N.Y. Retirement and Social Security Law 901 – Election of benefit enhancements
§ 901. Election of benefit enhancements. a. A state employer may elect to provide its employees the benefit enhancements provided for in section nine hundred two of this article.
Terms Used In N.Y. Retirement and Social Security Law 901
- Concurrent resolution: A legislative measure, designated "S. Con. Res." and numbered consecutively upon introduction, generally employed to address the sentiments of both chambers, to deal with issues or matters affecting both houses, such as a concurrent budget resolution, or to create a temporary joint committee. Concurrent resolutions are not submitted to the President/Governor and thus do not have the force of law.
- Retirement system: shall mean the New York state and local employees' retirement system and the New York state teachers' retirement system. See N.Y. Retirement and Social Security Law 900
- State employer: shall mean the executive branch of the state, the senate, the assembly and joint legislative employers. See N.Y. Retirement and Social Security Law 900
1. With respect to members of a retirement system employed in the executive branch (including employees of an institution for the instruction of the deaf and of the blind as enumerated in § 4201 of the education law), such election shall be made by the governor.
2. With respect to members of a retirement system employed by the senate, such election shall be made by adoption of a resolution by the senate.
3. With respect to members of a retirement system employed by the assembly, such election shall be made by adoption of a resolution by the assembly.
4. With respect to members of a retirement system employed by joint legislative employers, such election shall be made by adoption, and consistent with rules established by, a concurrent resolution of the senate and assembly.
b. An election to provide benefit enhancements pursuant to subdivision a of this section may be made applicable to all employees of a state employer or to all employees who are represented by a specific collective bargaining organization, recognized or certified pursuant to Article 14 of the civil service law, and/or to all employees who are not represented for the purposes of collective bargaining subject to the limitation provided in section nine hundred two of this article.