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S08959 Summary:
BILL NO | S08959 |
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SAME AS | SAME AS A04460-A |
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SPONSOR | SAVINO |
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COSPNSR | |
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MLTSPNSR | |
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Add 618, R & SS L | |
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Relates to transfer of retirement membership for certain employees of SUNY within the professional, scientific and technical bargaining unit. |
S08959 Actions:
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05/02/2022 | REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/31/2022 | COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
05/31/2022 | ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1694 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/02/2022 | PASSED SENATE | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/02/2022 | DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/02/2022 | referred to ways and means | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/03/2022 | substituted for a4460a | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/03/2022 | ordered to third reading rules cal.680 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/03/2022 | passed assembly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
06/03/2022 | returned to senate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/12/2022 | DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
12/16/2022 | VETOED MEMO.137 |
S08959 Committee Votes:
Go to topS08959 Floor Votes:
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Abbate
Yes
Chandler-Waterm
Yes
Forrest
Yes
Joyner
Yes
O'Donnell
Yes
Simon
Yes
Abinanti
Yes
Clark
Yes
Friend
Yes
Kelles
Yes
Otis
Yes
Simpson
Yes
Anderson
Yes
Colton
Yes
Frontus
Yes
Kim
Yes
Palmesano
Yes
Smith
Yes
Angelino
Yes
Conrad
Yes
Galef
Yes
Lalor
Yes
Paulin
Yes
Smullen
Yes
Ashby
Yes
Cook
Yes
Gallagher
Yes
Lavine
Yes
Peoples-Stokes
Yes
Solages
Yes
Aubry
Yes
Cruz
Yes
Gallahan
Yes
Lawler
Yes
Pheffer Amato
Yes
Steck
Yes
Barclay
Yes
Cunningham
Yes
Gandolfo
Yes
Lemondes
Yes
Pretlow
Yes
Stern
Yes
Barnwell
Yes
Cusick
Yes
Gibbs
Yes
Lucas
ER
Quart
Yes
Stirpe
Yes
Barrett
Yes
Cymbrowitz
Yes
Giglio JA
Yes
Lunsford
Yes
Ra
Yes
Tague
Yes
Benedetto
Yes
Darling
Yes
Giglio JM
Yes
Lupardo
Yes
Rajkumar
Yes
Tannousis
Yes
Bichotte Hermel
Yes
Davila
Yes
Glick
Yes
Magnarelli
Yes
Ramos
Yes
Tapia
Yes
Blankenbush
Yes
De Los Santos
Yes
Gonzalez-Rojas
Yes
Mamdani
Yes
Reilly
Yes
Taylor
Yes
Brabenec
Yes
DeStefano
Yes
Goodell
Yes
Manktelow
Yes
Reyes
Yes
Thiele
Yes
Braunstein
Yes
Dickens
Yes
Gottfried
Yes
McDonald
Yes
Rivera J
Yes
Vanel
Yes
Bronson
Yes
Dilan
Yes
Griffin
Yes
McDonough
Yes
Rivera JD
Yes
Walczyk
ER
Brown E
Yes
Dinowitz
Yes
Gunther
Yes
McMahon
ER
Rosenthal D
Yes
Walker
Yes
Brown K
Yes
DiPietro
Yes
Hawley
Yes
Meeks
Yes
Rosenthal L
Yes
Wallace
Yes
Burdick
Yes
Durso
Yes
Hevesi
Yes
Mikulin
ER
Rozic
Yes
Walsh
Yes
Burgos
ER
Eichenstein
Yes
Hunter
Yes
Miller
Yes
Salka
Yes
Weinstein
Yes
Burke
Yes
Englebright
Yes
Hyndman
Yes
Mitaynes
Yes
Santabarbara
Yes
Weprin
Yes
Buttenschon
Yes
Epstein
Yes
Jackson
Yes
Montesano
Yes
Sayegh
Yes
Williams
Yes
Byrne
Yes
Fahy
Yes
Jacobson
Yes
Morinello
Yes
Schmitt
Yes
Woerner
Yes
Byrnes
Yes
Fall
Yes
Jean-Pierre
Yes
Niou
Yes
Seawright
Yes
Zebrowski
Yes
Cahill
Yes
Fernandez
Yes
Jensen
Yes
Nolan
Yes
Septimo
Yes
Zinerman
Yes
Carroll
Yes
Fitzpatrick
Yes
Jones
Yes
Norris
Yes
Sillitti
Yes
Mr. Speaker
‡ Indicates voting via videoconference
S08959 Text:
Go to top STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 8959 IN SENATE May 2, 2022 ___________ Introduced by Sen. SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to transfer of retirement membership for certain employees of SUNY within the professional, scientific and technical bargaining unit The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding 2 a new section 618 to read as follows: 3 § 618. Transfer of membership into New York state and local employees' 4 retirement system. a. Definitions. Whenever used in this section: 5 1. The term "eligible employee" shall mean a person who as of the 6 effective date of this section is an employee of the state university of 7 New York in a position within the professional, scientific and technical 8 bargaining unit and who is, as of said effective date, a member of the 9 optional retirement program and who is a registered nurse who first 10 became an employee of the state university of New York at Stony Brook 11 Hospital on a date between January first, nineteen hundred ninety-six 12 and December thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-nine and who is still 13 employed by the state university of New York as of the date said employ- 14 ee files an application pursuant to subdivision b of this section; 15 2. The term "optional retirement program" shall mean the optional 16 retirement program established pursuant to article eight-B of the educa- 17 tion law. 18 b. