S274A-2013 - NY Senate Open Legislation - Authorizes retired firefighters to be employed as fire science instructors by career and technical education centers without reduction of benefits

Authorizes retired firefighters to be employed as fire science instructors by career and technical education centers without reduction of their retirement benefits.

Sponsor: LARKIN / Co-sponsor(s): BONACIC
Law Section: Retirement and Social Security Law / Law: Add S214-c, R & SS L

S274A-2013 Actions

Mar 6, 2013: ADVANCED TO THIRD READING
Mar 5, 2013: 2ND REPORT CAL.
Mar 4, 2013: 1ST REPORT CAL.148
Feb 5, 2013: PRINT NUMBER 274A
Feb 5, 2013: AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS
Jan 9, 2013: REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

S274A-2013 Meetings

Civil Service and Pensions: Mar 4, 2013

S274A-2013 Calendars

S274A-2013 Votes

VOTE: COMMITTEE VOTE: - Civil Service and Pensions - Mar 4, 2013

Ayes (7): Golden, Lanza, Martins, Ritchie, Sanders, Addabbo, Dilan
Ayes W/R (4): Fuschillo, Hannon, Savino, Perkins

S274A-2013 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S274A

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the retirement and social security law,
in relation to authorizing retired firefighters to be employed as
instructor of fire sciences by a career and technical education center
without diminution of his or her retirement benefits

PURPOSE:  To allow retired firefighters with knowledge and expertise in
the profession to train the future generation of young firefighters
without diminution of his or her retirement benefits.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1-Amends the retirement and social security law by adding a new
section 214-c. Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter or the
provisions of any state or local law or charter to the contrary, no
retired person who retired from fire service as a member of the New York
state and local police and fire retirement system or the New York fire
department pension fund, and who is employed by a career and technical
education center as an instructor in a fire science program approved by
the education department, shall have his or her retirement allowance or
benefits suspended or reduced because of compensation earned by such
retired person from service as a fire science instructor.

Section 2- This act shall take effect immediately.

JUSTIFICATION:  This bill would permit retired firefighters to receive
their pension payments while earning compensation for employment by a
career and technical education center as an instructor in a fire science
program approved by the education department. Retired firefighters
possess the training, skills, and experience which make them an excel-
lent resource of knowledge for New York's future generation of fire-
fighters. Permitting such highly qualified retired public employees to
receive pension payments while being employed as fire science instruc-
tors would provide an incentive for those retirees to pass on the know-
ledge that was acquired throughout their years of service to a new
generation of firefighters.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2011/2012: S.4239-A-Passed Senate

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: See fiscal note.

EFFECTIVE DATE:  This act shall take effect immediately.

S274A-2013 Text

 S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 
 274--A
 2013-2014 Regular Sessions
 I N  SENATE
 (PREFILED)
 January 9, 2013
 
 Introduced  by  Sens. LARKIN, BONACIC -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and
 Pensions -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as
 amended and recommitted to said committee
 AN  ACT  to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
 authorizing retired firefighters to be employed as instructor of  fire
 sciences by a career and technical education center without diminution
 of his or her retirement benefits
 

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

 

Section 1. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding
 a new section 214-c to read as follows:

 

S 214-C. EMPLOYMENT OF CERTAIN RETIRED PERSONS WHO RETIRED  FROM  FIRE
 SERVICE.   NOTWITHSTANDING   THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  CHAPTER  OR  THE
 PROVISIONS OF ANY STATE OR LOCAL LAW OR  CHARTER  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  NO
 RETIRED PERSON WHO RETIRED FROM FIRE SERVICE AS A MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK
 STATE  AND  LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE RETIREMENT SYSTEM OR THE NEW YORK FIRE
 DEPARTMENT PENSION FUND, AND WHO IS EMPLOYED BY A CAREER  AND  TECHNICAL
 EDUCATION  CENTER AS AN INSTRUCTOR IN A FIRE SCIENCE PROGRAM APPROVED BY
 THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, SHALL HAVE HIS OR HER RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE  OR
 BENEFITS  SUSPENDED  OR  REDUCED  BECAUSE OF COMPENSATION EARNED BY SUCH
 RETIRED PERSON FROM SERVICE AS A FIRE SCIENCE INSTRUCTOR.
 

S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 FISCAL NOTE.--This bill would allow retired firefighters  of  the  New
 York  State  and Local Police and Fire Retirement System or the New York
 City Fire Department Pension Fund to work as a fire  science  instructor
 in  a program approved by the New York State Department of Education and
 to continue to receive their retirement benefit.
 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01352-03-3
        S. 274--A                           2
 If this bill is enacted, insofar as it will affect the New York  State
 and  Local  Police and Fire Retirement System, we expect few retirees to
 be affected. There would be negligible additional annual costs.
 Summary of relevant resources:

 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 29, 2013 and intended for use only during
 the  2013  Legislative  Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2013-74, prepared by
 the Actuary for the New York State and Local Police and Fire  Retirement
 System.

S274A-2013: Authorizes retired firefighters to be employed as fire science instructors by career and technical education centers without reduction of benefits