STATE OF NEW YORK
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8160--A
2013-2014 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
August 30, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. SWEENEY, THIELE, GARBARINO, LUPINACCI, RAIA,
GRAF, RAMOS -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental
Employees -- recommitted to the Committee on Governmental Employees in
accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee
AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
probation officers in the Suffolk county department of probation
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding
2 a new section 63-g to read as follows:
3 § 63-g. Performance of duty disability retirement; certain employees.
4 Any member employed by the Suffolk county probation department as a
5 probation officer, who becomes physically or mentally incapacitated for
6 the performance of duties as the natural and proximate result of an
7 injury sustained in the performance or discharge of his or her duties
8 shall be paid a performance of duty disability retirement allowance
9 equal to one-half his or her final average salary.
10 § 2. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding a new
11 section 607-i to read as follows:
12 § 607-i. Performance of duty disability retirement; certain employees.
13 Any member employed by the Suffolk county probation department as a
14 probation officer, who becomes physically or mentally incapacitated for
15 the performance of duties as the natural and proximate result of an
16 injury sustained in the performance or discharge of his or her duties
17 shall be paid a performance of duty disability retirement allowance
18 equal to one-half his or her final average salary.
19 § 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.
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This bill would provide improved disability benefits to probation
officers employed by the Suffolk County probation department. They would
be eligible for a performance of duty disability retirement allowance
which would be 50% of final average salary.
If this legislation is enacted during the 2014 legislative session, we
anticipate that there will be an increase of approximately $218,000 in
the annual contributions of the Suffolk County for the fiscal year
ending March 31, 2015. In future years, this cost will vary as the bill-
ing rates and salaries of those affected change.
In addition to the annual contributions discussed above, there will be
an immediate past service cost of approximately $1.0 million which will
be borne by Suffolk County as a onetime payment. This estimate is based
on the assumption that payment will be made on February 1, 2015.
These estimated costs are based on 214 known affected members having a
total salary for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2014 of approximately
$18.8 million.
Summary of relevant resources:
The membership data used in measuring the impact of the proposed
change was the same as that used in the March 31, 2013 actuarial valu-
ation. Distributions and other statistics can be found in the 2013
Report of the Actuary and the 2013 Comprehensive Annual Financial
Report.
The actuarial assumptions and methods used are described in the 2010,
2011, 2012 and 2013 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, 2013
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 estimate, dated March 21, 2014 and intended for use only during
the 2014 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2014-102, prepared by
the Actuary for the New York State and Local Employees' Retirement
System.
