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    S. 3034                                                  A. 4737

                       2011-2012 Regular Sessions

                      S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y

                            February 7, 2011
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IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. LAVALLE -- read twice and ordered print-
  ed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service
  and Pensions

IN  ASSEMBLY  -- Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred
  to the Committee on Governmental Employees

AN ACT to authorize  the  village  of  Southampton,  in  the  county  of
  Suffolk,  to  offer certain retirement options to police officer Theo-
  dore Raffel, Jr.

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

  Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
the  village  of  Southampton, in the county of Suffolk, a participating
employer in the New York state and  local  police  and  fire  retirement
system,  which  previously elected to offer the optional retirement plan
established pursuant to section 384-d of the retirement and social secu-
rity law to police officers employed by such village, is hereby  author-
ized  to  make  participation in such plan available to Theodore Raffel,
Jr., registration number 0A779322, a  police  officer  employed  by  the
village  of  Southampton,  who,  on  the  effective  date of this act is
covered under the provisions of section  375-i  of  the  retirement  and
social  security  law,  and  who,  for reasons not ascribable to his own
negligence failed to make a timely application to  participate  in  such
optional  retirement  plan.  The  village of Southampton may so elect by
filing with the state comptroller, on or before  December  31,  2011,  a
resolution of its legislative body together with certification that such
police officer did not bar himself from participation in such retirement
plan  as a result of his own negligence. Thereafter, such police officer
may elect to be covered by  the  provisions  of  section  384-d  of  the
retirement  and  social  security law, and shall be entitled to the full
rights and benefits associated with  coverage  under  such  section,  by

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD07590-02-1
              

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filing  a request to that effect with the state comptroller on or before
June 30, 2012.
  S   2.  All  past  service  costs  associated  with  implementing  the
provisions of this act shall be borne by the village of Southampton.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
  FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
  This bill will allow the Village of Southampton to elect to reopen the
provisions of Section 384-d of the Retirement and  Social  Security  Law
for police officer Theodore Raffel.
  If  this  bill is enacted, and officer Theodore Raffel becomes covered
under Section 384-d, we anticipate that there will  be  an  increase  of
approximately  $10,200  in  the  annual  contributions of the Village of
Southampton for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2012.
  In addition to the annual contributions discussed above, there will be
an immediate past service cost of approximately $172,000 which would  be
borne by the Village of Southampton as a one-time payment. This estimate
is  based  on  the  assumption  that payment will be made on February 1,
2012.
  This estimate, dated January 27, 2011 and intended for use only during
the 2011 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2011-101,  prepared  by
the  Actuary for the New York State and Local Police and Fire Retirement
System.