S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7044
I N S E N A T E
April 25, 2012
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Introduced by Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
AN ACT in relation to allowing Karen McClure to file a request for Tier
II status in the New York state and local employees' retirement system
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, Karen McClure,
2 who is a member of the New York state and local employees' retirement
3 system, and who was employed as a city auditor in the city of Olean and
4 in the county of Cattaraugus for the period beginning July 1973 and
5 ending September 1973, and who was employed as a treasurer for the coun-
6 ty of Cattaraugus for the period beginning July 1974 and ending Septem-
7 ber 1976, and who for reasons not ascribable to her own negligence did
8 not become a member of the New York state and local employees' retire-
9 ment system at the time of her hiring and who is currently a Tier III
10 member of the New York state and local employees' retirement system
11 shall be deemed to have become a member of such system as of July 1,
12 1973 entitling her to Tier II status with every right, benefit and priv-
13 ilege which would have been available to her on such date if, within one
14 year of the effective date of this act, she shall file a written request
15 to that effect with the state comptroller. Upon the granting of such
16 retroactive membership, Karen McClure shall be granted a refund of any
17 employee contributions made by her to the New York state and local
18 retirement system.
19 S 2. All past service costs associated with the implementation of this
20 act shall be borne by the state of New York.
21 S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
FISCAL NOTE.-- This bill will deem Karen McClure to have become a
member of the New York State and Local Employees' Retirement System on
July 1, 1973, her first date of employment with the city of Olean,
thereby granting her Tier 2 status. All member contributions will be
refunded.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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If this bill is enacted, we anticipate that there will be an increase
of approximately $2,500 in the annual contributions of Erie County for
the fiscal year ending March 31, 2013.
In addition to the annual contributions discussed above, there will be
an immediate past service cost of approximately $78,100 which will be
borne by the State of New York as a one-time payment. This estimate is
based on the assumption that payment will be made on March 1, 2013.
Summary of relevant resources:
Data: March 31, 2011 Actuarial Year End File with distributions of
membership and other statistics displayed in the 2011 Report of the
Actuary and 2011 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report.
Assumptions and Methods: 2010 and 2011 Annual Report to the Comp-
troller on Actuarial Assumptions, Codes Rules and Regulations of the
State of New York: Audit and Control.
Market Assets and GASB Disclosures: March 31, 2011 New York State and
Local Retirement System Financial Statements and Supplementary Informa-
tion.
Valuations of Benefit Liabilities and Actuarial Assets: summarized in
the 2011 Actuarial Valuations report.
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 April 20, 2012 and intended for use only during
the 2012 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2012-132, prepared by
the Actuary for the New York State and Local Employees' Retirement
System.