Provides equal retirement benefits for persons who have been appointed to the title of correction lieutenant, correction captain, deputy assistant superintendent and superintendent in the department of corrections and community supervision.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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4277--A
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
February 8, 2017
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Introduced by Sen. GALLIVAN -- 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 to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
providing equal retirement benefits for persons who have been
appointed to the title of correction lieutenant, correction captain,
deputy assistant superintendent or superintendent in the department of
corrections and community supervision
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Clause (ii) of subparagraph (b) of paragraph 2 of subdivi-
2 sion a of section 600 of the retirement and social security law, as
3 amended by section 149 of subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of the laws
4 of 2011, is amended and two new clauses (iii) and (iv) are added to read
5 as follows:
6 (ii) a person who serves in the title of superintendent as of April
7 first, two thousand six, who has had at least seven years of service
8 credited toward the retirement plan established pursuant to this article
9 while employed by the department of corrections and community super-
10 vision and who elects the retirement plan established pursuant to this
11 article on or before September thirtieth, two thousand six. Such
12 election shall be in writing, shall be duly executed and filed with the
13 comptroller and shall be irrevocable as long as such person is in the
14 title of superintendent[.]; or
15 (iii) a person who is appointed to the title of correction lieutenant,
16 correction captain, deputy assistant superintendent or superintendent in
17 institutions under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections and
18 community supervision and who elects the retirement plan established
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 pursuant to this article within ninety days of his or her appointment.
2 Such election shall be in writing, shall be duly executed and filed with
3 the comptroller and shall be irrevocable as long as such person is in
4 the title of correction lieutenant, correction captain, deputy assistant
5 superintendent or superintendent; or
6 (iv) a person who serves in the title of correction lieutenant,
7 correction captain, deputy assistant superintendent or superintendent on
8 the effective date of this clause and who elects the retirement plan
9 established pursuant to this article within ninety days of the effective
10 date of this clause. Such election shall be in writing, shall be duly
11 executed and filed with the comptroller and shall be irrevocable as long
12 as such person is in the title of correction lieutenant, correction
13 captain, deputy assistant superintendent or superintendent.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
This bill would allow certain Tier 3, 5 and 6 correction lieutenants,
correction captains, deputy assistant superintendents and superinten-
dents under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections and commu-
nity supervision of New York State to become eligible to receive bene-
fits under the provisions of Article 15 of the Retirement and Social
Security Law instead of the special plan giving 50% of final average
salary at 25 years of service. Affected members would have 90 days from
the later of the effective date of this bill and their date of being
appointed to one of the aforementioned titles to file for this benefit.
Such elections shall be irrevocable.
If this bill is enacted during the 2018 legislative session, there
will be an immediate past service cost for members currently in these
titles of approximately $52.8 million, which would be borne by the State
of New York as a one-time payment. This estimate is based on the assump-
tion that payment will be made on March 1, 2019.
In addition to this cost, there would also be future costs for members
who are appointed to these titles and become eligible for this improved
benefit in the future. These costs would depend on the age, service,
salary and tier of the affected members, and would be paid by the State
of New York as one time payments as they occur.
This estimate is based on 627 members in these titles with a total
annual salary of approximately $67 million for the fiscal year ending
March 31, 2017.
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 April 23, 2018, and intended for use only during
the 2018 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2018-88, prepared by
the Actuary for the New York State and Local Retirement System.
