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                       2013-2014 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             April 18, 2013
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Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Governmental Employees

AN  ACT  to  amend  the retirement and social security law and the civil
  service law, in relation to university police  officers  appointed  by
  the state university

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Subdivision 11 of section 302 of the retirement and  social
security law is amended by adding a new paragraph i to read as follows:
  I.  SERVICE  AS  A  UNIVERSITY  POLICE  OFFICER APPOINTED BY THE STATE
UNIVERSITY PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH L OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF  SECTION  THREE
HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
  S 2. Subdivision d of section 375-f of the retirement and social secu-
rity  law,  as separately amended by chapters 674 and 677 of the laws of
1986, is amended to read as follows:
  d. In addition to the retirement allowance provided  pursuant  to  the
plans  set  forth  in sections three hundred eighty-three, three hundred
eighty-three-a [and], three hundred  eighty-three-b  AND  THREE  HUNDRED
EIGHTY-THREE-D  of  this [chapter] ARTICLE, a member of either such plan
who retires on or after April first, nineteen  hundred  sixty-nine  with
more  than  twenty-five  years  of  total  service  shall be entitled to
receive, in addition to the benefits provided pursuant to  [either]  ANY
such  section  and  notwithstanding the limitations of [either] ANY such
section, an additional retirement allowance for such  years  of  service
rendered  in  excess of twenty-five. The additional retirement allowance
for such additional years of service shall be computed as if such member
had been eligible to have  his  OR  HER  retirement  allowance  computed
pursuant  to  the  provisions  of subdivision b of section three hundred
seventy-five-c and of paragraph one of subdivision a  of  section  three
hundred seventy-five-d of this [chapter] TITLE.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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  S 3. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding a new
section 383-d to read as follows:
  S  383-D. ALTERNATE RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR UNIVERSITY POLICE OFFICERS
APPOINTED BY THE STATE UNIVERSITY. A. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE  TERM
"UNIVERSITY  POLICE  OFFICER"  SHALL  MEAN  A PERSON WHO IS SO APPOINTED
PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH 1 OF SUBDIVISION  TWO  OF  SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED
FIFTY-FIVE OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
  B.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW PROVIDING FOR TRANSFERS
BETWEEN RETIREMENT SYSTEMS, ANY UNIVERSITY POLICE OFFICER IN THE SERVICE
OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK STATE AND  LOCAL
EMPLOYEES'  RETIREMENT  SYSTEM  MAY  TRANSFER  TO THE NEW YORK STATE AND
LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND SHALL RECEIVE CREDIT  PURSU-
ANT TO AND BE ENTITLED TO THE RETIREMENT BENEFITS AFFORDED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH  THIS  SECTION. UPON ANY SUCH TRANSFER THE MEMBER SHALL BE ENTITLED
TO THE AMOUNT OF SERVICE WHICH WOULD HAVE  BEEN  DEEMED  CREDITABLE  AND
SUCH  MEMBER SHALL BE ENTITLED TO THE AMOUNT OF SERVICE WHICH WOULD HAVE
BEEN DEEMED CREDITABLE HAD SUCH  MEMBER  BEEN  SUBJECT  TO  SUCH  SYSTEM
DURING  THE COURSE OF HIS OR HER MEMBERSHIP WITHIN SUCH SYSTEM. CONTRIB-
UTIONS TO SUCH SYSTEM SHALL  BE  MADE  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  APPROPRIATE
PROVISIONS  OF  LAW RELATING THERETO. APPLICATION FOR SUCH TRANSFER MUST
BE MADE TO THE STATE COMPTROLLER ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO
THOUSAND THIRTEEN. THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION THREE  HUNDRED  FORTY-THREE
OF  THIS ARTICLE SHALL APPLY TO ANY MEMBER MAKING APPLICATION FOR TRANS-
FER UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION.
