Bill Text: NY A05563 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Grants credit for prior public service rendered in this state under the federal Emergency Jobs Appropriation Act to certain retirement system members.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-24 - enacting clause stricken [A05563 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A05563-Introduced.html
                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         5563
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 23, 2011
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       Introduced by M. of A. GABRYSZAK, SPANO, CASTRO, BARRON, MENG, HOOPER --
         Multi-Sponsored  by  -- M. of A. COOK, MAYERSOHN, PHEFFER, ROBINSON --
         read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees
       AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in  relation  to
         credit  for public service rendered in the state of New York under the
         federal Emergency Jobs Appropriation Act prior to becoming a member of
         a retirement system
         THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
       BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
    1    Section  1.  Subdivision  b of section 41 of the retirement and social
    2  security law is amended by  adding  a  new  paragraph  5-a  to  read  as
    3  follows:
    4    5-A.  PUBLIC  SERVICE  RENDERED  IN  THE STATE OF NEW YORK IN NINETEEN
    5  HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE AND/OR NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-FOUR IN  A  POSITION
    6  CREATED  OR  FILLED  PURSUANT  TO FEDERAL PUBLIC LAW 98-8, THE EMERGENCY
    7  JOBS APPROPRIATION ACT OF 1983, WITHOUT REGARD TO  THE  LENGTH  OF  SUCH
    8  SERVICE,  PROVIDED  SUCH  SERVICE  IS  OTHERWISE  IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE
    9  PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER.
   10    S 2. Subdivision b of section 446 of the retirement and social securi-
   11  ty law, as amended by chapter 552 of the laws of  2000,  is  amended  to
   12  read as follows:
   13    b. Previous service.
   14    A  member  of  a retirement system who is subject to the provisions of
   15  this article shall be eligible to obtain retirement credit for  previous
   16  service  if  retirement  credit  had  previously  been  granted for such
   17  service or if such service that would have been creditable in one of the
   18  public retirement systems of the state, as defined in subdivision  twen-
   19  ty-three  of  section five hundred one of this chapter, at the time such
   20  service was rendered, if the  individual  had  been  a  member  of  such
   21  retirement  system and the member has rendered a minimum of two years of
   22  credited service  after  July  first,  nineteen  hundred  seventy-three;
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD07653-02-1
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    1  provided,  however,  retirement  credit may be granted for service which
    2  predates the date of entry into the retirement system if such service is
    3  otherwise creditable and  was  rendered  by  an  employee  during  which
    4  employment  he  was  ineligible  to  join  a  public  retirement system.
    5  NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING IN THIS CHAPTER TO THE CONTRARY, A MEMBER SHALL
    6  BE ELIGIBLE TO OBTAIN RETIREMENT CREDIT FOR PUBLIC SERVICE  RENDERED  IN
    7  THE  STATE  OF NEW YORK IN NINETEEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-THREE AND/OR NINETEEN
    8  HUNDRED EIGHTY-FOUR IN A POSITION CREATED OR FILLED PURSUANT TO  FEDERAL
    9  PUBLIC  LAW  98-8, THE EMERGENCY JOBS APPROPRIATION ACT OF 1983, WITHOUT
   10  REGARD TO THE LENGTH OF SUCH SERVICE, PROVIDED SUCH SERVICE IS OTHERWISE
   11  IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER.
   12    S 3. Paragraph 1 of subdivision b of section 609 of the retirement and
   13  social security law, as amended by chapter 552 of the laws of  2000,  is
   14  amended to read as follows:
   15    1.  A  member  shall be eligible to obtain retirement credit hereunder
   16  for previous service with a public employer  if  retirement  credit  had
   17  previously  been granted for such service or if such service which would
   18  have been creditable in one of the  public  retirement  systems  of  the
   19  state,  as  defined  in subdivision twenty-three of section five hundred
   20  one of this chapter, at the time such service was rendered, if the indi-
   21  vidual had been a member of such retirement system and  the  member  has
   22  rendered  a  minimum  of two years of credited service after July first,
   23  nineteen hundred seventy-six or after last rejoining a public retirement
   24  system, if later; provided, however, retirement credit  may  be  granted
   25  for  service which predates the date of entry into the retirement system
   26  if such service is otherwise creditable and  the  member  satisfied  the
   27  minimum  service  requirements  set  forth  in  this subdivision and was
   28  rendered by an employee of a public employer during which employment  he
   29  was  ineligible  to  join  a public retirement system provided that such
   30  public employer was participating in a public retirement system  of  the
   31  state at the time of such employment, or is so participating at the time
   32  that  such  credit  for such previous service is being sought.  NOTWITH-
   33  STANDING ANYTHING IN THIS CHAPTER TO THE CONTRARY,  A  MEMBER  SHALL  BE
   34  ELIGIBLE  TO OBTAIN RETIREMENT CREDIT FOR PUBLIC SERVICE RENDERED IN THE
   35  STATE OF NEW YORK  IN  NINETEEN  HUNDRED  EIGHTY-THREE  AND/OR  NINETEEN
   36  HUNDRED  EIGHTY-FOUR IN A POSITION CREATED OR FILLED PURSUANT TO FEDERAL
   37  PUBLIC LAW 98-8, THE EMERGENCY JOBS APPROPRIATION ACT OF  1983,  WITHOUT
   38  REGARD TO THE LENGTH OF SUCH SERVICE, PROVIDED SUCH SERVICE IS OTHERWISE
   39  IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER.
   40    S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
         FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
         This bill would grant additional service credit for certain members of
       public  retirement  systems  who  rendered  service in 1983 or 1984 in a
       position created or filled pursuant to the federal Emergency Jobs Appro-
       priations Act of 1983. Members would be required to  make  any  contrib-
       ution which would have been made during such period of service, together
       with interest thereon.
         The  exact number of members who would be affected by this bill cannot
       be readily determined.
         Insofar as this bill would affect the New York State and Local Employ-
       ees' Retirement System (ERS) and the New York State and Local Police and
       Fire Retirement System (PFRS), if this bill is enacted, there would be a
       past service cost which would depend upon the number of members affected
       and upon each member's age, salary, credited service, plan coverage  and
       tier.  The  past  service  costs  will  average  approximately 12% of an
       affected member's compensation for each year of  additional  service  in
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       the  ERS  and approximately 20% of an affected member's compensation for
       each year of additional service in the  PFRS.    These  costs  would  be
       shared  by  the State of New York and all participating employers in the
       ERS and PFRS.
         This  estimate,  dated  February  15,  2011, and intended for use only
       during the 2011  Legislative  Session,  is  Fiscal  Note  No.  2011-106,
       prepared  by  the  Actuary  for  the New York State and Local Employees'
       Retirement System and the New York  State  and  Local  Police  and  Fire
       Retirement System.
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