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                                      May 1, 2012
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       Introduced  by  Sen.  ALESI  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
         printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
       AN ACT to authorize the St. Paul fire  district  to  offer  an  optional
         twenty year retirement plan to firefighters Robert J. Anderson, Edmond
         Kaspar,  Timothy  J.  Kohlmeier,  Kevin  Magin, Jeremy Schaeffer, John
         Semmler and Timothy Warth
         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 to the contrary,
    2  the  St.  Paul  fire  district, a participating employer in the New York
    3  state police and fire retirement system,  which  previously  elected  to
    4  offer  additional  pension  benefits  for members of the optional twenty
    5  year retirement plan, established pursuant to subdivision f  of  section
    6  384  of the retirement and social security law, to firefighters employed
    7  by such district, is hereby authorized to  make  participation  in  such
    8  plan available to Robert J. Anderson, Edmond Kaspar, Timothy J. Kohlmei-
    9  er, Kevin Magin, Jeremy Schaeffer, John Semmler and Timothy Warth, fire-
   10  fighters  employed  by the St. Paul fire district in the city of Roches-
   11  ter, who, for reasons not ascribable to their own negligence, failed  to
   12  make  a  timely  application to participate in such optional twenty year
   13  retirement plan. The St. Paul fire district may so elect by filing  with
   14  the  state  comptroller, on or before December 31, 2012, a resolution of
   15  its local legislative body together with certification that  such  fire-
   16  fighters  did  not  bar themselves from participation in such retirement
   17  plan as a result of their own negligence. Thereafter, such  firefighters
   18  may  elect  to  be covered by the provisions of subdivision f of section
   19  384 of the retirement and social security law, and shall be entitled  to
   20  the  full  rights  and  benefits  associated  with  coverage  under such
   21  section, by filing a request to that effect with the  state  comptroller
   22  on or before June 30, 2013.
   23    S  2. All employer past service costs associated with implementing the
   24  provisions of this act shall be borne by the St. Paul fire district  and
   25  the past service costs associated with this act may be paid in ten equal
   26  annual installments.
   27    S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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