Authorizes the town of Niskayuna, in the county of Schenectady, to offer certain retirement options to John F. Connor, Jeffrey A. Relation, Joseph H. Twitty and Paul J. Daly, police officers employed by such town.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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7238--A
2021-2022 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
June 8, 2021
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Introduced by Sen. TEDISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- 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 committee
AN ACT to authorize the town of Niskayuna, in the county of Schenectady,
to offer certain retirement options to John F. Connor, Jeffrey A.
Relation, Joseph H. Twitty and Paul J. Daly, police officers employed
by such town
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 Niskayuna, in the county of Schenectady, a participating
3 employer in the New York state and local police and fire retirement
4 system, which previously elected to offer the optional retirement plan
5 established pursuant to section 384 of the retirement and social securi-
6 ty law to police officers employed by such town, is hereby authorized to
7 make participation in such plan available to John F. Connor, Jeffrey A.
8 Relation, Joseph H. Twitty and Paul J. Daly, police officers employed by
9 the town of Niskayuna, who, on the effective date of this act are
10 covered under the provisions of section 375-c of the retirement and
11 social security law, and who, for reasons not ascribable to their own
12 negligence failed to make a timely application to participate in such
13 optional retirement plan. The town of Niskayuna may so elect by filing
14 with the state comptroller, on or before June 30, 2023, a resolution of
15 its legislative body together with certification that any such police
16 officer did not bar himself or herself from participation in such
17 retirement plan as a result of his or her own negligence. Thereafter,
18 any such police officer may elect to be covered by the provisions of
19 section 384 of the retirement and social security law, and shall be
20 entitled to the full rights and benefits associated with coverage under
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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1 such section, by filing a request to that effect with the state comp-
2 troller on or before June 30, 2024.
3 § 2. All costs associated with implementing the provisions of this act
4 shall be borne by the town of Niskayuna.
5 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
This bill would allow the town of Niskayuna to reopen the provisions
of Section 384 of the Retirement and Social Security Law for four police
officers: John F. Connor, Jeffrey A. Relation, Joseph H. Twitty and Paul
J. Daly.
If this bill is enacted during the 2022 legislative session, we antic-
ipate that there will be an increase of approximately $34,000 in the
annual contributions of the town of Niskayuna for the fiscal year ending
March 31, 2023. In future years, this cost will vary as the billing
rates and salary of the affected police officers change.
In addition to the annual contributions discussed above, there will be
an immediate past service cost of $712,000, which will be borne by the
Town of Niskayuna as a one-time payment. This estimate is based on the
assumption that payment will be made on February 1, 2023.
Summary of relevant resources:
Membership data as of March 31, 2021 was used in measuring the impact
of the proposed change, the same data used in the April 1, 2021 actuari-
al valuation. Distributions and other statistics can be found in the
2021 Report of the Actuary and the 2021 Comprehensive Annual Financial
Report.
The actuarial assumptions and methods used are described in the 2020
and 2021 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, 2021
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 30, 2022, and intended for use only during
the 2022 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2022-114, prepared by
the Actuary for the New York State and Local Retirement System.