§ 396-A — Deductions from benefits of certain retired members

§ 396-a. Deductions from benefits of certain retired members. 1.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law, an electing employee who is\nretired from the optional retirement system shall have the right, at any\ntime after such electing employee's retirement, to execute and file a\ndeduction authorization card with the designated insurer or insurers\nupon audit and warrant of the comptroller for employees of the state\nuniversity and by the appropriate fiscal officer for employees of an\nelecting employer authorizing the deduction from such electing\nemployee's retirement allowance of membership dues and such electing\nemployee's share of the cost for employee organization-sponsored benefit\nplans and the payment thereof to a retiree organization of which the\nelecting employee is then a member and which is then affiliated with\neither an employee organization certified or recognized as the\ncollective bargaining representative of all employees in the negotiating\nunit of which the electing employee was a part prior to his or her\nretirement or with an employee organization with which such employee\norganization is then affiliated. The designated insurer or insurers upon\naudit and warrant of the comptroller for employees of the state\nuniversity and by the appropriate fiscal officer for employees of an\nelecting employer shall thereafter deduct from the retirement allowance\nof such electing employee the amount of membership dues and such amounts\nrequired to be paid by such electing employee for such authorized\nemployee organization-sponsored benefit plans, and shall transmit the\nsum so deducted to said retiree organization. Such authorization shall\ncontinue in effect until revoked in writing by such electing employee.\nFor purposes of this section, the term "employee organization-sponsored\nbenefit plans" shall include any and all insurance plans and/or other\nbenefit plans sponsored by such retiree organization whether provided by\n(a) a not-for-profit corporation licensed under article forty-three of\nthe insurance law; (b) any insurance company authorized to do business\nin this state; (c) a health maintenance organization issued a\ncertificate of authority pursuant to article forty-four of the public\nhealth law; or (d) a self-insurance arrangement, welfare fund or benefit\nfund.\n 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a retired elected\nemployee shall have the right, at any time after his or her retirement,\nto execute and file a deduction authorization card with the designated\ninsurer or insurers upon audit and warrant of the comptroller for\nemployees of the state university and by the appropriate fiscal officer\nfor employees of an electing employer authorizing the payment of\nvoluntary contributions to the political committee, as defined in\nsubdivision one of section 14-100 of the election law, of such electing\nemployee's employee organization, provided such organization is\ncertified or recognized pursuant to article fourteen of the civil\nservice law as the representative of all employees in the negotiating\nunit in which such retired electing employee was then employed. Such\nauthorization shall continue in effect until revoked in writing by such\nelecting employee. The designated insurer or insurers upon audit and\nwarrant of the comptroller for employees of the state university and by\nthe appropriate fiscal officer for employees of an electing employer\nshall determine the cost of administering deductions for voluntary\ncontributions to the political committee and the cost incurred for\nadministering such contributions shall be paid from the funds of the\npolitical committee.\n