  C. ANY UNIVERSITY POLICE OFFICER IN THE SERVICE OF THE STATE UNIVERSI-
TY WHO ELECTS OR IS REQUIRED TO  CONTRIBUTE  UNDER  THIS  SECTION  SHALL
CONTRIBUTE  TO  THE  NEW YORK STATE AND LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE RETIREMENT
SYSTEM ON THE BASIS OF RETIREMENT UPON HIS OR HER:
  1. COMPLETION OF TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF TOTAL CREDITABLE SERVICE, OR
  2. ATTAINMENT OF AGE SIXTY AS  A  UNIVERSITY  POLICE  OFFICER  IN  THE
SERVICE  OF  THE  STATE UNIVERSITY, IF PRIOR THERETO, ON AN ALLOWANCE OF
ONE-FIFTIETH OF HIS OR HER FINAL AVERAGE SALARY FOR EACH YEAR  OF  TOTAL
CREDITABLE  SERVICE  NOT  IN  EXCESS OF TWENTY-FIVE YEARS. SUCH ELECTION
SHALL BE IN WRITING AND SHALL BE DULY EXECUTED AND FILED WITH THE  COMP-
TROLLER.
  D.  EVERY  EMPLOYEE  ENTERING  OR  RE-ENTERING SERVICE AS A UNIVERSITY
POLICE OFFICER IN THE SERVICE OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY ON  OR  AFTER  THE
EFFECTIVE  DATE  OF  THIS SECTION SHALL CONTRIBUTE ON THE BASIS PROVIDED
FOR BY THIS SECTION.
  E. A MEMBER WHO IS REQUIRED TO  CONTRIBUTE  IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  THIS
SECTION  SHALL  CONTRIBUTE, IN LIEU OF THE PROPORTION OF COMPENSATION AS
PROVIDED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE, A  PROPOR-
TION  OF  HIS  OR  HER  COMPENSATION  SIMILARLY  DETERMINED. SUCH LATTER
PROPORTION SHALL BE COMPUTED TO PROVIDE AT THE TIME WHEN HE OR SHE SHALL
FIRST BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR RETIREMENT  UNDER  THIS  SECTION,  AN  ANNUITY
EQUAL  TO  ONE-ONE HUNDREDTH OF HIS OR HER FINAL AVERAGE SALARY FOR EACH
YEAR OF SERVICE AS A MEMBER PRIOR TO THE ATTAINMENT OF THE AGE  WHEN  HE
OR SHE SHALL FIRST BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR RETIREMENT. SUCH MEMBER'S RATE OF
CONTRIBUTION  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION SHALL BE APPROPRIATELY REDUCED
PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-A OF  THIS  ARTICLE  FOR  SUCH
PERIOD  OF  TIME  AS  HIS  OR  HER EMPLOYER CONTRIBUTES PURSUANT TO SUCH
SECTION TOWARD PENSIONS-PROVIDING-FOR-INCREASED-TAKE-HOME-PAY.  NO  SUCH
MEMBER  SHALL  BE  REQUIRED  TO  CONTINUE CONTRIBUTIONS AFTER COMPLETING
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF SUCH SERVICE.
  F. A MEMBER CONTRIBUTING ON THE BASIS OF THIS SECTION, AT THE TIME  OF
RETIREMENT,  SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RETIRE AFTER THE COMPLETION OF TWENTY-

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FIVE YEARS OF TOTAL CREDITABLE SERVICE OR UPON  THE  ATTAINMENT  OF  AGE
SIXTY  BY  FILING  AN  APPLICATION  THEREFOR IN A MANNER SIMILAR TO THAT
PROVIDED IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY OF THIS  ARTICLE.  HE  OR  SHE
SHALL RECEIVE, ON RETIREMENT, A RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE CONSISTING OF:
  1.  AN  ANNUITY  WHICH SHALL BE THE ACTUARIAL EQUIVALENT OF HIS OR HER
ACCUMULATED CONTRIBUTIONS AT THE TIME OF HIS OR HER RETIREMENT, PLUS
  2. A PENSION WHICH, TOGETHER WITH SUCH ANNUITY AND A PENSION WHICH  IS
THE  ACTUARIAL  EQUIVALENT OF THE RESERVE-FOR-INCREASED-TAKE-HOME-PAY TO
WHICH HE OR SHE MAY THEN BE ENTITLED, IF ANY, SHALL  EQUAL  ONE-FIFTIETH
OF  HIS  OR HER FINAL AVERAGE SALARY FOR EACH YEAR OF CREDITABLE SERVICE
IN SUCH DIVISION. THIS PENSION SHALL NOT EXCEED  THE  AMOUNT  NEEDED  TO
MAKE  THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE BENEFITS PROVIDED UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH AND
PARAGRAPH ONE OF THIS SUBDIVISION EQUAL TO  ONE-HALF  OF  FINAL  AVERAGE
SALARY.
