STATE OF NEW YORK
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7822
IN SENATE
February 28, 2018
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Introduced by Sen. ORTT -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
AN ACT to authorize George A. Amendola Tier II status in the New York
state and local employees' retirement system
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, George A.
2 Amendola, who was first eligible to join the public retirement system as
3 of September 20, 1974 and who was employed by the Niagara Falls school
4 district from September 20, 1974 to June 2, 1978 and who for reasons not
5 ascribable to his own negligence was not afforded the opportunity to
6 join the New York state and local employees' retirement system with Tier
7 II status, shall be deemed to have become a member of the New York state
8 and local employees' retirement system as of September 20, 1974; and
9 shall have Tier II status, if, no later than one year after the effec-
10 tive date of this act he shall file a written request with the state
11 comptroller; and upon receipt of such application, the comptroller shall
12 recalculate George Amendola's retirement benefits and thereafter pay
13 such benefits accordingly as if he shall have been deemed to have joined
14 such retirement system on September 20, 1974.
15 § 2. No contributions made to the New York state and local employees'
16 retirement system shall be returned or refunded to George A. Amendola
17 pursuant to this act.
18 § 3. All past service costs associated with the implementation of this
19 act shall be borne by the Niagara Falls school district.
20 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
This bill will grant Tier 2 status to George A. Amendola, a retired
Tier 4 member of the New York State and Local Employees' Retirement
System, by changing his date of membership to September 20, 1974, his
first date of employment with the Niagara Falls school district. The
retirement benefit will be recalculated and payment will be made retro-
active to his date of retirement. There will be no refund of member
contributions.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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If this legislation is enacted during the 2018 legislative session,
there will be an immediate past service cost of approximately $25,700
which will be borne by the Niagara Falls school district as a one-time
payment. This cost is based on the assumption that payment will be made
on February 1, 2019.
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 February 27, 2018, and intended for use only
during the 2018 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2018-63,
prepared by the Actuary for the New York State and Local Retirement
System.