STATE OF NEW YORK
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3904--A
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 21, 2019
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Introduced by Sen. MARTINEZ -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
-- recommitted to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions in
accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
tee
AN ACT in relation to entitling Robert V. Vassallo, Sr. to reapply for a
disability retirement from the New York state police
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, Robert V.
2 Vassallo, Sr., who was employed as a correction officer with the depart-
3 ment of correctional services for the state of New York for approximate-
4 ly one year beginning in 1968, and who was employed as a correction
5 officer with the department of correction for the city of New York for
6 approximately one year until September 10, 1970, and who was employed as
7 a police officer with the New York state parkway police for the period
8 beginning September 10, 1970 and ending January 1, 1980, and who was
9 employed as a trooper with the New York state police for the period
10 beginning January 1, 1980 and ending March 1, 1990, and who was employed
11 as an investigator in the bureau of criminal investigation with the New
12 York state police for the period beginning March 1, 1990 and ending
13 September 13, 1997, and who, on January 14, 1991, was critically injured
14 in an automobile accident while working undercover in an unmarked police
15 car, and, as a result of such critical injuries has been unable to
16 return to work with the New York state police, and who, for reasons not
17 ascribable to his own negligence, has been denied a disability retire-
18 ment from the New York state police, and who, as of the effective date
19 of this act, is on regular service retirement, shall be entitled to
20 reapply for a disability retirement from the New York state police if on
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 or before December 31, 2021, he files a written request with the state
2 comptroller to that effect.
3 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
This bill will entitle Robert V. Vassallo, Sr., a service retiree who
was formerly employed as a police officer with the New York State
Police, to file an application to receive a state police disability
benefit pursuant to section 363-b of the Retirement and Social Security
Law from the New York State and Local Police and Fire Retirement System
(PFRS) instead of his current service retirement benefit.
If this bill is enacted during the 2020 legislative session, there
will be no increase in the annual benefit paid by the PFRS. Therefore,
there would be no cost to the PFRS.
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 March 18, 2020, and intended for use only during
the 2020 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2020-104, prepared by
the Actuary for the New York State and Local Retirement System.
