STATE OF NEW YORK
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10316
IN ASSEMBLY
May 13, 2022
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Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A.
J. A. Giglio) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Govern-
mental Employees
AN ACT granting retroactive Tier II membership in the New York state and
local police and fire retirement system to Giuseppe T. Rosini
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Giuseppe T.
2 Rosini, a member of the New York state and local police and fire retire-
3 ment system, who was employed in October 2004, by the Wading River Fire
4 District, who, for reasons not ascribable to his own negligence, did not
5 file a membership application in the New York state and local police and
6 fire retirement system, and did not become a member of the New York
7 state and local police and fire retirement system until December 15,
8 2014, which gave him Tier VI status instead of Tier II status, where he
9 would have been had he been able to file a membership application when
10 he became an employee in October 2004 may be deemed to have become a
11 member of the New York state and local police and fire retirement system
12 on October 25, 2004 if, within one year of the effective date of this
13 act, he shall file with the state comptroller a written request to that
14 effect. Upon the granting of such retroactive membership, Giuseppe T.
15 Rosini shall not be granted a refund of any employee contribution made
16 by him to the New York state and local police and fire retirement
17 system.
18 § 2. All past service costs associated with the implementation of this
19 act shall be borne by the Wading River Fire District.
20 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
This bill would grant Tier 2 status in the New York State and Local
Police and Fire Retirement System (NYSLPFRS) for Giuseppe T. Rosini, a
current Tier 6 member of the NYSLPFRS employed by the Town of Riverhead,
by changing his date of membership to October 25, 2004. Giuseppe T.
Rosini was previously employed by the Wading River Fire District, a
participating employer in the New York State and Local Employees'
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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Retirement System, beginning October 2004. There will be no refund of
member contributions. All past service costs will be borne by the Wading
River Fire District.
If this bill is enacted during the 2022 legislative session, we antic-
ipate that there will be an increase of approximately $17,000 in the
annual contributions of the Town of Riverhead for the fiscal year ending
March 31, 2023. In future years, this cost will vary as the billing
rates and salary of Giuseppe T. Rosini change.
In addition to the annual contributions discussed above, there will be
an immediate past service cost of approximately $15,200 which will be
borne by the Wading River Fire District as a one-time payment. This
estimate is based on the assumption that payment will be made on Febru-
ary 1, 2023.
Summary of relevant resources:
Membership data as of March 31, 2021 was used in measuring the impact
of the proposed change, the same data used in the April 1, 2021 actuari-
al valuation. Distributions and other statistics can be found in the
2021 Report of the Actuary and the 2021 Comprehensive Annual Financial
Report.
The actuarial assumptions and methods used are described in the 2020
and 2021 Annual Report to the Comptroller on Actuarial Assumptions, and
the Codes, Rules and Regulations of the State of New York: Audit and
Control.
The Market Assets and GASB Disclosures are found in the March 31, 2021
New York State and Local Retirement System Financial Statements and
Supplementary Information.
I am a member of the American Academy of Actuaries and meet the Quali-
fication Standards to render the actuarial opinion contained herein.
This fiscal note does not constitute a legal opinion on the viability
of the proposed change nor is it intended to serve as a substitute for
the professional judgment of an attorney.
This estimate, dated April 25, 2022, and intended for use only during
the 2022 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2022-81, prepared by
the Actuary for the New York State and Local Retirement System.
