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NY Ret & SS L § 1312 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RSS - Retirement and Social Security Article 24 - Benefit Enhancements 1312 - Benefit Enhancements.

§  1312.  Benefit  enhancements.  Notwithstanding any other law to the   contrary, eligible employees  shall  be  permitted  to  retire,  without   penalty,  upon  reaching  age fifty-seven and completing at least thirty   years of credited service. Employees retiring pursuant to  this  section   shall  receive  a  pension allowance equal to the sum of thirty-five per   centum and one-fiftieth of final average salary for each year of service   in excess of twenty times final average salary times years  of  credited   service.
NY Ret & SS L § 1313 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RSS - Retirement and Social Security Article 24 - Benefit Enhancements 1313 - Additional Member Contributions.

§ 1313. Additional member contributions. Upon election by the state of   New   York,  the  retirement  system  shall  require  additional  member   contributions to be paid  by  all  eligible  employees.  The  additional   member  contributions  to  be  paid  by eligible employees shall be of a   level so that no additional contributions shall be paid by the state  or   participating  employers  in  the retirement system to cover the cost of   such additional benefits. Additional member contributions made  pursuant   to  this  section  shall  be  in  addition  to member contributions made   pursuant to other provisions of this chapter.
NY Ret & SS L § 1314 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RSS - Retirement and Social Security Article 24 - Benefit Enhancements 1314 - Election Not Collectively Bargained.

§ 1314. Election not collectively bargained. The determination to make   an  election  in accordance with this article shall not be deemed to be,   or to relate to or affect, a term and condition of employment within the   meaning of article fourteen of the civil service law or  any  local  law   enacted in furtherance thereof.
NY Ret & SS L § 1320 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RSS - Retirement and Social Security Article 25 - Benefit Enhancements 1320 - Definitions.

§  1320.  Definitions. The following words and phrases as used in this   article shall have the following meanings unless a different meaning  is   plainly required by the context:a.  "Retirement  system"  shall  mean  the  New  York  city employees'   retirement system, the New York city teachers'  retirement  system,  and   the New York city board of education retirement system.b. "Eligible employee", subject to the limitations of section thirteen   hundred  twenty-two of this article, shall mean a member of a retirement   system who first became a member of such system on or after April first,   two thousand twelve who is identified as eligible to receive the benefit   enhancements provided for in this article upon election by the  city  of   New  York  pursuant  to  section  thirteen  hundred  twenty-one  of this   article.
NY Ret & SS L § 1321 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RSS - Retirement and Social Security Article 25 - Benefit Enhancements 1321 - Election of Benefit Enhancements.

§  1321. Election of benefit enhancements. a. The city of New York may   elect to provide its employees the benefit enhancements provided for  in   section thirteen hundred twenty-two of this article.b.  A  separate  election  to provide benefit enhancements pursuant to   subdivision a of this section must be made for each specific  collective   bargaining  organization,  recognized  or  certified pursuant to article   fourteen of the civil service law.c. Such election may be made at the sole discretion of  the  mayor  of   the city of New York to the retirement systems upon receipt of a request   from  the  collective  bargaining  organization, recognized or certified   pursuant to article fourteen of the civil service law to represent  such   eligible employees. No such petition shall be required for employees who   are not represented for the purposes of collective bargaining subject to   the limitation provided in section nine hundred two of this chapter.
NY Ret & SS L § 1322 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RSS - Retirement and Social Security Article 25 - Benefit Enhancements 1322 - Benefit Enhancements.

§  1322.  Benefit  enhancements.  Notwithstanding any other law to the   contrary, eligible employees  shall  be  eligible  to  receive  benefits   specified  by  the  mayor  of  the  city  of New York, provided that the   petition provided pursuant to subdivision c of section thirteen  hundred   twenty-one of this article requested the election of such benefits.
NY Ret & SS L § 1323 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RSS - Retirement and Social Security Article 25 - Benefit Enhancements 1323 - Additional Member Contributions.