  3.  AN  ADDITIONAL  PENSION  EQUAL  TO  THE PENSION FOR ANY CREDITABLE
SERVICE RENDERED WHILE NOT EMPLOYED AS A UNIVERSITY  POLICE  OFFICER  IN
THE SERVICE OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY AS PROVIDED UNDER PARAGRAPHS TWO AND
THREE  OF  SUBDIVISION  A  OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE OF THIS
ARTICLE. THIS PENSION SHALL:
  (I) BE PAYABLE ONLY IF SUCH MEMBER HAS ATTAINED AGE SIXTY AT THE  TIME
OF  RETIREMENT  AND  HAS NOT COMPLETED TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF SERVICE AS A
UNIVERSITY POLICE OFFICER IN THE SERVICE OF  THE  STATE  UNIVERSITY  FOR
WHICH HE OR SHE RECEIVES CREDIT UNDER THIS ARTICLE, AND
  (II)  NOT  INCREASE  THE  TOTAL ALLOWANCE TO MORE THAN HE OR SHE WOULD
HAVE RECEIVED HAD HIS OR HER TOTAL SERVICE BEEN RENDERED AS A UNIVERSITY
POLICE OFFICER IN THE SERVICE OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY.
  FOR THE PURPOSE ONLY OF DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF THE PENSION PROVIDED
HEREIN, THE ANNUITY SHALL BE COMPUTED AS IT WOULD BE:
  (A) IF NOT REDUCED BY THE  ACTUARIAL  EQUIVALENT  OF  ANY  OUTSTANDING
LOAN, AND
  (B)  IF  NOT  INCREASED  BY THE ACTUARIAL EQUIVALENT OF ANY ADDITIONAL
CONTRIBUTIONS, AND
  (C) IF NOT REDUCED BY REASON OF THE MEMBER'S ELECTION TO DECREASE  HIS
OR HER ANNUITY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE RETIREMENT SYSTEMS IN ORDER TO APPLY
THE  AMOUNT OF SUCH REDUCTION IN PAYMENT OF HIS OR HER CONTRIBUTIONS FOR
OLD-AGE AND SURVIVORS INSURANCE COVERAGE.
