Bill Text: NY S05084 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Grants Robert V. Vassallo, Sr. disability retirement from the state police.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-02-06 - PRINT NUMBER 5084A [S05084 Detail]

Download: New_York-2017-S05084-Amended.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                         5084--A
                               2017-2018 Regular Sessions
                    IN SENATE
                                      March 7, 2017
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        Introduced  by  Sen.  CROCI  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
          -- recommitted to the Committee  on  Civil  Service  and  Pensions  in
          accordance  with  Senate  Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
          amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
          tee
        AN ACT in relation to entitling Robert V. Vassallo, Sr. to reapply for a
          disability retirement from the New York state police
          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,  Robert  V.
     2  Vassallo, Sr., who was employed as a correction officer with the depart-
     3  ment of correctional services for the state of New York for approximate-
     4  ly  one  year  beginning  in  1968, and who was employed as a correction
     5  officer with the department of correction for the city of New  York  for
     6  approximately one year until September 10, 1970, and who was employed as
     7  a  police  officer with the New York state parkway police for the period
     8  beginning September 10, 1970 and ending January 1,  1980,  and  who  was
     9  employed  as  a  trooper  with  the New York state police for the period
    10  beginning January 1, 1980 and ending March 1, 1990, and who was employed
    11  as an investigator in the bureau of criminal investigation with the  New
    12  York  state  police  for  the  period beginning March 1, 1990 and ending
    13  September 13, 1997, and who, on January 14, 1991, was critically injured
    14  in an automobile accident while working undercover in an unmarked police
    15  car, and, as a result of such  critical  injuries  has  been  unable  to
    16  return  to work with the New York state police, and who, for reasons not
    17  ascribable to his own negligence, has been denied a  disability  retire-
    18  ment  from  the New York state police, and who, as of the effective date
    19  of this act, is on regular service  retirement,  shall  be  entitled  to
    20  reapply for a disability retirement from the New York state police if on
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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        S. 5084--A                          2
     1  or  before  December 31, 2019, he files a written request with the state
     2  comptroller to that effect.
     3    § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
          Fiscal Note.-- Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
          This bill would entitle Robert V. Vassallo, Sr., a service retiree who
        was  formerly  employed  as  a  police  officer  with the New York State
        Police, to file an application to receive a disability benefit from  the
        New  York  State  and Local Police and Fire Retirement System instead of
        his current service retirement benefit.
          If this bill is enacted, there will be no increase in the annual bene-
        fit paid by the System. Therefore, there would be no cost to the System.
          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 January 31,  2018,  and  intended  for  use  only
        during  the  2018  Legislative  Session,  is  Fiscal  Note  No. 2018-54,
        prepared by the Actuary for the New  York  State  and  Local  Retirement
        System.