§  1323. Additional member contributions. Upon election by the city of   New  York,  the  retirement  system  shall  require  additional   member   contributions  to  be  paid  by  all  eligible employees. The additional   member contributions to be paid by eligible  employees  shall  be  of  a   level  so  that no additional contributions shall be paid by the city of   New York to cover the  cost  of  such  additional  benefits.  Additional   member  contributions made pursuant to this section shall be in addition   to member contributions  paid  pursuant  to  other  provisions  of  this   chapter.
NY Ret & SS L § 1324 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RSS - Retirement and Social Security Article 25 - Benefit Enhancements 1324 - Election Not Collectively Bargained.

§ 1324. Election not collectively bargained. The determination to make   an  election  in accordance with this article shall not be deemed to be,   or to relate to or affect, a term and condition of employment within the   meaning of article fourteen of the civil service law or  any  local  law   enacted in furtherance thereof.
NY Rural Elec Coop L § 1 (2021)
2021 New York Laws REL - Rural Electric Cooperative Article 1 - Short Title; Definitions 1 - Short Title.

§ 1. Short  title.  This chapter shall be known as the "Rural Electric   Cooperative Law."
NY Rural Elec Coop L § 2 (2021)
2021 New York Laws REL - Rural Electric Cooperative Article 1 - Short Title; Definitions 2 - Definitions.

§ 2. Definitions. As used in this chapter:  (a)  "Cooperative"  means any corporation organized under this chapter or which becomes subject to  this  chapter  in  the  manner  hereinafter provided;  (b) "Person" means any natural person, firm, association, corporation, business   trust,   partnership,  federal  agency,  state  or  political subdivision or agency thereof, or any body politic; and  (c) "Rural areas" means any area of the state not included within  the boundaries  of  any  city  or  village  having a population in excess of twenty thousand inhabitants.
NY Rural Elec Coop L § 10 (2021)
2021 New York Laws REL - Rural Electric Cooperative Article 2 - Purpose; Organization and Management; Powers 10 - Purpose.

§ 10. Purpose. Cooperative, non-profit, membership corporations may be   organized  under  this  chapter  for  the  purpose of supplying electric   energy and promoting and extending the use thereof  in  rural  areas  in   accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
NY Rural Elec Coop L § 11 (2021)
2021 New York Laws REL - Rural Electric Cooperative Article 2 - Purpose; Organization and Management; Powers 11 - Incorporators.

§ 11. Incorporators.  Five  or  more  natural  persons, or two or more   cooperatives, may organize  a  cooperative  in  the  manner  hereinafter   provided.
NY Rural Elec Coop L § 12 (2021)
2021 New York Laws REL - Rural Electric Cooperative Article 2 - Purpose; Organization and Management; Powers 12 - Name.

§ 12. Name.  The  name  of  a  cooperative  shall  include  the  words   "Electric" and "Cooperative," and the abbreviation "Inc.," and shall  be   distinct from the name of any other cooperative or corporation organized   under  the  laws  of, or authorized to do business in this state. Only a   cooperative or corporation doing business in this state pursuant to this   chapter shall use both the words "Electric"  and  "Cooperative"  in  its   name.
NY Rural Elec Coop L § 13 (2021)
2021 New York Laws REL - Rural Electric Cooperative Article 2 - Purpose; Organization and Management; Powers 13 - Articles of Incorporation.

§ 13. Articles  of  incorporation.  Articles  of  incorporation  of  a   cooperative shall recite that they are executed pursuant to this chapter   and shall state: (1) the name of the cooperative; (2) the address of its   principal office; (3) the names and addresses of the incorporators;  and   (4)  the  names  and  addresses  of  its  directors; and may contain any   provisions not  inconsistent  with  this  chapter  deemed  necessary  or   advisable for the conduct of its business. Such articles shall be signed   by   each   incorporator  and  acknowledged  by  at  least  two  of  the   incorporators, or on their behalf, if they are  cooperatives.  It  shall   not  be  necessary  to  recite  in  the  articles  of incorporation of a   cooperative the purpose  for  which  it  is  organized  or  any  of  its   corporate powers.
NY Rural Elec Coop L § 15 (2021)
2021 New York Laws REL - Rural Electric Cooperative Article 2 - Purpose; Organization and Management; Powers 15 - By-Laws.

