Authorizes Sgt. Bethany Kidd to receive certain service credit under a twenty year retirement plan for service with the Seneca Falls Police Department.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9468
IN ASSEMBLY
March 14, 2024
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Introduced by M. of A. GALLAHAN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Governmental Employees
AN ACT in relation to authorizing Sgt. Bethany Kidd to receive certain
service credit under a twenty year retirement plan
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 Sergeant Bethany Kidd, a member of the New York state and local police
3 and fire retirement system, who was appointed as a police officer with
4 the Seneca Falls Police Department, in the town of Seneca Falls, county
5 of Seneca, on February 4, 2014, and who, through no fault of her own,
6 was enrolled to participate in the special twenty-five year retirement
7 plan contained in section 384 of the retirement and social security law,
8 shall be given full credit in the special twenty year retirement plan
9 contained in section 384-d of the retirement and social security law for
10 such service upon the election of the town of Seneca Falls to assume the
11 additional cost of such service. The town of Seneca Falls may so elect
12 by filing with the state comptroller within 180 days of the effective
13 date of this act, a resolution of its legislative body, together with
14 certification that such police officer did not bar herself from partic-
15 ipation in such retirement plan as a result of her own negligence.
16 Thereafter, such officer may elect to be covered by the provisions of
17 section 384-d of the retirement and social security law, and shall be
18 entitled to the full rights and benefits associated with coverage under
19 such section, by filing a request to such effect with the state comp-
20 troller within one year of the effective date of this act.
21 § 2. All past service costs associated with implementing the
22 provisions of this act shall be borne by the town of Seneca Falls, in
23 the county of Seneca, and may be amortized over a ten year period.
24 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
This bill would allow the Town of Seneca Falls to reopen the
provisions of section 384-d of the Retirement and Social Security Law
for police officer Bethany Kidd.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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If this bill is enacted during the 2024 Legislative Session, we antic-
ipate that there will be an increase of approximately $10,000 in the
annual contributions of the Town of Seneca Falls for the fiscal year
ending March 31, 2025. In future years, this cost will vary as the bill-
ing rates and salary of Bethany Kidd change.
In addition to the annual contributions discussed above, there will be
an immediate past service cost of approximately $161,000 which will be
borne by the Town of Seneca Falls as a one-time payment. This estimate
assumes that payment will be made on February 1, 2025. If the Town of
Seneca Falls elects to amortize this cost over a 10-year period, the
cost for each year including interest would be $20,600.
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 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 January 22, 2024, and intended for use only
during the 2024 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2024-74,
prepared by the Actuary for the New York State and Local Retirement
System.
