Bill Text: NY A09889 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes Joanne De Vito to receive retroactive tier IV status in the New York state and local employees' retirement system.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-26 - referred to governmental employees [A09889 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-A09889-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                          9889

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                     April 26, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by M. of A. BENDETT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Governmental Employees

        AN ACT granting retroactive tier IV status in the  New  York  state  and
          local employees' retirement system to Joanne De Vito

          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
     2  Joanne De Vito, who was employed as a camp counselor with  the  Town  of
     3  Poestenkill  with  a  start date of July 1, 1985, and who is currently a
     4  member of the New York state and local employees' retirement system with
     5  the department of transportation, who through no fault of  her  own  did
     6  not  become  a member of the New York state and local employees' retire-
     7  ment system on July 1, 1985 when first employed by the Town of  Poesten-
     8  kill  shall  be  deemed  to have been a member of the New York state and
     9  local employees' retirement  system  on  such  date  she  commenced  her
    10  employment  and shall be granted Tier IV status, provided that an appli-
    11  cation is filed with the head of the New York state and local employees'
    12  retirement system within one year from the effective date of  this  act.
    13  Upon  the  granting of such retroactive membership, Joanne De Vito shall
    14  not be granted a refund of any employee contributions made by her to the
    15  New York state and local employees' retirement system.
    16    § 2. All past services costs associated  with  the  implementation  of
    17  this act shall be borne by the Town of Poestenkill.
    18    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
          FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
          This  bill  would  grant Tier 4 status in the New York State and Local
        Employees' Retirement System to Joanne De Vito, a current Tier 6  member
        employed by the New York State Department of Transportation, by changing
        their date of membership to July 1, 1985, their first date of employment
        with the Town of Poestenkill. There will be no refund of member contrib-
        utions.
          If this bill is enacted during the 2024 Legislative Session, we antic-
        ipate  that  there  will  be  an increase of approximately $5,300 in the
        annual contributions of the State of New York for the fiscal year ending

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        March 31, 2025. In future years this cost will vary as the billing rates
        and salary of Joanne De Vito change.
          In addition to the annual contributions discussed above, there will be
        an  immediate  past  service cost of approximately $15,100 which will be
        borne by the Town of Poestenkill as a one-time  payment.  This  estimate
        assumes that payment will be made on February 1, 2025.
          Summary of relevant resources:
          Membership  data as of March 31, 2023 was used in measuring the impact
        of the proposed change, the same data used in the April 1, 2023 actuari-
        al valuation. Distributions and other statistics can  be  found  in  the
        2023  Report  of the Actuary and the 2023 Annual Comprehensive Financial
        Report.
          The actuarial assumptions and methods used are described in  the  2023
        Annual  Report  to  the  Comptroller  on  Actuarial Assumptions, and the
        Codes, Rules and Regulations  of  the  State  of  New  York:  Audit  and
        Control.
          The Market Assets and GASB Disclosures are found in the March 31, 2023
        New  York  State  and  Local  Retirement System Financial Statements and
        Supplementary Information.
          I am a member of the American Academy of Actuaries and meet the Quali-
        fication Standards to render the actuarial opinion contained herein.
          This fiscal note does not constitute a legal opinion on the  viability
        of  the  proposed change nor is it intended to serve as a substitute for
        the professional judgment of an attorney.
          This estimate, dated April 3, 2024, and intended for use  only  during
        the  2024  Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2024-157, prepared by
        the Actuary for the New York State and Local Retirement System.