Bill Text: NY S05084 | 2017-2018 | General Assembly | Amended
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
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 5084--A 2017-2018 Regular Sessions IN SENATE March 7, 2017 ___________ 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. LBD06853-07-8S. 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.