N.Y. Retirement & Social Security Law § 110-b: Deduction of dues and insurance premiums from benefits of certain retired members

§ 110-b. Deduction of dues and insurance premiums from benefits of

certain retired members. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to

the contrary and subject to the provisions of a collective negotiating

agreement between the state and an employee organization representing

employees whose positions are in collective negotiating units designed

as the administrative services unit, operational services unit,

institutional services unit or division of military and naval affairs

unit established pursuant to article fourteen of the civil service law,

the comptroller is hereby authorized to deduct from the retirement

allowance of any retired member of such negotiating units who retired on

or after January first, nineteen hundred eighty-seven an amount of

membership dues as the retired member may specify in writing filed with

the comptroller for the payment of such employee organization membership

dues and premiums for employee organization sponsored group insurance

plans. Any such written authorization may be withdrawn by such retired

member at any time upon filing written notice of such withdrawal with

the comptroller. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this

section, the employee organization certified, pursuant to article

fourteen of the civil service law, to represent the collective

negotiating unit from which the member retired shall have exclusive

payroll deduction of membership dues and premiums for insurance and

mass-merchandized automobile and homeowners' insurance policies for

retired members of such collective negotiating unit. Deductions for such

dues and premiums shall not be authorized for any other employee

organization or group except by express written approval of such

appropriate certified employee organization. Notwithstanding any other

provision of law to the contrary, a retired member shall have the right,

at any time after his or her retirement, to execute and file a deduction

authorization card with the retirement system authorizing the payment of

voluntary contributions to the political committee, as defined in

section 14-100 of the election law, of such member's employee

organization, provided such organization is certified or recognized

pursuant to article fourteen of the civil service law as the

representative of all employees in the negotiation unit in which such

member was then employed. Such authorization shall continue in effect

until revoked in writing by such member. The comptroller shall determine

the cost of administering deductions for voluntary contributions to the

political committee and the cost incurred by the retirement system in

administering such contributions shall be paid from the funds of the

political committee.