STATE OF NEW YORK
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7258
IN SENATE
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 § 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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1 § 3. All costs associated with implementing the provisions of this act
2 shall be borne by the county of Suffolk.
3 § 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.