  G. THE INCREASED PENSIONS  TO  A  UNIVERSITY  POLICE  OFFICER  IN  THE
SERVICE  OF  THE STATE UNIVERSITY, AS PROVIDED BY THIS SECTION, SHALL BE
PAID FROM ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY THE STATE ON ACCOUNT OF  SUCH
MEMBERS.    THE ACTUARY OF THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM SHALL COMPUTE THE ADDI-
TIONAL CONTRIBUTION OF EACH MEMBER WHO ELECTS  TO  RECEIVE  THE  SPECIAL
BENEFITS  PROVIDED  UNDER  THIS  SECTION.  SUCH ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS
SHALL BE COMPUTED ON THE BASIS OF CONTRIBUTIONS DURING  THE  PROSPECTIVE
SERVICE  OF SUCH MEMBER WHICH WILL COVER THE LIABILITY OF THE RETIREMENT
SYSTEM FOR SUCH EXTRA PENSIONS. UPON APPROVAL BY THE  COMPTROLLER,  SUCH
ADDITIONAL  CONTRIBUTIONS  SHALL BE CERTIFIED BY HIM OR HER TO THE CHAN-
CELLOR OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY. THE AMOUNT THEREOF SHALL BE INCLUDED  IN
THE  ANNUAL  APPROPRIATION  OF  THE STATE FOR THE STATE UNIVERSITY. SUCH
AMOUNT SHALL BE PAID ON THE WARRANT OF THE COMPTROLLER  TO  THE  PENSION
ACCUMULATION FUND OF THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
  H.  IN  COMPUTING  THE  TWENTY-FIVE  YEARS  OF  COMPLETED SERVICE OF A
UNIVERSITY POLICE OFFICER IN THE SERVICE OF THE STATE  UNIVERSITY,  FULL
CREDIT  SHALL  BE  GIVEN AND FULL ALLOWANCE SHALL BE MADE FOR SERVICE OF
SUCH MEMBER IN WAR AFTER WORLD WAR I AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWO  OF  THIS
CHAPTER,  PROVIDED  SUCH  MEMBER AT THE TIME OF HIS OR HER ENTRANCE INTO
THE ARMED FORCES WAS IN STATE SERVICE.

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  I. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONTROLLING NOTWITHSTANDING
ANY PROVISION IN THIS ARTICLE TO THE CONTRARY.
  J.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  PROVISION  OF  SUBDIVISION D, E OR I OF THIS
SECTION TO THE CONTRARY, A MEMBER WHO IS IN THE  COLLECTIVE  NEGOTIATING
UNIT  DESIGNATED  AS THE AGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES UNIT AND ESTAB-
LISHED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FOURTEEN OF THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW AND WHO HAS
ELECTED OR IS REQUIRED TO CONTRIBUTE IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  THIS  SECTION
MAY,  ON  OR  BEFORE MARCH THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND FOURTEEN, ELECT TO
COME UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED  SEVENTY-FIVE-H  OF
THIS  ARTICLE.  SUCH  ELECTION SHALL BE DULY EXECUTED AND FILED WITH THE
COMPTROLLER.
  K. COMMENCING WITH THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION AND IN A  MANNER
DETERMINED BY THE HEAD OF THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM, THE EMPLOYER SHALL MAKE
CONTRIBUTIONS  TO THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM TO FUND THE PAST SERVICE LIABIL-
ITY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS  SECTION  AS  THOSE
COSTS  ARE  CALCULATED  BY  THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM ACTUARY. SUCH CONTRIB-
UTIONS MAY, AT THE ELECTION OF THE EMPLOYER, BE  AMORTIZED  OVER  A  TEN
YEAR PERIOD.
  S  4.  No  employee contributions made to the New York state and local
employees' retirement system by any state university police officer  who
elects to make a transfer pursuant to this act shall be returned to such
officer.  Such  employee  contributions shall be used to offset any past
service costs incurred by operation of the provisions of this act.
  S 5. Notwithstanding subdivision h of section 343  of  the  retirement
and  social  security  law,  the  provisions  of subdivisions c and d of
section 343 of the retirement and social security law  shall  apply  and
the  employer contributions reserve shall be transferred from the appro-
priate fund or funds of the New York state and local employees'  retire-
ment  system  to the New York state and local police and fire retirement
system.
