Bill Text: NY A07470 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Requires Thomas Whalen's application for accidental disability retirement benefits to be accepted for consideration by the New York state and local employees' retirement system as if such application had been filed in a timely manner.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-05 - referred to governmental employees [A07470 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-A07470-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                         7470
                              2011-2012 Regular Sessions
                                 I N  A S S E M B L Y
                                      May 5, 2011
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       Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  SCHROEDER  --  read once and referred to the
         Committee on Governmental Employees
       AN ACT to authorize the New York state and local  employees'  retirement
         system  to  accept an application for accidental disability retirement
         benefits from Thomas Whalen
         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, the application
    2  for  accidental  disability retirement benefits of Thomas Whalen who was
    3  employed by the County of Erie and a member of the New  York  state  and
    4  local  employees'  retirement system shall be accepted for consideration
    5  by the New York state and local employees' retirement system as if  such
    6  application had been filed with such system in a timely manner.
    7    S  2.  The application referred to in section one of this act shall be
    8  submitted on or before December 31, 2012.   The  improved  benefits  due
    9  Thomas  Whalen  will  become  payable on the effective date of this act.
   10  Nothing in this act shall be construed as entitling Thomas Whalen to any
   11  improved benefits for any period of time prior to the effective date  of
   12  this act.
   13    S  3.  All costs associated with this act shall be borne by the county
   14  of Erie.
   15    S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
         FISCAL NOTE.-- This bill would entitle Thomas Whalen, a current  reti-
       ree who was employed by Erie County, to file an application for an acci-
       dental  disability  retirement and have it accepted for consideration as
       if it had been filed in a timely manner.  The improved benefit  will  be
       payable on a prospective basis only.
         If  this bill is enacted and Mr. Whalen is granted an accidental disa-
       bility retirement benefit, there will be an immediate past service  cost
       of  approximately  $48,000 which would be borne by Erie County as a one-
       time payment.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                  LBD06855-02-1
       A. 7470                             2
         This estimate, dated February 15, 2011,  and  intended  for  use  only
       during  the  2011  Legislative  Session,  is  Fiscal  Note No. 2011-112,
       prepared by the Actuary for the New  York  State  and  Local  Employees'
       Retirement System.