Bill Text: NY S05399 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Grants Tier 1 status in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Lynn Levin.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS [S05399 Detail]

Download: New_York-2009-S05399-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5399
                              2009-2010 Regular Sessions
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                    April 27, 2009
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       Introduced by Sen. FUSCHILLO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
       AN  ACT  in relation to granting Tier 1 status in the New York state and
         local employees' retirement system to Lynn Levin
         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, Lynn Levin, who
    2  is currently a member of the New York state and local employees' retire-
    3  ment  system, and who currently is a uniformed senior court officer, but
    4  who worked for the New York city department of health and mental hygiene
    5  from June 29, 1973 until a later date in 1973 and again from  March  18,
    6  1974  until  a  later date in 1974 and who for reasons not ascribable to
    7  her own negligence, did not enroll  in  the  New  York  city  employees'
    8  retirement system at such time, and who subsequently enrolled in the New
    9  York  state  and  local  employees'  retirement system in 1978, shall be
   10  deemed to have joined the New York state and local employees' retirement
   11  system on June 29, 1973 provided she files a written  request  with  the
   12  administrative  head  of  the retirement system on or before the thirty-
   13  first day of December next succeeding the date on which this  act  shall
   14  become law.
   15    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, section 50:
         This  bill  will deem Lynn Levin, a uniformed senior court officer, to
       have become a member of the New York State and Local Employees'  Retire-
       ment  System  on June 29, 1973, thereby granting her Tier 1 status. This
       bill will provide for the return of member contributions to Lynn Levin.
         If this bill is enacted, we anticipate that there will be an  increase
       of  approximately  $900  in the annual contributions or the State of New
       York.
         In addition to the annual contributions discussed above, there will be
       a immediate past service cost of approximately $162,000  which  will  be
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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       shared  by  the State of New York and all the participating employers in
       the New York State and Local Employees' Retirement System.
         This  estimate,  dated April 30, 2009 and intended for use only during
       the 2009 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2009-235,  prepared  by
       the  Actuary  for  the  New  York  State and Local Employees' Retirement
       System.