Bill Text: NY S07258 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

New York Senate Bill 7258 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relates to performance of duty disability retirement allowance for Suffolk county deputy sheriffs.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-02 - REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS [S07258 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S07258-Introduced.html

                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7258
                                   I N  S E N A T E
                                      May 2, 2012
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       Introduced  by Sens. JOHNSON, FLANAGAN, ZELDIN -- read twice and ordered
         printed, and when printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Civil
         Service and Pensions
       AN  ACT  to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
         performance of duty disability retirement allowance for  deputy  sher-
         iffs employed by Suffolk county
         THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section 1.   Subdivision a of section  607-c  of  the  retirement  and
    2  social  security  law,  as  added by chapter 639 of the laws of 1999, is
    3  amended to read as follows:
    4    a. [Any] EXCEPT THOSE DEPUTY SHERIFFS DESCRIBED IN SUBDIVISION A-1  OF
    5  THIS  SECTION,  ANY  sheriff, deputy sheriff, undersheriff or correction
    6  officer as defined in subdivision a of  section  sixty-three-b  of  this
    7  chapter, and who are employed in a county which makes an election pursu-
    8  ant  to  subdivision  d of such section sixty-three-b, who becomes phys-
    9  ically or mentally incapacitated for the performance of  duties  as  the
   10  natural  and proximate result of an injury, sustained in the performance
   11  or discharge of his or her duties by, or as the  natural  and  proximate
   12  result of any act of any inmate or any person confined in an institution
   13  under  the  jurisdiction  of such county, shall be paid a performance of
   14  duty disability retirement allowance equal to that which is provided  in
   15  section  sixty-three  of  this  chapter,  subject  to  the provisions of
   16  section sixty-four of this chapter.
   17    S 2.   Section 607-c of the retirement  and  social  security  law  is
   18  amended by adding a new subdivision a-1 to read as follows:
   19    A-1.  ANY  DEPUTY  SHERIFF  EMPLOYED  BY  THE SUFFOLK COUNTY SHERIFF'S
   20  OFFICE WHO BECOMES PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY INCAPACITATED FOR THE PERFORM-
   21  ANCE OF DUTIES AS  THE  NATURAL  AND  PROXIMATE  RESULT  OF  AN  INJURY,
   22  SUSTAINED IN THE PERFORMANCE OR DISCHARGE OF HIS OR HER DUTIES, SHALL BE
   23  PAID A PERFORMANCE OF DUTY DISABILITY RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE EQUAL TO THAT
   24  WHICH IS PROVIDED IN SECTION SIXTY-THREE OF THIS CHAPTER, SUBJECT TO THE
   25  PROVISIONS OF SECTION SIXTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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       S. 7258                             2
    1    S 3. All costs associated with implementing the provisions of this act
    2  shall be borne by the county of Suffolk.
    3    S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
         FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
         This  bill  would grant Tier 3, 4, 5 and 6 deputy sheriffs employed by
       Suffolk County a  disability  benefit  for  injuries  sustained  in  the
       performance  of duty. The disability benefit would be 75% of final aver-
       age salary less worker's compensation.
         If this bill is enacted during the 2012  session,  there  will  be  an
       estimated increase of approximately $300,000 in the annual contributions
       of Suffolk County for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2013.
         These  estimated  costs  are  based  on two hundred seventy four (274)
       members having an annual salary for the fiscal  year  ending  March  31,
       2012 of approximately $31.9 million.
         Summary of relevant resources:
         Data:  March  31,  2011  Actuarial Year End File with distributions of
       membership and other statistics displayed in  the  2011  Report  of  the
       Actuary and 2011 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report.
         Assumptions  and  Methods:  2010  and  2011 Annual Report to the Comp-
       troller on Actuarial Assumptions, Codes Rules  and  Regulations  of  the
       State of New York: Audit and Control.
         Market  Assets and GASB Disclosures: March 31, 2011 New York State and
       Local Retirement System Financial Statements and Supplementary  Informa-
       tion.
         Valuations  of Benefit Liabilities and Actuarial Assets: summarized in
       the 2011 Actuarial Valuations report.
         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 March 23, 2012 and intended for use  only  during
       the  2012  Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2012-122, prepared by
       the Actuary for the New  York  State  and  Local  Employees'  Retirement
       System.