Authorizes Faye Marie Mazzola to apply for retroactive membership and service credit in the New York state and local employees' retirement system for service performed as a seasonal employee for the town of Frankfort.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 1, 2009
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Introduced by M. of A. BUTLER -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Governmental Employees
AN ACT to authorize Faye Marie Mazzola to apply for retroactive member-
ship and service credit in the New York state and local employees'
retirement system
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, Faye Marie
2 Mazzola, who was employed as a seasonal attendant by the town of Frank-
3 fort, a participating employer in the New York state and local employ-
4 ees' retirement system, from July 28, 1958 until August 31, 1958, from
5 August 3, 1959 until September 4, 1959, and from August 1, 1960 until
6 September 15, 1960, and who is currently a retired Tier 3 member of the
7 New York state teachers' retirement system, and who, for reasons not
8 ascribable to her own negligence, failed to become a member of the New
9 York state and local employees' retirement system on July 28, 1958 when
10 first employed by the town of Frankfort shall be deemed to have been a
11 member of such retirement system on the date she first commenced such
12 employment having Tier 1 status, provided that an application is filed
13 with the head of the New York State teachers' retirement system within
14 one year from the effective date of this act.
15 § 2. No contributions made to the New York state teachers' retirement
16 system by Faye Marie Mazzola shall be returned to her pursuant to this
17 act.
18 § 3. All past service costs of implementing the provisions of this act
19 shall be borne by the town of Frankfort.
20 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
This bill would allow Faye Marie Mazzola, a retired Tier 3 member of
the New York State Teachers' Retirement System, to be reclassified as a
Tier 1 member. Her date of membership would be changed based upon her
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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employment as a seasonal attendant in 1958 for the Town of Frankfort.
Additionally, Ms. Mazzola's pension would be recalculated with retroac-
tive adjustment to payments made since her date of retirement of Decem-
ber 31, 2007.
The cost of this benefit is equal to the increase in the present value
of liabilities, which is estimated to be $38,000. The cost would be
borne by the town of Frankfort.
The source of this estimate is Fiscal Note 2009-51 dated April 23,
2009 prepared by the Actuary of the New York State Teachers' Retirement
System and is intended for use only during the 2009 Legislative Session.
