Bill Text: NY A07849 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Amended


Bill Title: Relates to the earnings limitations for retired police officers employed as school resource officers; $65,000 for the year 2020 and thereafter.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-07-10 - print number 7849a [A07849 Detail]

Download: New_York-2019-A07849-Amended.html



                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________

                                         7849--A

                               2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                   IN ASSEMBLY

                                      May 24, 2019
                                       ___________

        Introduced by M. of A. THIELE, HAWLEY, MIKULIN, STERN, McDONOUGH, BRABE-
          NEC -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employ-
          ees  --  recommitted  to  the  Committee  on Governmental Employees in
          accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- committee discharged,  bill
          amended,  ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
          tee

        AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in  relation  to
          annual  earnings  limitations  for retired police officers employed as
          school resource officers

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1.  Section  212 of the retirement and social security law is
     2  amended by adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
     3    4. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions one and two of  this
     4  section,  such  annual earnings limitations for a retired police officer
     5  employed by a school district in either the classified  or  unclassified
     6  service  as  a  school  resource  officer, school safety officer, school
     7  security officer or any other substantially similar position  or  office
     8  that  is  designed  to provide safety and/or security on school grounds,
     9  provided that such retired police officer is duly  qualified,  competent
    10  and  physically  fit  for  performance  of the duties of the position in
    11  which he or she is to be employed as determined by the  school  district
    12  and is properly certified where such certification is required, shall be
    13  $65,000 for the year two thousand twenty and thereafter.
    14    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
          FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
          Insofar  as this bill would affect the New York State and Local Police
        and Fire Retirement System (PFRS), this bill would allow retired  police
        officers  who  are  employed  by  a school district as a school resource
        officer, school safety officer, school security  officer  or  any  other
        substantially  similar  position  or  office that is designed to provide

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD02406-08-0

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        safety and/or security on  school  grounds  with  an  annual  salary  of
        $65,000  or  less  to continue to receive their full retirement benefit.
        Currently, the salary limit is $35,000.
          If  this bill is enacted, we expect few retirees to be affected. There
        would be negligible additional annual costs. However, if  large  numbers
        of  retirees  are  hired  into such positions, there would be additional
        annual costs which would be shared by the state of New York and  all  of
        the participating employers in the PFRS.
          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, 2019  actuarial  valu-
        ation.    Distributions  and  other  statistics can be found in the 2019
        Report of the  Actuary  and  the  2019  Comprehensive  Annual  Financial
        Report.
          The  actuarial assumptions and methods used are described in the 2015,
        2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 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, 2019
        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 19, 2020, and intended for use only  during
        the  2020  Legislative  Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2020-86, prepared by
        the Actuary for the New York State and Local Retirement System.
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