Bill Text: NY A09392 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Enrolls all new members after 1/1/15 of the NY state and local police and fire retirement system into the section 384-d retirement plan if the employer has elected the benefits.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-06-12 - substituted by s7120 [A09392 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-A09392-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         9392
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                    April 25, 2014
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       Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee
         on Governmental Employees
       AN  ACT  to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
         authorizing enrollment in the section 384-d retirement  plan  for  all
         new members of the New York state and local police and fire retirement
         system
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding
    2  a new section 1201-a to read as follows:
    3    S 1201-A. RETIREMENT  PLAN.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  OTHER  LAW  TO  THE
    4  CONTRARY,  MEMBERS  WHO  FIRST  BECOME MEMBERS OF THE NEW YORK STATE AND
    5  LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE RETIREMENT SYSTEM ON OR AFTER JANUARY  FIRST,  TWO
    6  THOUSAND  FIFTEEN  AND  ARE  EMPLOYED BY AN EMPLOYER WHO HAS ELECTED THE
    7  BENEFITS OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FOUR-D OF  THIS  CHAPTER  SHALL
    8  AUTOMATICALLY  BE  ENROLLED  IN SUCH SECTION THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FOUR-D
    9  RETIREMENT PLAN. ANY MEMBER SO ENROLLED IN  THE  SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED
   10  EIGHTY-FOUR-D RETIREMENT PLAN MAY THEREAFTER WITHDRAW FROM SUCH PLAN.
   11    S 2. This act shall take effect January 1, 2015.
         FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
         This  bill  will  provide  automatic enrollment into the provisions of
       section 384-d of the Retirement and Social Security Law for members  who
       first  become  members  of  the New York State and Local Police and Fire
       Retirement System on or after January 1, 2015 who  are  employed  by  an
       employer  who  has  elected  the  benefits  of  such plan. Any member so
       enrolled may thereafter withdraw from such plan.
         If this bill is enacted, there would be no cost since  the  enrollment
       into such plan is already provided by law if the member files within the
       first year of employment.
         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, 2013  actuarial  valu-
       ation.    Distributions  and  other  statistics can be found in the 2013
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD14838-01-4
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       Report of the  Actuary  and  the  2013  Comprehensive  Annual  Financial
       Report.
         The  membership  data  used  in  measuring  the impact of the proposed
       change was the same as that used in the March 31, 2013  actuarial  valu-
       ation.    Distributions  and  other  statistics can be found in the 2013
       Report of the  Actuary  and  the  2013  Comprehensive  Annual  Financial
       Report.
         The  actuarial assumptions and methods used are described in the 2010,
       2011, 2012 and 2013  Annual  Report  to  the  Comptroller  on  Actuarial
       Assumptions,  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, 2013
       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 continued.
         This  estimate,  dated  April  2, 2014 and intended for use during the
       2014 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2014-108, prepared  by  the
       Actuary  for  the  New  York  State and Local Police and Fire Retirement
       System.
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