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A08300 Summary:

A08300 Actions:

A08300 Committee Votes:

Committee:GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES   Chair:Abbate      
DATE:07/16/2020AYE/NAY:14/0  Action: Favorable refer to committee Ways and Means        
Abbate
Aye
Malliotakis
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Johns
Aye
Colton
Aye
Palumbo
Aye
Cusick
Aye
DeStefano
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
DenDekker
Aye
Santabarbara
Aye
Pheffer Amato
Aye
Ryan
Aye
Griffin
Aye

Committee:WAYS AND MEANS   Chair:Weinstein      
DATE:07/17/2020AYE/NAY:30/2  Action: Favorable refer to committee Rules        
Weinstein
Aye
Ra
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Schimminger
Excused
Fitzpatrick
Nay
Glick
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Nolan
Aye
Malliotakis
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Montesano
Nay
Perry
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Colton
Aye
Palmesano
Aye
Cook
Aye
Norris
Aye
Cahill
Aye
Brabenec
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Cusick
Aye
Ortiz
Excused
Benedetto
Aye
Weprin
Aye
Rodriguez
Aye
Ramos
Aye
Braunstein
Aye
McDonald
Aye
Rozic
Aye
Simotas
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Miller
Aye
Joyner
Aye

Committee:RULES   Chair:Heastie      
DATE:07/21/2020AYE/NAY:26/0  Action: Favorable         
Heastie
Excused
Barclay
Aye
Gottfried
Aye
Crouch
Aye
Lentol
Aye
Finch
Excused
Nolan
Aye
Hawley
Aye
Weinstein
Aye
Giglio
Aye
Ortiz
Excused
Malliotakis
Aye
Pretlow
Aye
Blankenbush
Aye
Cook
Excused
Norris
Aye
Glick
Aye
Aubry
Aye
Englebright
Aye
Dinowitz
Aye
Colton
Aye
Magnarelli
Aye
Perry
Aye
Paulin
Aye
Peoples-Stokes
Aye
Benedetto
Aye
Lavine
Aye
Lupardo
Aye
Zebrowski
Aye
Thiele
Aye

A08300 Floor Votes:

A08300 Text:

 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         8300--A
 
                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      June 13, 2019
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ZEBROWSKI  --  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 committee

        AN ACT to authorize the town of Clarkstown to offer a certain retirement
          option to Clarkstown police officers Edward Fairclough,  Kyle  McKier-
          nan, Corry Doyle, and Sean Weaver
 
          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 town of Clarkstown, a participating employer in the New  York  state
     3  and local police and fire retirement system, which previously elected to
     4  offer the optional retirement plan established pursuant to section 384-d
     5  of the retirement and social security law to police officers employed by
     6  such  police  department,  is hereby authorized to make participation in
     7  such plan available to police officer  Edward  Fairclough  who,  on  the
     8  effective  date  of  this act is covered under the provisions of section
     9  375-i of the retirement and social security law, and to police  officers
    10  Kyle  McKiernan, Corry Doyle, and Sean Weaver who, on the effective date
    11  of this act are covered under the  provisions  of  section  384  of  the
    12  retirement  and  social security law and who, for reasons not ascribable
    13  to their own negligence failed to make a timely application  to  partic-
    14  ipate  in  such  optional  retirement  plan. Thereafter, police officers
    15  Edward Fairclough, Kyle McKiernan, Corry  Doyle,  and  Sean  Weaver  may
    16  elect to be covered by the provisions of section 384-d of the retirement
    17  and  social  security  law, and shall be entitled to the full rights and
    18  benefits associated with  coverage  under  such  section,  by  filing  a
    19  request to that effect with the state comptroller within one year of the
    20  effective date of this act.

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11974-05-0
        A. 8300--A                          2
 
     1    §   2.  All  past  service  costs  associated  with  implementing  the
     2  provisions of this act shall be borne by the town of Clarkstown.
     3    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
          FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
          This  bill  will allow the town of Clarkstown to reopen the provisions
        of Section 384-d of the Retirement and Social Security  Law  (RSSL)  for
        police  officers Edward Fairclough, Kyle McKiernan, Corry Doyle and Sean
        Weaver.
          If this bill is enacted during the 2020 legislative session and Edward
        Fairclough, Kyle McKiernan, Corry Doyle and Sean Weaver  become  covered
        under  the provisions of Section 384-d, we anticipate that there will be
        an increase of approximately $24,000 in the annual contributions of  the
        town  of Clarkstown for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2021. In future
        years, this cost will vary as the billing  rates  and  salary  of  these
        police officers change.
          In addition to the annual contributions discussed above, there will be
        an  immediate  past  service cost of $106,000 which will be borne by the
        town of Clarkstown as a one-time payment. This estimate is based on  the
        assumption that payment will be made on February 1, 2021.
          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, 2019  actuarial  valu-
        ation.    Distributions  and  other  statistics can be found in the 2019
        Report of the  Actuary  and  the  2019  Comprehensive  Annual  Financial
        Report.
          The  actuarial assumptions and methods used are described in the 2015,
        2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 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, 2019
        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 February 24, 2020,  and  intended  for  use  only
        during  the  2020  Legislative  Session,  is  Fiscal  Note  No. 2020-46,
        prepared by the Actuary for the New  York  State  and  Local  Retirement
        System.