STATE OF NEW YORK
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8698--A
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
May 30, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. BURKE -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Governmental Employees -- recommitted to the Committee on Govern-
mental Employees in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- commit-
tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
mitted to said committee
AN ACT in relation to authorizing Alexander D. Rusin to receive retroac-
tive membership 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, Alexander D.
2 Rusin, an employee of the Erie county water authority and a member of
3 the New York state and local employees' retirement system, who was
4 employed as a seasonal meter service worker with the Erie county water
5 authority with a start date of June 2, 2008 until August 22, 2008, who
6 for reasons not ascribable to his own negligence, failed to become a
7 member of such retirement system during such employment by the Erie
8 county water authority in 2008, shall be deemed to have joined the New
9 York state and local employees' retirement system on the date June 2,
10 2008 if, within one year of the effective date of this act, he shall
11 file a written request with the state comptroller.
12 § 2. No contributions made to the New York state and local employees'
13 retirement system by Alexander D. Rusin shall be returned or refunded to
14 him pursuant to this act.
15 § 3. All past service costs of implementing the provisions of this act
16 shall be borne by the Erie county water authority.
17 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
This bill would grant Tier 4 status in the New York State and Local
Employees' Retirement System to Alexander Rusin, a current Tier 6 member
employed by the Erie County Water Authority, by changing their date of
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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membership to June 2, 2008, their date of first employment with the Erie
County Water Authority.
There will be no refund of member contributions.
We estimate that the Erie County Water Authority's annual contrib-
utions will increase $5,400 beginning FYE 2027. Annual costs will vary
as the billing rates and salary of Alexander Rusin change.
In addition, there will be an immediate past service cost of $88,100
borne by the Erie County Water Authority as a one-time payment. This
cost assumes that payment will be made on February 1, 2027.
Summary of relevant resources:
Membership data as of March 31, 2025 was used to measure the impact of
the bill, the same data used in the Actuarial Valuations dated April 1,
2025. Distributions and other statistics can be found in the 2025 Report
of the Actuary and the 2025 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report. The
actuarial assumptions and methods used are described in the 2025 Annual
Report to the Comptroller on Actuarial Assumptions, and the Codes, Rules
and Regulations of the State of New York: Audit and Control. The fair
value of assets and GASB disclosures can be found in the 2025 Financial
Statements and Supplementary Information.
Assumptions, demographics, and other considerations may have been
modified to better reflect specific provisions of any proposed benefit
change(s).
This fiscal note does not constitute a legal opinion on the viability
of the bill, nor is it intended to serve as a substitute for the profes-
sional judgment of an attorney.
This estimate, dated January 28, 2026, and intended for use only
during the 2026 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note Number 2026-71. As
Chief Actuary of the New York State and Local Retirement System
(NYSLRS), I, Aaron Schottin Young, hereby certify that this analysis
complies with applicable 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 Actu-
aries, of which I am a member. I am a member of NYSLRS but do not
believe it impairs my objectivity.
