Bill Text: NY A03327 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Increases the amount of money a retiree may earn in a position of public service in the year 2019 and thereafter to $35,000.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 59-25)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-06-04 - REFERRED TO RULES [A03327 Detail]

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         3327--B
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                    January 27, 2017
                                       ___________
        Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD, BICHOTTE, BRABENEC, COOK, CROUCH, GOTT-
          FRIED,  GUNTHER,  JAFFEE,  MURRAY,  RIVERA, SKOUFIS, STIRPE, PICHARDO,
          ENGLEBRIGHT, DiPIETRO, HOOPER, LUPARDO, SANTABARBARA, WOERNER,  MAYER,
          THIELE,  CUSICK,  BRINDISI,  BYRNE,  CURRAN,  MORINELLO, BLAKE, JENNE,
          ROZIC,  VANEL,  FAHY,  SEPULVEDA,  BENEDETTO,  RICHARDSON,  MONTESANO,
          FRIEND,  JOYNER, NORRIS, GLICK, WILLIAMS, ABINANTI, BRAUNSTEIN, GALEF,
          JONES, D'URSO, PELLEGRINO, DICKENS, LENTOL, CYMBROWITZ, ORTIZ, BARRON,
          SOLAGES,  LAWRENCE,  McDONOUGH,  MOSLEY,  WALLACE,  LIFTON,   PALUMBO,
          O'DONNELL, D. ROSENTHAL, ARROYO, GIGLIO, BLANKENBUSH, ERRIGO, GARBARI-
          NO,  B. MILLER,  CAHILL,  DAVILA  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  -- M. of A.
          BUCHWALD, CRESPO, DenDEKKER,  FITZPATRICK,  HAWLEY,  HIKIND,  HYNDMAN,
          JEAN-PIERRE,  MAGEE,  PALMESANO, SIMON, STEC -- read once and referred
          to the Committee on Governmental Employees  --  committee  discharged,
          bill  amended,  ordered  reprinted  as amended and recommitted to said
          committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Governmental Employees in
          accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged,  bill
          amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
          tee
        AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in  relation  to
          increasing the retiree earnings cap
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 212 of the retirement  and  social
     2  security  law,  as amended by chapter 74 of the laws of 2006, is amended
     3  to read as follows:
     4    2. The earning limitations for retired persons in positions of  public
     5  service  under  this  section  shall be in accordance with the following
     6  table:
     7          For the year                               Earnings limitation
     8          1996                                       $12,500
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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     1          1997                                       $13,500
     2          1998                                       $14,500
     3          1999                                       $15,500
     4          2000                                       $17,000
     5          2001                                       $18,500
     6          2002                                       $20,000
     7          2003                                       $25,000
     8          2004                                       $27,500
     9          2005 and 2006                              $27,500
    10          2007 [and thereafter] through 2018         $30,000
    11          2019 and thereafter                        $35,000
    12    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
          FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
          This  bill  would amend subdivision 2 of section 212 of the Retirement
        and Social Security Law to increase the earnings limitation for  retired
        members  in  positions  of public employment to $35,000 for the calendar
        year 2019 and thereafter. The earnings limitation for the calendar  year
        2018 is $30,000.
          The  annual  cost  to  the  employers of members of the New York State
        Teachers' Retirement System is estimated to be negligible if  this  bill
        is enacted.
          Member  data  is  from  the  System's  most recent actuarial valuation
        files, consisting of data provided by the employers  to  the  Retirement
        System.   Data distributions and statistics can be found in the System's
        Comprehensive Annual Financial  Report  (CAFR).  System  assets  are  as
        reported  in the System's financial statements, and can also be found in
        the CAFR. Actuarial assumptions and methods are provided in the System's
        Actuarial Valuation Report.
          The source of this estimate is Fiscal Note 2018-9  dated  January  26,
        2018  prepared by the Actuary of the New York State Teachers' Retirement
        System and is intended for use only during the 2018 Legislative Session.
        I, Richard A. Young, am the Actuary for the  New  York  State  Teachers'
        Retirement  System.  I  am a member of the American Academy of Actuaries
        and I meet the Qualification Standards of the American Academy of  Actu-
        aries to render the actuarial opinion contained herein.
          FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
          This bill would amend Section 212 of the Retirement and Social Securi-
        ty  Law to set the amount a retired person may earn in public employment
        without reduction in retirement allowance during the year 2019 and ther-
        eafter, to $35,000.
          If this bill is enacted, insofar as it would affect the New York State
        and Local Employees' Retirement System and the New York State and  Local
        Police and Fire Retirement System, the resulting 16.7% increase over the
        current  $30,000  limit,  in  place  since  2007, which is less than the
        increase in the consumer price index over  the  same  period  would  not
        affect  retirement  patterns. Therefore, the annual cost is estimated to
        be negligible.
          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, 2017 actuarial valu-
        ation.  Distributions and other statistics can  be  found  in  the  2017
        Report  of  the  Actuary  and  the  2017  Comprehensive Annual Financial
        Report.
          The actuarial assumptions and methods used are described in the  2015,
        2016,  and  2017  Annual  Report to the Comptroller on Actuarial Assump-

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        tions, 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, 2017
        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 2, 2018, and intended for use only during
        the 2018 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No.  2018-20,  prepared  by
        the Actuary for the New York State and Local Retirement System.
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