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S09881 Summary:

BILL NOS09881
 
SAME ASSAME AS A10626
 
SPONSORCOONEY
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
 
Authorizes the county of Monroe to offer an optional twenty year retirement plan to Carl J. Zimmerman, a deputy sheriff employed by the county of Monroe.
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S09881 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          9881
 
                    IN SENATE
 
                                      July 19, 2024
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  Sen.  COONEY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
        AN ACT to authorize the county of Monroe to  offer  an  optional  twenty
          year retirement plan to Carl J. Zimmerman, a sergeant employed by such
          county
 
          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 to the contrary,
     2  the county of Monroe, a participating employer in  the  New  York  state
     3  employees'  retirement  system,  which has elected to offer the optional
     4  twenty year retirement plan, established pursuant to article 14-B of the
     5  retirement and social security law, to sergeants employed by such  coun-
     6  ty, is hereby authorized to make participation in such plan available to
     7  Carl  J.  Zimmerman,  a sergeant employed by the county of Monroe with a
     8  start date of October 29, 1990, who, for reasons not ascribable  to  his
     9  own  negligence,  failed  to make a timely application to participate in
    10  such optional twenty year plan contained in article 14-B of the  retire-
    11  ment  and  social  security  law.  The  county of Monroe may so elect by
    12  filing with the state comptroller, on or before 180 days after this  act
    13  shall  have  become  a  law, a resolution of its governing body together
    14  with certification that such sergeant did not bar themself from  partic-
    15  ipation  in  the  retirement  plan  as a result of their own negligence.
    16  Thereafter, such sergeant may individually elect to be  covered  by  the
    17  provisions of sections 552 and 553 of the retirement and social security
    18  law,  and  the  retirement  system shall credit service from October 29,
    19  1990 to present under sections 552 and 553 of the retirement and  social
    20  security  law. Such member may effectuate by filing an election with the
    21  retirement system within one year of the effective date of this act.
    22    § 2. All employer past service costs associated with implementing  the
    23  provisions of this act shall be borne by the county of Monroe and may be
    24  amortized over a five-year period.
    25    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
          FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD13963-03-4

        S. 9881                             2
 
          This  bill  would allow Carl J. Zimmerman, a current member of the New
        York State and Local Employees' Retirement System employed as a sergeant
        by the County of Monroe and covered under the 25-year retirement plan of
        Section 89-p of the Retirement and Social Security Law (RSSL), to  elect
        to  be  covered  under  the  20-year plan of Sections 552 and 553 of the
        RSSL. All past service costs will be borne by the County of  Monroe  and
        may be amortized over a period of five years.
          If this bill is enacted during the 2024 Legislative Session, we antic-
        ipate  that  there  will  be an increase of approximately $11,000 in the
        annual contributions of the County of Monroe for the fiscal year  ending
        March 31, 2025. In future years this cost will vary as the billing rates
        and salary of Carl J. Zimmerman change.
          In addition to the annual contributions discussed above, there will be
        an  immediate  past service cost of approximately $141,000 which will be
        borne by the County of Monroe  as  a  one-time  payment.  This  estimate
        assumes  that payment will be made on February 1, 2025. If the County of
        Monroe elects to amortize this cost over a five-year  period,  the  cost
        for each year including interest would be $31,500.
          Summary of relevant resources:
          Membership  data as of March 31, 2023 was used in measuring the impact
        of the proposed change, the same data used in the April 1, 2023 actuari-
        al valuation.  Distributions and other statistics can be  found  in  the
        2023  Report  of the Actuary and the 2023 Annual Comprehensive Financial
        Report.
          The actuarial assumptions and methods used are described in  the  2023
        Annual  Report  to  the  Comptroller  on  Actuarial Assumptions, and the
        Codes, Rules and Regulations  of  the  State  of  New  York:  Audit  and
        Control.
          The  actuarial  assumptions and methods used are described in the 2023
        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, 2023
        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  May 24, 2024, and intended for use only during
        the 2024 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2024-168,  prepared  by
        the Actuary for the New York State and Local Retirement System.
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