§ 15. By-laws. The board of directors shall adopt the first by-laws of   a  cooperative  to  be  adopted  following an incorporation, conversion,   merger or consolidation. Thereafter the members shall  adopt,  amend  or   repeal  the  by-laws  by  the  affirmative  vote  of a majority of those   members voting thereon at a meeting of the members.  The  by-laws  shall   set forth the rights and duties of members and directors and may contain   other provisions for the regulation and management of the affairs of the   cooperative  not  inconsistent with this chapter or with its articles of   incorporation.
NY Rural Elec Coop L § 16 (2021)
2021 New York Laws REL - Rural Electric Cooperative Article 2 - Purpose; Organization and Management; Powers 16 - Members.

§ 16.  Members.  Each  incorporator of a cooperative shall be a member   thereof, but no other person may become a  member  thereof  unless  such   other  person  agrees to use electric energy or other services furnished   by the cooperative when they are made available through its  facilities.   Any  member  of  a  cooperative  who agrees to use electric energy shall   cease to be a member if he does not use electric energy supplied by  the   cooperative  within  six  months after it is made available to him or if   electric energy is not made available to him by the  cooperative  within   two  years  after  he  becomes  a  member,  or such lesser period as the   by-laws of the cooperative may provide. A husband and wife  may  hold  a   joint membership in a cooperative. Membership in a cooperative shall not   be  transferable,  except  as  provided  in the by-laws. The by-laws may   prescribe  additional  qualifications  and  limitations  in  respect  of   membership.
NY Rural Elec Coop L § 18 (2021)
2021 New York Laws REL - Rural Electric Cooperative Article 2 - Purpose; Organization and Management; Powers 18 - Waiver of Notice.

§ 18. Waiver of notice. Any person entitled to notice of a meeting may   waive such notice in writing either before or after such meeting. If any   such  person shall attend such meeting, such attendance shall constitute   a waiver of notice of such  meeting,  unless  such  person  participates   therein  solely to object to the transaction of any business because the   meeting has not been legally called or convened.
NY Rural Elec Coop L § 19-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws REL - Rural Electric Cooperative Article 2 - Purpose; Organization and Management; Powers 19-B - Whistleblower Policy.

§  19-b.  Whistleblower  policy. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c) of this section, the board of every rural electric cooperative shall adopt, and  oversee  the  implementation  of,  and  compliance  with,  a whistleblower  policy  to  protect  from  retaliation persons who report suspected improper conduct. Such policy shall provide that no  director, officer  or  employee  of a rural electric cooperative who in good faith reports  any  action  or  suspected  action  taken  by  or  within   the cooperative  that  is illegal, fraudulent or in violation of any adopted policy  or  bylaw  of  the  cooperative   shall   suffer   intimidation, harassment,  discrimination  or  other  retaliation  or,  in the case of employees, adverse employment consequence.  (b) The whistleblower policy shall include the following provisions:  (1) procedures for the reporting of violations or suspected violations of laws or cooperative policies  or  bylaws,  including  procedures  for preserving the confidentiality of reported information;  (2)  a  requirement  that  an  employee,  officer  or  director of the cooperative be designated to administer the whistleblower policy and  to report to the board or an authorized committee thereof;  (3)   a   requirement  that  the  person  who  is  the  subject  of  a whistleblower complaint not  be  present  at  or  participate  in  board deliberations or vote on the matter relating to such complaint, provided that  nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit the board from requesting that the person who is subject to the complaint present  information  as background  or  answer  questions  at  a  board  meeting  prior  to  the commencement of deliberations or voting relating thereto; and  (4) a requirement that a copy of the  policy  be  distributed  to  all directors,  officers  and  employees.  For purposes of this subdivision, posting the policy on the cooperative's website or at the  cooperative's offices  in a conspicuous location accessible to employees are among the methods a cooperative may use to satisfy the distribution requirement.  (c) A rural electric cooperative that  has  adopted  and  possesses  a whistleblower  policy  pursuant  to federal, state or local laws that is substantially consistent with the provisions of subdivision (b) of  this section shall be deemed in compliance with provisions of this section.  (d)  Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to relieve any rural electric cooperative from any additional  requirements  in  relation  to internal  compliance, retaliation, or document retention required by any other law or rule.
NY Rural Elec Coop L § 20 (2021)
2021 New York Laws REL - Rural Electric Cooperative Article 2 - Purpose; Organization and Management; Powers 20 - Districts.

