Bill Text: NY S07111 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Grants retroactive membership in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Adam Markel.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-06-08 - referred to governmental employees [S07111 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S07111-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 7111 IN SENATE March 29, 2016 ___________ Introduced by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions AN ACT granting retroactive membership in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Adam Markel The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, Adam Markel, 2 who was employed as a part-time employee with the state university of 3 New York at Buffalo with a start date of September 5, 2006 until April 4 14, 2009, and who is currently a member of the New York state and local 5 police and fire retirement system, who through no fault of his own did 6 not become a member of the New York state and local employees' retire- 7 ment system on September 5, 2006 when first employed by the state 8 university at Buffalo shall be deemed to have been a member of the New 9 York state and local employees' retirement system on such date and such 10 service credit shall be transferred to the New York state and local 11 police and fire retirement system, provided that an application is filed 12 with the head of the New York state and local police and fire retirement 13 system within one year from the effective date of this act. 14 § 2. No contributions made to the New York state and local police and 15 fire retirement system by Adam Markel shall be returned or refunded to 16 him pursuant to this act. 17 § 3. All past service costs associated with the implementation of this 18 act shall be borne by the state university of New York at Buffalo. 19 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately. Fiscal Note.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50: This bill will grant Tier 2 status in the New York State and Local Police and Fire Retirement System to Adam Markel, a current Tier 5 member employed by the City of Buffalo, by changing his date of member- ship to September 5, 2006, his first date of employment with the State University of New York at Buffalo. There will be no refund of member contributions. If this legislation is enacted during the 2016 legislative session, we anticipate that there will be an increase of approximately $3,410 in the EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD14687-06-6