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N.Y. Retirement & Social Security Law § 212: Employment of retired persons

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  1. Retirement & Social Security Law
  2. Article 7. Re-employment In Public Service of Retired Public Employees

§ 212. Employment of retired persons. 1. Notwithstanding the

provisions of section one hundred one, two hundred eleven or four

hundred one of this chapter or of section five hundred three of the

education law, or the provisions of any local law or charter, any

retired person may continue as retired and, without loss, suspension or

diminution of his or her retirement allowance, earn in a position or

positions in public service in any calendar year an amount not exceeding

the amount set forth in the table in subdivision two of this section

provided such retired person employed under this section duly executes

and files with the retirement system from which he or she is receiving a

retirement allowance a statement that he elects to have the provisions

of this section apply to him or her. A statement of election executed

and filed pursuant to this section may be withdrawn by a retired person

at any time by a statement similarly executed and filed. However, there

shall be no earning limitations under the provisions of this section on

or after the calendar year in which any retired person attains age

sixty-five. The retirement board of the New York state teachers'

retirement system is authorized to adopt rules and regulations which

would allow retired persons receiving a retirement allowance from such

system to make such statements of earnings from a position or positions

in public service as such board shall determine necessary to enforce the

provisions of this section in lieu of the foregoing statement of

election.

2. The earning limitations for retired persons in positions of public

service under this section shall be in accordance with the following

table:

For the year Earnings limitation

1996 $12,500

1997 $13,500

1998 $14,500

1999 $15,500

2000 $17,000

2001 $18,500

2002 $20,000

2003 $25,000

2004 $27,500

2005 and 2006 $27,500

2007 through 2019 $30,000

2020 and thereafter $35,000

3. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions one and two of this

section, the commissioner of education may determine, pursuant to

section two hundred eleven of this article, that such earnings

limitations shall not apply to a retired police officer employed by a

school district as a school resource officer.

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