§ 20. Districts.  The  by-laws  may  provide  for  the division of the   territory served or to be served by  a  cooperative  into  two  or  more   districts for any purpose, including, without limitation, the nomination   and  election  of directors and the election and functioning of district   delegates.  In such case the by-laws shall prescribe the  boundaries  of   the  districts,  or  the manner of establishing such boundaries, and the   manner of changing  such  boundaries,  and  the  manner  in  which  such   districts  shall  function.  No  member  at  any district meeting and no   district delegate at any meeting shall vote by proxy or by mail.
NY Rural Elec Coop L § 21 (2021)
2021 New York Laws REL - Rural Electric Cooperative Article 2 - Purpose; Organization and Management; Powers 21 - Officers.

§ 21. Officers.  The  officers  of  a  cooperative  shall consist of a   president, vice-president, secretary and treasurer, who shall be elected   annually by and from the board of directors. When a person  holding  any   such  office ceases to be a director he shall cease to hold such office.   The offices of secretary and of  treasurer  may  be  held  by  the  same   person.  The  board  of  directors  may also elect or appoint such other   officers, agents, or employees as it deems necessary  or  advisable  and   shall prescribe their powers and duties. Any officer may be removed from   office  and  his  successor  elected  in  the  manner  prescribed in the   by-laws.
NY Rural Elec Coop L § 23 (2021)
2021 New York Laws REL - Rural Electric Cooperative Article 2 - Purpose; Organization and Management; Powers 23 - Action Against Directors and Officers for Misconduct.

§ 23. Action  against  directors  and officers for misconduct.  (a) An action may be brought against one or more directors  or  officers  of  a cooperative to procure a judgment for the following relief:  (1) To compel the defendant to account for his or her official conduct in the following cases:  (i)  The  neglect of, or failure to perform, or other violation of his or her duties in the management and disposition  of  cooperative  assets committed to his or her charge.  (ii)  The  acquisition  by him or herself, transfer to others, loss or waste of cooperative assets  due  to  any  neglect  of,  or  failure  to perform, or other violation of his or her duties.  (2)  To  set  aside  an unlawful conveyance, assignment or transfer of cooperative assets, where the transferee knew of its unlawfulness.  (3) To enjoin a proposed unlawful conveyance, assignment  or  transfer of  cooperative  assets,  where  there are reasonable grounds for belief that it will be made.  (b) An action may be brought for the relief provided in  this  section and  in  subdivision  (a)  of section twenty-five of this article by the attorney general, by the cooperative or, in the right of the cooperative by any of the following:  (1) A director or officer of the cooperative.  (2) A receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, or judgment creditor thereof.  (3) By one or more of the members of the cooperative.
NY Rural Elec Coop L § 24 (2021)
2021 New York Laws REL - Rural Electric Cooperative Article 2 - Purpose; Organization and Management; Powers 24 - Nonexclusivity of Statutory Provisions for Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

