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- Referred to civil service and pensions
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Prohibits elected officials from collecting retirement while still in office when the retirement is earned from an elective public office
In Assembly Committee · Governmental Employees · Sponsor James Skoufis
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Title of bill
An act to amend the civil service law, in relation to prohibiting elected officials from collecting retirement while still in an elected position
Purpose or general idea of bill
Prohibits officials from collecting retirement benefits for their elected position despite not retiring and still holding said elected position.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1 amends Section 150 of the civil service law, amended by chapter 211 of the laws of 1995, by removing language that allows an elected official to collect a pension from the same elected position he or she is currently serving. The retirement allowance shall be suspended until the date he or she vacates such elective public office.
Justification
Countless New Yorkers collect a pension after retiring from their job or jobs. A number of our state's elected officials, however, take advantage of a loophole that allows them to collect a pension for their elected position even though they remain in said elected position and have not retired. This bill, which would affect both current and future so-called "double-dippers," seeks to correct the unfair equity that exists by closing the aforementioned loophole.
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Effective date
Immediately.
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