Bill Text: NY A06603 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Relates to the minimum retirement allowance for members of the New York state teachers' retirement system who retired prior to July 1, 1980.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-4)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-04-24 - reported referred to ways and means [A06603 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-A06603-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         6603--A
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                   IN ASSEMBLY
                                      March 9, 2017
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        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  BRINDISI, ABBATE, SEPULVEDA, COLTON, WALKER,
          CROUCH, WALLACE, PELLEGRINO, GOODELL -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A.
          HAWLEY -- (at request of  the  New  York  State  Teachers'  Retirement
          System)  --  read  once  and referred to the Committee on Governmental
          Employees -- 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 education law, in relation to the minimum retirement
          allowance for members of  the  New  York  state  teachers'  retirement
          system who retired prior to July 1, 1980
          The  People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:
     1    Section 1. Paragraph 1 of subdivision e of section 532 of  the  educa-
     2  tion  law, as amended by chapter 580 of  the laws of 2001, is amended to
     3  read as follows:
     4    1. Each pensioner of the retirement system  who  retired  before  July
     5  first,  nineteen hundred [seventy] eighty shall be paid, commencing with
     6  a payment for the month of July two  thousand  [one]  eighteen  a  basic
     7  supplemental pension, the total of which when added to his or her yearly
     8  retirement allowance computed without optional modification, but exclud-
     9  ing  any  annuity derived from contributions made by members pursuant to
    10  paragraphs a and b of subdivision three of section five hundred sixteen,
    11  section five hundred twenty-eight,  section  five  hundred  twenty-nine,
    12  section  five  hundred  thirty,  section  five  hundred thirty-three and
    13  section five hundred thirty-five of this article, shall equal the lesser
    14  of [seventeen thousand five hundred] nineteen thousand two hundred fifty
    15  dollars or the sum of five  hundred  fifty  dollars  multiplied  by  the
    16  number  of years of full-time New York state service not to exceed thir-
    17  ty-five years with which he or she was credited at the time  of  his  or
    18  her retirement.
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD10538-03-8
        A. 6603--A                          2
     1    § 2. This act shall take effect June 30, 2018, except that if this act
     2  shall  have become a law after June 30, 2018, this act shall take effect
     3  immediately and shall be deemed to have been in full force and effect on
     4  and after June 30, 2018.
          FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
          This  bill  would  extend the minimum retirement benefit provision for
        retirees of the New York State Teachers' Retirement System contained  in
        Section  532(e)  of the Education Law to members who retired before July
        1, 1980. Currently only members who retired  before  July  1,  1970  are
        eligible.  Additionally the minimum annual benefit would be increased to
        $550 for each year of credited full-time New York State service,  up  to
        35  years,  for  a  maximum benefit of $19,250. The benefit is currently
        $500 for each year up to 35, for  a  maximum  benefit  of  $17,500.  The
        increased  benefit  would  commence with a payment for the month of July
        2018.
          The annual cost to the employers of members  of  the  New  York  State
        Teachers' Retirement System for this benefit is estimated to be $448,000
        or .003% of payroll 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  2018-1  dated  October  6,
        2017  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.