Bill Text: NY A07471 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Authorizes the designated beneficiary of Kelly Story to file an application for retroactive membership in the New York state and local employees' retirement system.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-05 - referred to governmental employees [A07471 Detail]
Download: New_York-2011-A07471-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 7471 2011-2012 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y May 5, 2011 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SCHROEDER -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees AN ACT to authorize the designated beneficiary of Kelly Story to file an application for retroactive membership 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 other provision of law to the contrary, 2 Kelly Story, who was employed from April 25, 1994 through June 2008 as a 3 teacher's aide at the Buffalo Central School District, an employer which 4 participates in the New York state and local employees' retirement 5 system, shall be deemed to have been in the service upon which member- 6 ship is based for the purpose of qualifying for the ordinary death bene- 7 fit provided by section 606 of the retirement and social security law, 8 and the designated beneficiary of Kelly Story, registration number 9 3747064-8, shall be eligible to receive from the New York state and 10 local employees' retirement system such benefit payable on account of 11 the death of Kelly Story, by filing the appropriate application therefor 12 with the New York state and local employees' retirement system on or 13 before December 31, 2011. All costs incurred by implementing the 14 provisions of this act shall be borne by the New York state and local 15 employees' retirement system. 16 S 2. This act shall take effect immediately. FISCAL NOTE.--This bill will deem the late Kelly A. Story's service as a Teacher's Aide with the City of Buffalo School District to be qualify- ing service for an Ordinary Death Benefit from the New York State and Local Employees' Retirement System. If this bill is enacted, we anticipate that there will be an immediate past service cost of approximately $30,200 which would be borne by the State of New York and all the participating employers in the New York State and Local Employees' Retirement System. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06837-02-1 A. 7471 2 This estimate, dated February 15, 2011, and intended for use only during the 2011 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2011-113, prepared by the Actuary for the New York State and Local Employees' Retirement System.