STATE OF NEW YORK
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8375--A
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
June 12, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- 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 to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
the certification of a deputy sheriff as a police officer
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Paragraph 2 of subdivision a of section 550 of the retire-
2 ment and social security law, as added by chapter 542 of the laws of
3 2015, is amended to read as follows:
4 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph one of this subdivi-
5 sion, member shall also include a deputy sheriff who is a police officer
6 pursuant to subdivision thirty-four of section 1.20 of the criminal
7 procedure law as certified by the municipal police council or as certi-
8 fied by the police department of the city of New York upon satisfactory
9 completion of the basic training program and graduation from the New
10 York city police academy, provided that the employer has filed an
11 election to that effect pursuant to paragraph two of subdivision j of
12 section five hundred fifty-two of this article.
13 § 2. Paragraph 2 of subdivision h of section 551 of the retirement and
14 social security law, as added by chapter 542 of the laws of 2015, is
15 amended to read as follows:
16 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph one of this subdivi-
17 sion, a participating employer may elect on a form filed with the comp-
18 troller for that purpose to provide that creditable service shall also
19 include any and all service performed by a deputy sheriff who is a
20 police officer pursuant to subdivision thirty-four of section 1.20 of
21 the criminal procedure law as certified by the municipal police council
22 or as certified by the police department of the city of New York upon
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 satisfactory completion of the basic training program and graduation
2 from the New York city police academy.
3 § 3. Paragraph 2 of subdivision j of section 552 of the retirement and
4 social security law, as added by chapter 542 of the laws of 2015, is
5 amended to read as follows:
6 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph one of this subdivi-
7 sion, a participating employer may elect on a form filed with the comp-
8 troller for that purpose to provide that creditable service shall also
9 include any and all service performed by a deputy sheriff who is a
10 police officer pursuant to subdivision thirty-four of section 1.20 of
11 the criminal procedure law as certified by the municipal police council
12 or as certified by the police department of the city of New York upon
13 satisfactory completion of the basic training program and graduation
14 from the New York city police academy.
15 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
This bill would allow a County to elect to provide that creditable
service on the 20 or 25 year retirement plans for sheriffs shall also
include all service performed by a deputy sheriff who has been awarded
certification by the police department of New York City for the satis-
factory completion of the basic training program and graduation for the
New York City police academy.
If this bill is enacted, this bill could provide service credit on a
20 or 25 year retirement plan, where it otherwise would not be credita-
ble. However, this bill is expected to impact very few members. The
cost of this bill would be minimal.
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, 2017 actuarial valu-
ation. Distributions and other statistics can be found in the 2017
Report of the Actuary and the 2017 Comprehensive Annual Financial
Report.
The actuarial assumptions and methods used are described in the 2015,
2016, and 2017 Annual Report to the Comptroller on Actuarial Assump-
tions, 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, 2017
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 November 15, 2017, and intended for use only
during the 2018 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2018-9, prepared
by the Actuary for the New York State and Local Retirement System.
