Terms Used In New York Laws > Retirement and Social Security > Article 19 - Benefit Enhancements

• Active service: shall mean (i) service while being paid on the payroll; (ii) a leave of absence with pay; (iii) other approved leave without pay; and (iv) any period of time between school terms and any time between September first, two thousand and October first, two thousand for a teacher or other employee employed on a school-year basis. See N.Y. Retirement and Social Security Law 900
• Cessation date: shall mean the beginning date of an eligible employee's first payroll period commencing on or after October first, two thousand, or the effective date as of which such employee becomes eligible for the benefits contained in subdivision b of section nine hundred two of this article, or the date on which the eligible employee attains ten years of membership or, if earlier, ten years of credited service, whichever is latest. See N.Y. Retirement and Social Security Law 900
• 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.
• Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
• Participating employer: shall mean an employer, other than a state employer, which participates in a retirement system. See N.Y. Retirement and Social Security Law 900
• 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