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an eligible employee 19 shall be allowed to become a member of the New York state and local 20 employees' retirement system by filing an application with said retire- 21 ment system no later than December thirty-first, two thousand twenty- 22 three. 23 c. An eligible employee who files an application to become a member of 24 the New York state and local employees' retirement system shall be 25 deemed to be a member of that retirement system with a date of member- 26 ship as of the date said eligible employee was first employed by the 27 state university of New York. The eligible employee's membership in the EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD08552-05-2S. 8959 2 1 optional retirement program shall terminate as of the date said applica- 2 tion is filed. 3 d. An eligible employee who becomes a member of the New York state and 4 local employees' retirement system pursuant to subdivision b of this 5 section may elect to purchase credit for previous service for any period 6 during which said employee was a member of the optional retirement 7 program by filing an application with the New York state and local 8 employees' retirement system no later than December thirty-first, two 9 thousand twenty-three and by paying to said retirement system an amount 10 as determined by the comptroller equal to the full cost of such previous 11 service credit purchased which shall include an amount equivalent to the 12 additional costs to the employer of providing retirement service credit 13 to such employee while such employee was a member of the optional 14 retirement program as determined by the actuary for the retirement 15 system. Said payment may be made by a transfer of funds from the employ- 16 ee's optional retirement program account to the New York state and local 17 employees' retirement system. Said payment may also be made in one 18 payment by the employee or by payroll deduction over a period not to 19 exceed five years. 20 § 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, none 21 of the provisions of this act shall be subject to section 25 of the 22 retirement and social security law. 23 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50: This bill would allow any employee of the State University of New York (SUNY) who is a registered nurse in a position within the Professional, Scientific and Technical bargaining unit, who first became employed with SUNY at Stony Brook Hospital between January 1, 1996 and December 31, 1999, and who enrolled in the Optional Retirement Program (ORP), to terminate their membership in the ORP and to be deemed to be a member of the New York State and Local Employees' Retirement System (NYSLERS) with a date of membership as of the date of first employment by SUNY. Affected members will be required to pay the entire past service cost as determined by the Comptroller in order to receive retirement service credit for any period of service rendered while a member of the ORP. If this bill is enacted during the 2022 legislative session, the number of employees who may be affected cannot be readily determined. For every employee who does so elect, there will be an annual cost to the State of New York of approximately 13.0% of salary beginning with the fiscal year ending March 31, 2023. In addition to the annual cost discussed above, for every member who elects this benefit, there will be a past service cost that will depend on the age, service and salary of the member. Members will be able to pay this cost using any of three methods, including a transfer of funds from their ORP balance, a one-time payment, or by payroll deduction over a period not to exceed five (5) years. 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.S. 8959 3 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 January 4, 2022, and intended for use only during the 2022 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2022-43, prepared by the Actuary for the New York State and Local Retirement System.