Bill Text: NY S06937 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Grants retroactive tier IV membership in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Jill Alix, Chris Karwiel, Jessica Strizzi and Taryn Ward.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2014-12-17 - VETOED MEMO.563 [S06937 Detail]
Download: New_York-2013-S06937-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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S. 6937 A. 9235
S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
April 2, 2014
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IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. BRESLIN -- read twice and ordered print-
ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service
and Pensions
IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred
to the Committee on Governmental Employees
AN ACT granting retroactive tier IV membership in the New York state and
local employees' retirement system to Jill Alix, Chris Karwiel, Jessi-
ca Strizzi and Taryn Ward
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, Jill Alix, a
2 member of the New York state and local employees' retirement system, who
3 was employed on June 20, 2008, by the village of Green Island as a
4 recreation director, and who filed membership applications in such
5 system on June 20, 2008 which should have given her Tier IV status but
6 for reasons not ascribable to her own negligence and due to an adminis-
7 trative error, the application was not processed in the usual manner and
8 therefore not processed until December 17, 2012, may be deemed to have
9 become a member of the New York state and local employees' retirement
10 system on June 20, 2008, if on or before December 31, 2014 she shall
11 file an application therefor with the state comptroller. Upon the
12 receipt of such application, Jill Alix shall be granted Tier IV status
13 in the New York state and local employees' retirement system and be
14 eligible for all the rights and benefits thereof. No contributions made
15 to the New York state and local employees' retirement system by Jill
16 Alix shall be returned to her pursuant to this act.
17 S 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Chris Karwiel, a
18 member of the New York state and local employees' retirement system, who
19 was employed on July 19, 2002, by the village of Green Island as a
20 recreation assistant and office assistant, and who filed membership
21 applications in such system on July 19, 2002 which should have given him
22 Tier IV status but for reasons not ascribable to his own negligence and
23 due to an administrative error, the application was not processed in the
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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1 usual manner and therefore not processed until September 13, 2011, may
2 be deemed to have become a member of the New York state and local
3 employees' retirement system on July 19, 2002, if on or before December
4 31, 2014 he shall file an application therefor with the state comp-
5 troller. Upon the receipt of such application, Chris Karwiel shall be
6 granted Tier IV status in the New York state and local employees'
7 retirement system and be eligible for all the rights and benefits there-
8 of. No contributions made to the New York state and local employees'
9 retirement system by Chris Karwiel shall be returned to him pursuant to
10 this act.
11 S 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Jessica Strizzi, a
12 member of the New York state and local employees' retirement system, who
13 was employed on June 28, 2007, by the village of Green Island as a
14 recreation assistant, and who filed membership applications in such
15 system on June 28, 2007 which should have given her Tier IV status but
16 for reasons not ascribable to her own negligence and due to an adminis-
17 trative error, the application was not processed in the usual manner and
18 therefore not processed until July 9, 2012, may be deemed to have become
19 a member of the New York state and local employees' retirement system on
20 June 28, 2007, if on or before December 31, 2014 she shall file an
21 application therefor with the state comptroller. Upon the receipt of
22 such application, Jessica Strizzi shall be granted Tier IV status in the
23 New York state and local employees' retirement system and be eligible
24 for all the rights and benefits thereof. No contributions made to the
25 New York state and local employees' retirement system by Jessica Strizzi
26 shall be returned to her pursuant to this act.
27 S 4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Taryn Ward, a member
28 of the New York state and local employees' retirement system, who was
29 employed on May 27, 2008, by the village of Green Island as an office
30 assistant and member of the park staff, and who filed membership appli-
31 cations in such system on May 27, 2008 which should have given her Tier
32 IV status but for reasons not ascribable to her own negligence and due
33 to an administrative error, the application was not processed in the
34 usual manner and therefore not processed until July 19, 2012, may be
35 deemed to have become a member of the New York state and local employ-
36 ees' retirement system on May 27, 2008, if on or before December 31,
37 2014 she shall file an application therefor with the state comptroller.
38 Upon the receipt of such application, Taryn Ward shall be granted Tier
39 IV status in the New York state and local employees' retirement system
40 and be eligible for all the rights and benefits thereof. No contrib-
41 utions made to the New York state and local employees' retirement system
42 by Taryn Ward shall be returned to her pursuant to this act.
43 S 5. Any past service costs incurred in implementing the provisions of
44 this act shall be borne by the village of Green Island.
45 S 6. This act shall take effect immediately.
FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
This bill will allow four employees of the Village of Green Island -
Jill Alix, Chris Karwiel, Jessica Strizzi and Taryn Ward - to receive
retroactive dates of membership in the New York State and Local Employ-
ees' Retirement System, thereby making them Tier 4 members.
If this bill is enacted and all four members become covered under the
provisions of Tier 4, we anticipate that there will be an increase of
approximately $4,800 in the annual contributions of the Village of Green
Island for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2015. There also will be an
increase of approximately $2,800 in annual contributions of the State of
New York for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2015 on behalf of Taryn
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Ward, who is currently employed by the State. In future years, this cost
will vary as the billing rates and salary of the four affected members
change.
In addition to the annual contributions discussed above, there will be
an immediate past service cost of approximately $6,550 which would be
borne by the Village of Green Island as a one-time payment. This esti-
mate is based on the assumption that payment will be made on February 1,
2015
Summary of relevant resources:
The membership data used in measuring the impact of the proposed
change was the same as that used in the March 31, 2013 actuarial valu-
ation. Distributions and other statistics can be found in the 2013
Report of the Actuary and the 2013 Comprehensive Annual Financial
Report.
The actuarial assumptions and methods used are described in the 2010,
2011, 2012 and 2013 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, 2013
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 estimate, dated January 14, 2014 and intended for use only during
the 2014 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2014-52, prepared by
the Actuary for the New York State and Local Employees' Retirement
System.
