What's happening
This bill increases the maximum annual contribution for service award programs for firefighters and ambulance workers from $700 to $1,200.
Why it matters
Increases the potential retirement benefit for volunteer firefighters and ambulance workers. , making service more financially rewarding and potentially helping recruitment and retention in critical public safety roles.
Provides local governments and program sponsors with greater flexibility. to recognize and reward longer or more dedicated service, as they can now contribute a higher amount per year of service.
Applies prospectively only after local approval processes are completed. , ensuring that communities have input on whether and when to adopt the higher maximum contributions for their service award programs.
Could lead to higher local government costs. for those who choose to implement the increased maximum, which may impact municipal budgets and priorities.
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Raise Service Award Limits
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History
- Substituted by S4207A
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.601
- Rules report cal.601
- Reported
- Reported referred to rules
- Reported referred to ways and means
- Referred to local governments
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Raise Service Award Limits
Signed by Governor · Sponsor Jen Metzger
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STATE OF NEW YORK
7552
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 9, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee on Local Governments
AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to the maximum contribution for certain service award programs
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision (b) of section 218 of the general municipal law, as amended by chapter 452 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows:
(b) The sponsor of a defined contribution plan shall contribute to the plan a fixed amount of money, as determined by the sponsor, on behalf of each participant who is credited with a year of service. The minimum and maximum contribution requirements for a defined contribution service award program shall be as follows. The minimum contribution shall be one hundred twenty dollars per year of service. The maximum contribution shall be [seven] twelve hundred dollars per year of service. The maximum number of years of service for which a participant may receive a contribution shall be forty years. The sponsor shall appropriate annually an amount sufficient to pay the contributions.
§ 2. Subdivision 1 of section 219-f of the general municipal law, as amended by chapter 452 of the laws of 2004, is amended to read as follows:
1. The sponsor of a service award program shall contribute to the program a fixed amount of money, as determined by the sponsor, on behalf of each participant who is credited with a year of ambulance service. The minimum contribution shall be one hundred twenty dollars per year of ambulance service. The maximum contribution shall be [seven] twelve hundred dollars per year of ambulance service.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately; provided, however, any change or amendment to a service award program made by this act shall only take effect as of the first of January next succeeding completion of the proceedings required for adoption of such change or amendment and shall only apply prospectively.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD11364-01-9
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