  S 6. Subdivisions 1, 2 and 3 and paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision
4 of section 58 of the civil service law, subdivision 1  as  amended  by
chapter 560 of the laws of 1978, the opening paragraph of subdivision 1,
subdivision  3 and paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision 4 as amended by
chapter 435 of the laws of 1997,  paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  1  as
amended  by chapter 346 of the laws of 2008 and subdivision 2 as amended
by chapter 32 of the laws of 1999, are amended to read as follows:
  1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this  law  or  any  general,
special  or  local  law to the contrary, no person shall be eligible for
provisional or permanent appointment in the  competitive  class  of  the
civil  service as a police officer of any police force or police depart-
ment of any county, city, town, village, housing authority [or],  police
district  OR  OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK unless he OR SHE shall
satisfy the following basic requirements:
  (a) he or she is not less than twenty years of age as of the  date  of
appointment  nor  more than thirty-five years of age as of the date when
the applicant takes the written examination, provided that  the  maximum
age  requirement  of thirty-five years of age as set forth in this para-
graph shall not apply to eligible lists finalized pursuant to  an  exam-
ination  administered  prior to May thirty-first, nineteen hundred nine-
ty-nine FOR THE POLICE OFFICERS DESCRIBED IN THIS SUBDIVISION EXCEPT FOR
POLICE OFFICERS OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AND, WITH RESPECT TO
STATE UNIVERSITY POLICE OFFICERS ONLY, THE MAXIMUM  AGE  REQUIREMENT  OF
THIRTY-FIVE  YEARS OF AGE AS SET FORTH IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL NOT APPLY
TO ELIGIBLE LISTS FINALIZED  PURSUANT  TO  AN  EXAMINATION  ADMINISTERED

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PRIOR  TO DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND THIRTEEN, provided, howev-
er, that:
  (i)  time spent on military duty or on terminal leave, not exceeding a
total of six years, shall be subtracted from the age  of  any  applicant
who  has passed his or her thirty-fifth birthday as provided in subdivi-
sion ten-a of section two hundred forty-three of the military law;
  (ii) such maximum age requirement of thirty-five years shall not apply
to any police officer as defined in subdivision thirty-four  of  section
1.20 of the criminal procedure law, who was continuously employed by the
Buffalo  municipal housing authority between January first, two thousand
five and June thirtieth, two thousand five and who takes the next  writ-
ten  exam  offered  after the effective date of this subparagraph by the
city of Buffalo civil service commission  for  employment  as  a  police
officer in the city of Buffalo police department, or June thirtieth, two
thousand six, whichever is later; and
  (iii)  such  maximum  age  requirement  of thirty-five years shall not
apply to any police officer of any county, town, city or village  police
force  not  otherwise  provided for in this section if the eligible list
has been exhausted and there are no other eligible candidates; provided,
however, the police officer themselves are on the eligible list of  such
county,  town,  city or village and meet all other requirements of merit
and fitness set forth by this chapter and do not exceed the maximum  age
of thirty-nine;
  (b)  he  is a high school graduate or a holder of a high school equiv-
alency diploma issued by an education department of any of the states of
the United States or a holder of a  comparable  diploma  issued  by  any
commonwealth,  territory  or  possession  of the United States or by the
Canal Zone or a holder of a report from the United States  armed  forces
certifying his successful completion of the tests of general educational
development, high school level;
  (c)  he satisfies the height, weight and physical fitness requirements
prescribed by the municipal police  training  council  pursuant  to  the
provisions of section eight hundred forty of the executive law; and
  (d) he is of good moral character.
  2.  The provisions of this section shall not prevent any county, city,
town,  village,  housing  authority,  transit  authority  [or],   police
district  OR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK from setting more restric-
tive requirements of eligibility for its  police  officers,  except  the
maximum  age  to  be  a  police  officer as provided in paragraph (a) of
subdivision one of this section.
  3. As used in this section, the term "police officer" means  a  member
of  the  regional  state  park  police, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
POLICE or a police force, police department, or other organization of  a
county,  city,  town,  village,  housing authority, transit authority or
police district, who is responsible for the prevention and detection  of
crime and the enforcement of the general criminal laws of the state, but
shall  not include any person serving as such solely by virtue of his OR
HER occupying any other office or position, nor shall such term  include
a  sheriff,  under-sheriff,  commissioner of police, deputy or assistant
commissioner of police, chief of police, deputy or  assistant  chief  of
police  or  any  person  having  an equivalent title who is appointed or
employed to exercise equivalent supervisory authority.
