. Allen from the receiving the full death benefit she is entitled. Any death benefit paid to Mrs. Allen as a consequence of this legislation would be in lieu of any other death benefit.
Legislative history
2011:S. 4148 Civil Service and Pension 2009-10: S.3143 Civil Service and Pension; A.6654 Held for Consideration in Governmental Employees 2008: S.2941-A Passed Senate; A.5356-A Ways & Means 2007:S.2941 Passed Senate; A.5356-Governmental Employees 2005-06: S.1756 Passed Senate; A.4228-A Ways & Means 2003-04: S.2629A Passed Senate 2002:S.7154 Passed Senate
Fiscal implications
The cost for this benefit is equal to the increase in the present value of benefits, which is estimated to be $260,000.
Effective date
Immediately.
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