§ 24. Nonexclusivity  of  statutory  provisions for indemnification of   directors and officers. The indemnification and advancement of  expenses   granted  pursuant  to,  or provided by, this article shall not be deemed   exclusive of any other rights to which a  director  or  officer  seeking   indemnification  or  advancement  of  expenses  may be entitled, whether   contained in the certificate of incorporation or the  by-laws  or,  when   authorized  by  such  certificate  of  incorporation  or  by-laws, (a) a   resolution of  members,  (b)  a  resolution  of  directors,  or  (c)  an   agreement   providing   for   such  indemnification,  provided  that  no   indemnification may be made to or on behalf of any director  or  officer   if  a  judgment  or  other final adjudication adverse to the director or   officer establishes that his or her acts were committed in bad faith  or   were the result of active and deliberate dishonesty and were material to   the  cause of action so adjudicated, or that he or she personally gained   in fact a financial profit or other advantage to which he or she was not   legally entitled. Nothing contained in this  article  shall  affect  any   rights  to  indemnification  to  which  corporate  personnel  other than   directors and officers may be entitled by contract  or  otherwise  under   law.
NY Rural Elec Coop L § 26 (2021)
2021 New York Laws REL - Rural Electric Cooperative Article 2 - Purpose; Organization and Management; Powers 26 - Payment of Indemnification Other Than by Court Award.

§ 26. Payment  of  indemnification  other  than  by court award. (a) A person who has been successful, on  the  merits  or  otherwise,  in  the defense  of  a  civil  or criminal action or proceeding of the character described in section twenty-five shall be entitled to indemnification as authorized in such section.  (b) Except as  provided  in  subdivision  (a)  of  this  section,  any indemnification  under  section twenty-five of this article or otherwise permitted by section twenty-four of this article, unless  ordered  by  a court  under  section twenty-seven of this article, shall be made by the cooperative only if authorized in the specific case:  (1) by the board acting by a quorum consisting of  directors  who  are not  parties  to  such  action  or  proceeding  upon  a finding that the director or officer has met the standard of conduct set forth in section twenty-five  of  this  article  or  established  pursuant   to   section twenty-four of this article, as the case may be, or,  (2)  if  a  quorum  under  paragraph  one  of  this subdivision is not obtainable or, even if obtainable, a quorum of  disinterested  directors so directs:  (i)  By  the  board  upon  the opinion in writing of independent legal counsel that indemnification is proper in the circumstances because  the applicable  standard  of conduct set forth in such sections has been met by such director or officer, or  (ii) By the members upon a finding that the director  or  officer  has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in such sections.  (c)  Expenses  incurred  in  defending  a  civil or criminal action or proceeding may be paid by  the  cooperative  in  advance  of  the  final disposition  of such action or proceeding upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of such director or officer to repay such amount as, and to the extent, required by subdivision (a) of  section  twenty-eight  of this article.
NY Rural Elec Coop L § 27 (2021)
2021 New York Laws REL - Rural Electric Cooperative Article 2 - Purpose; Organization and Management; Powers 27 - Indemnification of Directors and Officers by a Court.

§ 27. Indemnification  of  directors  and  officers  by a court.   (a) Notwithstanding the failure of a cooperative to provide indemnification, and despite any contrary resolution of the board or of  the  members  in the   specific   case   under   section   twenty-six  of  this  article, indemnification shall be awarded by a court  to  the  extent  authorized under  section  twenty-five  of  this  article,  and  subdivision (a) of section twenty-six of this article. Application therefor may be made, in every case, either:  (1) in the civil action or  proceeding  in  which  the  expenses  were incurred or other amounts were paid, or  (2)  to  the supreme court in a separate proceeding, in which case the application shall set forth the disposition of any previous  application made  to  any  court  for the same or similar relief and also reasonable cause for the failure to make application for such relief in the  action or  proceeding in which the expenses were incurred or other amounts were paid.  (b) The application shall be made in such manner and form  as  may  be required by the applicable rules of court or, in the absence thereof, by direction  of  a  court  to which it is made.  Such application shall be upon notice to the corporation. The court may also direct that notice be given at the expense of the cooperative to the members  and  such  other persons as it may designate in such manner as it may require.  (c)  Where indemnification is sought by judicial action, the court may allow a person such  reasonable  expenses,  including  attorneys'  fees, during  the  pendency  of  the litigation as are necessary in connection with his or her defense therein,  if  the  court  shall  find  that  the defendant  has  by  his  or  her  pleadings  or during the course of the litigation raised genuine issues of fact or law.