STATE OF NEW YORK
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6835
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
April 19, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. TENNEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Governmental Employees
AN ACT to authorize James W. McCarthy Tier I status 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 provision of law, James W.
2 McCarthy, who was first eligible to join the public retirement system as
3 of May 1, 1968 and who was employed by the Power Authority of the state
4 of New York from May 1, 1968 to August 31, 1968, May 1, 1969 to August
5 31, 1969 and May 1, 1970 to August 31, 1970 and who for reasons not
6 ascribable to his own negligence was not afforded the opportunity to
7 join the New York state and local employees' retirement system with Tier
8 I status, shall be deemed to have become a member of the New York state
9 and local employees' retirement system as of May 1, 1968; and shall have
10 Tier I status, if, on or before December 31, 2013 he shall file a writ-
11 ten request with the state comptroller.
12 § 2. All costs attributable to the implementation of this act shall be
13 borne by New York state.
14 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
This bill will deem James W. McCarthy, an employee of the New York
State Office of Court Administration, to have become a member of the New
York State and Local Employees' Retirement System on May 1, 1968, his
first date of employment with the New York State Power Authority, there-
by granting him Tier 1 status. All member contributions will be
refunded.
If this bill is enacted, we anticipate that there will be an increase
of approximately $13,000 in the annual contributions of New York State
for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2014.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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In addition to the annual contributions discussed above, there will be
an immediate past service cost of approximately $218,000 which will be
borne by the State of New York as a one-time payment. This estimate is
based on the assumption that payment will be made on March 1, 2014.
Summary of relevant resources:
Data: March 31, 2012 Actuarial Year End File with distributions of
membership and other statistics displayed in the 2012 Report of the
Actuary and 2012 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report.
Assumptions and Methods: 2010, 2011 and 2012 Annual Report to the
Comptroller on Actuarial Assumptions, Codes Rules and Regulations of the
State of New York: Audit and Control.
Market Assets and GASB Disclosures: March 31, 2012 New York State and
Local Retirement System Financial Statements and Supplementary Informa-
tion.
Valuations of Benefit Liabilities and Actuarial Assets: summarized in
the 2012 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 February 12, 2013 and intended for use only
during the 2013 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2013-83,
prepared by the Actuary for the New York State and Local Employees'
Retirement System.
