Bill Text: NY A01079 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Allows Marion Hoffman to file a request for Tier I status in the New York State and Local Police and Fire Retirement System with the state comptroller.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-04 - referred to governmental employees [A01079 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A01079-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1079 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 5, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. CAHILL -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees AN ACT in relation to allowing Marion Hoffman to file a request for Tier I status in the New York state and local police and fire retirement system with the state comptroller THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of law, Marion 2 Hoffman, who has been employed with the New York state department of 3 environmental conservation as an environmental conservation officer for 4 approximately thirty-six years, and for reasons not ascribable to her 5 own negligence did not become a member of the New York state and local 6 police and fire retirement system, at the time of her hiring and who is 7 currently a Tier II member of the New York state and local police and 8 fire retirement system shall be deemed to have become a member of such 9 system as of June 14, 1973 entitling her to Tier I status with every 10 right, benefit and privilege which would have been available to her on 11 such date. 12 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50: This bill will deem Marion J. Hoffman, an Environmental Conservation Officer, to have first become a member of the New York State and Local Police and Fire Retirement System on June 14, 1973, thereby making her a Tier 1 member. If this legislation is enacted during the 2011 legislative session, we anticipate that there will be an increase of approximately $920 in the annual contributions of the State of New York for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2012. In addition to the annual contributions discussed above, there will be an immediate past service cost of approximately $141,000, which will be EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00892-02-1 A. 1079 2 borne by the State of New York and all the participating employers in the New York State and Local Police and Fire Retirement. This estimate, dated December 10, 2010 and intended for use only during the 2011 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2011-61, prepared by the Actuary for the New York State and Local Police and Fire Retirement System.