Bill Text: NY A05848 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Grants retroactive tier I status to David Reardon based upon employment with the town of Little Falls beginning February 16, 1972.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-13 - held for consideration in governmental employees [A05848 Detail]

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5848
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                     March 7, 2013
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       Introduced by M. of A. TENNEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Governmental Employees
       AN  ACT  to  grant David A. Reardon a retroactive membership date in the
         New York state and local employees' retirement system
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, David
    2  A.  Reardon, a member of the New York state and local employees' retire-
    3  ment system having Tier IV status, who  was  employed  by  the  Town  of
    4  Little  Falls  commencing  on February 16, 1972 and who, for reasons not
    5  ascribable to his own negligence, failed to  become  a  member  of  such
    6  retirement  system  during  such employment by the Town of Little Falls,
    7  shall be deemed to have joined the New York state and  local  employees'
    8  retirement system on February 16, 1972 and shall be retroactively grant-
    9  ed  the  benefits of Tier I status in such retirement system, if, within
   10  one year of the effective date of this act,  he  shall  file  a  written
   11  request to that effect with the state comptroller.
   12    S 2. All past service costs of implementing the provisions of this act
   13  shall be borne by the Thruway Authority.
   14    S  3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no employee contrib-
   15  utions shall be returned to David A. Reardon.
   16    S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
         FISCAL NOTE.-- Pursuant to Legislative Law, section 50:
         This bill will deem David A. Reardon to have become a  member  of  the
       New  York  State  and Local Employees' Retirement System on February 16,
       1972, his first date of employment with the Town of Little Falls, there-
       by granting him Tier 1 status. No member contributions will be refunded.
         If this bill is enacted, we anticipate that there will be an  increase
       of  approximately  $6,500  in  the  annual  contributions of the Thruway
       Authority for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2014.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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         In addition to the annual contributions discussed above, there will be
       an immediate past service cost of approximately $75,500  which  will  be
       borne  by  the Thruway Authority as a one-time payment. This estimate is
       based on the assumption that payment will be made on February 1, 2014.
         Summary of relevant resources:
         Data:  March  31,  2012  Actuarial Year End File with distributions of
       membership and other statistics displayed in  the  2012  Report  of  the
       Actuary and 2012 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report.
         Assumptions  and  Methods:  2010,  2011  and 2012 Annual Report to the
       Comptroller on Actuarial Assumptions, Codes Rules and Regulations of the
       State of New York: Audit and Control.
         Market Assets and GASB Disclosures: March 31, 2012 New York State  and
       Local  Retirement System Financial Statements and Supplementary Informa-
       tion.
         Valuations of Benefit Liabilities and Actuarial Assets: summarized  in
       the 2012 Actuarial Valuations report.
         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  February  15,  2013  and intended for use only
       during the  2013  Legislative  Session,  is  Fiscal  Note  No.  2013-86,
       prepared  by  the  Actuary  for  the New York State and Local Employees'
       Retirement System.
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