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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5093
2009-2010 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
April 27, 2009
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Introduced by Sen. SEWARD -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
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.
