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S5749Senate2015-2016 Session

Authorizes Leila El-Chehabi to apply for service credit in the New York state teachers' retirement system

Sponsor Andrea Stewart-CousinsSD-35Affects Finance
Status
In Senate Committee
Civil Service And Pensions
Impact
Pending
Passage
Pending

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Primary sponsor
Andrea Stewart-Cousins

Senator · Senate District 35

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History

  1. Print number 5749a
  2. Amend and recommit to civil service and pensions
  3. Referred to civil service and pensions
  4. Returned to senate
  5. Died in assembly
  6. Referred to governmental employees
  7. Delivered to assembly
  8. Passed senateVote 63–0
  9. Ordered to third reading cal.1863
  10. Committee discharged and committed to rules
  11. Referred to civil service and pensions

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Sponsor's memo

Title of bill

An act to authorize Leila El-Chehabi to apply for service credit in the New York state teachers' retirement system

Purpose

To authorize teacher Leila El-Chehabi to apply for service credit for the time period from 1987 through 1992 when she was employed by the United States Government for the Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS) as a full-time teacher.

Summary of provisions

Section 1 of the bill allows Leila El-Chehabi, a member of the NYS Teachers' Retirement System to receive retirement service credit for the time she was employed as a full-time teacher for the United States Department of Defense Dependent Schools at Bitburg Air Force Base in Bitburg, Germany from 1987 until 1992.

Receipt of the credit is contingent upon filing a request on or before December 31, 2015 with the New York State Teachers' Retirement System and paying to the New York State Teachers' Retirement System the amount which she would have contributed during the time period together with any interest thereon.

The crediting of service will be equivalent to the crediting of service in accordance with articles 14 or 15 of the retirement and social security law.

Justification

To authorize Scarsdale teacher Leila El-Chehabi to apply for service credit in the New York State Teachers' Retirement system for the time she was employed as a full-time teacher for the United States Department of Defense Dependent Schools at Bitburg Air Force Base from 1987 to 1992.

Legislative history

New Bill

Fiscal implications

See Fiscal Note

Effective date

Immediately.

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