STATE OF NEW YORK
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7471
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
March 28, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. HUNTER -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Governmental Employees
AN ACT granting retroactive retirement service credit to David M. Sturtz
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, David M.
2 Sturtz, currently a village of Liverpool police officer and member of
3 the New York state and local police and fire retirement system covered
4 by section 384-d of the retirement and social security law, who between
5 October 14, 2002 and April 12, 2011 was employed by the Onondaga county
6 sheriff's department where he was a member of the New York state and
7 local employees' retirement system, and who, for reasons not ascribable
8 to his own negligence, was not granted service credit under section
9 384-d of the retirement and social security law for his period of
10 employment with the Onondaga county sheriff's department, shall be
11 granted such service credit under section 384-d of the retirement and
12 social security law and shall be entitled to the full rights and bene-
13 fits associated with coverage under such section, provided a request to
14 that effect is filed with the state comptroller within one year from the
15 effective date of this act. Prior to David M. Sturtz submitting such
16 request, he shall first file an application for transfer of membership
17 with the New York state and local employees' retirement system. Upon the
18 completion of such transfer, David M. Sturtz shall not be granted a
19 refund of any employee contributions made by him to the New York state
20 and local employees' retirement system.
21 § 2. All past services costs associated with the implementation of
22 this act shall be borne by the village of Liverpool.
23 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
This bill would grant service credit under section 384-d of the
Retirement and Social Security Law (RSSL) to David M. Sturtz, a current
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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member of the New York State and Local Police and Fire Retirement System
(NYSLPFRS) employed by the Village of Liverpool, for the period of Octo-
ber 14, 2002 through April 12, 2011, during which time they were
employed by the Onondaga County sheriff's department. Currently, deputy
sheriff service is not creditable in a NYSLPFRS twenty-year police
retirement plan.
If this bill is enacted during the 2025 Legislative Session, we antic-
ipate that there will be an increase of approximately $2,000 in the
annual contributions of the Village of Liverpool for the fiscal year
ending March 31, 2026. In future years this cost will vary as the bill-
ing rates and salary of David M. Sturtz change.
In addition to the annual contributions discussed above, there will be
an immediate past service cost of approximately $233,000 which will be
borne by the Village of Liverpool as a one-time payment. This estimate
assumes that payment will be made on February 1, 2026.
David M. Sturtz must transfer the service credit earned while employed
by the Onondaga County sheriff's department to the NYSLPFRS before the
service credit can be granted under section 384-d of the RSSL.
Summary of relevant resources:
Membership data as of March 31, 2024 was used in measuring the impact
of the proposed change, the same data used in the April 1, 2024 actuari-
al valuation. Distributions and other statistics can be found in the
2024 Report of the Actuary and the 2024 Annual Comprehensive Financial
Report. The actuarial assumptions and methods used are described in the
2024 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, 2024 New York State and Local Retirement System Financial Statements
and Supplementary Information.
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 March 24, 2025, and intended for use only during
the 2025 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2025-101. As Chief
Actuary of the New York State and Local Retirement System, I, Aaron
Schottin Young, hereby certify that this analysis complies with applica-
ble Actuarial Standards of Practice as well as the Code of Professional
Conduct and Qualification Standards for Actuaries Issuing Statements of
Actuarial Opinion of the American Academy of Actuaries, of which I am a
member.