  (a) Any person who has received provisional or  permanent  appointment
in the competitive class of the civil service as a police officer of the
regional  state  park police, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK POLICE or
any police force  or  police  department  of  any  county,  city,  town,

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village,  housing  authority, transit authority or police district shall
be eligible to resign from any police force or police department, and to
be appointed as a police officer in the same or any other  police  force
or  police  department without satisfying the age requirements set forth
in paragraph (a) of subdivision one of this section at the time of  such
second  or  subsequent  appointment,  provided such second or subsequent
appointment occurs within thirty days of the date of resignation.
  (b) Any person who has received permanent appointment in  the  compet-
itive  class  of  the  civil service as a police officer of the regional
state park police, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK POLICE or any police
force or police department of any county, city, town,  village,  housing
authority,  transit  authority  or  police district shall be eligible to
resign from any police force or police department and, subject  to  such
civil  service  rules  as may be applicable, shall be eligible for rein-
statement in the same police force or police department or in any  other
police  force  or  police department to which he OR SHE was eligible for
transfer, without satisfying the age requirements set forth in paragraph
(a) of subdivision one of  this  section  at  the  time  of  such  rein-
statement,  provided  such  reinstatement  occurs within one year of the
date of resignation.
  S 7. This act shall take effect immediately, provided,  however,  that
the  provisions  of  subdivisions  1  and  2  of section 58 of the civil
service law, as amended by section six of this act, shall not  apply  to
university police officers in the service of the state university of New
York on or before such effective date.
  FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
  This  bill  would  allow  State University Police Officers to elect to
transfer to the New York State and  Local  Police  and  Fire  Retirement
System  and  to  be  covered by the provisions of a new twenty-five (25)
year half pay retirement plan, with additional  one-sixtieths  of  final
average  salary  for  each year of service in excess of twenty-five (25)
years, but not exceeding fifteen (15) such years. For Tiers 2, 5, and  6
members,  the  additional  one-sixtieths  can  not exceed seven (7) such
years. There will be no refund  of  Article  14  or  Article  15  member
contributions  for officers who elect to transfer to the Police and Fire
Retirement system.
  If this bill is enacted, we anticipate that there will be an  increase
of  approximately  $1.6 million in the annual contributions of the State
of New York for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2014.
  In addition to the annual contributions discussed above, there will be
an immediate past service cost  of  approximately  $10.9  million  which
would  be  borne by the State of New York. This estimate is based on the
assumption that payment will be made on March 1, 2014. If this  cost  is
amortized  over  ten  (10) years, the cost for the first year, including
interest, would be approximately $1.4 million.
  It should be noted that in addition to the increase in annual contrib-
utions given above, there would be increases in annual contributions for
future State University Police Officers who would be Tier 6  members  of
the  New  York  State and Local Police and Fire Retirement System rather
than Tier 6 members of the New York State and Local  Employees'  Retire-
ment System.
  These estimated costs are based on five hundred eighty-two (582) State
University Police Officers with a total estimated salary of approximate-
ly $41 million for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2013.
  Summary of relevant resources:

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  Data:  March  31,  2012  Actuarial Year End File with distributions of
membership and other statistics displayed in  the  2012  Report  of  the
Actuary and 2012 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report.
  Assumptions  and  Methods:  2010,  2011  and 2012 Annual Report to the
Comptroller on Actuarial Assumptions, Codes Rules and Regulations of the
State of New York: Audit and Control.
  Market Assets and GASB Disclosures: March 31, 2012 New York State  and
Local  Retirement System Financial Statements and Supplementary Informa-
tion.
  Valuations of Benefit Liabilities and Actuarial Assets: summarized  in
the 2012 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 January 25, 2013 and intended for use only during
the 2013 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2013-56 prepared by the
Actuary  for  the  New York State and Local Employees' Retirement System
and the New York State and Local Police and Fire Retirement System.