Bill Text: NY S04738 | 2013-2014 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Increases the amount of money a retiree may earn in a position of public service in the year 2015 and thereafter to $32,500.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-28 - PRINT NUMBER 4738A [S04738 Detail]

Download: New_York-2013-S04738-Amended.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                        4738--A
                              2013-2014 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 19, 2013
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       Introduced  by  Sen. ADDABBO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
         -- recommitted to the Committee  on  Civil  Service  and  Pensions  in
         accordance  with  Senate  Rule 6, sec. 8 -- 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
    9          1997                                       $13,500
   10          1998                                       $14,500
   11          1999                                       $15,500
   12          2000                                       $17,000
   13          2001                                       $18,500
   14          2002                                       $20,000
   15          2003                                       $25,000
   16          2004                                       $27,500
   17          2005 and 2006                              $27,500
   18          2007 [and thereafter] THROUGH 2014         $30,000
   19          2015 AND THEREAFTER                        $32,500
   20    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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         FISCAL  NOTE.--This bill would amend Section 212 of the Retirement and
       Social Security Law to set the amount  a  retired  person  may  earn  in
       public  employment  without reduction in retirement allowance during the
       year 2015 and thereafter, to $32,500.
         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 8.3% 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, there will be no additional cost.
         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
       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 contained herein.
         This  estimate,  dated  December  19,  2013  and intended for use only
       during the  2014  Legislative  Session,  is  Fiscal  Note  No.  2014-47,
       prepared  by  the  Actuary  for  the New York State and Local Employees'
       Retirement System and the New York  State  and  Local  Police  and  Fire
       Retirement System.
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