NY State Senate Bill 2015-S4251A

Senate Bill S4251A

2015-2016 Legislative Session

Authorizes Chester S. Kasprzyk to apply for retroactive membership and service credit in the New York state and local employees' retirement system

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Feb 17, 2016	print number 4251a
Feb 17, 2016	amend and recommit to civil service and pensions
Jan 06, 2016	referred to civil service and pensions
Mar 11, 2015	referred to civil service and pensions

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2015-S4251 - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:: Retirement
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:: S5351

2015-S4251 - Summary

Authorizes Chester S. Kasprzyk to apply for retroactive membership and service credit in the New York state and local employees' retirement system.

2015-S4251 - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S4251

TITLE OF BILL:  An act to authorize Chester S. Kasprzyk to apply for
retroactive membership and service credit in the New York state and
local employees' retirement system

PURPOSE:  To authorize Chester S. Kasprzyk to apply for retroactive
membership and service credit in the New York State and Local
Employees' Retirement System.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 states that, notwithstanding any other provision of law,
Chester S. Kasprzyk, a retired member of the New York state and local
employees' retirement system employed by the county of Erie, was
employed by the sewer department of the town of Cheektowaga from July
1, 1975 to 1978, and who, for reasons not ascribable to his own
negligence, failed to become a member of the town of Cheektowaga
employees' retirement system while so employed by the town of
Cheektowaga. This bill affords Mr. Kasprzyk to be deemed to have
joined the New York State and Local Employees Retirement System on
July 1, 1975 (Tier II) and receive service credit for employment
service for the town of Cheektowaga if he files an application with
the state Comptroller on or before December 31, 2013.

Section 2 states that no contributions to the New York state and local

employees' retirement system by Chester S. Kasprzyk shall be returned
to him.

Section 3 states that all past service costs of implementing the
provisions of this act shall be borne by the town of Cheektowaga.

Section 4 contains the effective date.

Fiscal Note - There will be an immediate past service cost of
approximately $78,100, which would be borne by the town of Cheektowaga
as a one-time payment.

JUSTIFICATION:  Through no fault of his own, Chester S. Kasprzyk,
presently employed by Erie County, and who, for reasons not ascribable
to his own negligence, failed to become a member of the town of
Cheektowaga employees' retirement system. This bill affords Mr.
Kasprzyk to be deemed to have joined the New York State and Local
Employees Retirement System on July 1, 1975 (Tier I) and receive
service credit for employment service for the town of Cheektowaga if
he files an application with the State Comptroller on or before
December 31, 2013.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:  2010 - S8240 Stachowski 2013-14 - S5351 -
Referred to Civil Service and Pensions

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: To be determined.

EFFECTIVE DATE: Immediately.

2015-S4251 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  4251

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 11, 2015
                               ___________

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 to authorize Chester S. Kasprzyk to apply for retroactive member-
  ship and service credit 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:

  Section 1. Notwithstanding any other  provision  of  law,  Chester  S.
Kasprzyk,  a  retired  member of the New York state and local employees'
retirement system employed by the county of Erie, who  was  employed  by
the  sewer  department  of  the town of Cheektowaga from July 1, 1975 to
1978, and who, for reasons not ascribable to his own negligence,  failed
to become a member of the New York state and local employees' retirement
system  while so employed by the town of Cheektowaga, shall be deemed to
have joined the New York state and local employees' retirement system on
July 1, 1975 and receive service credit in such  retirement  system  for
such employment by the town of Cheektowaga, if on or before December 31,
2015  he  shall file an application therefor with the state comptroller.
Upon the receipt of such application, Chester  S.    Kasprzyk  shall  be
granted  Tier  II  status  in  the  New  York state and local employees'
retirement system and be eligible for all the rights and benefits there-
of.
  S 2. No contributions made to the New York state and local  employees'
retirement system by Chester S. Kasprzyk shall be returned to him pursu-
ant to this act.
  S 3. All past service costs of implementing the provisions of this act
shall be borne by the town of Cheektowaga.
  S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
  FISCAL  NOTE.--This  bill  will  deem  Chester  S. Kasprzyk, a retiree
formerly employed by Erie County and a Tier 3 member  of  the  New  York
State  and  Local  Employees'  Retirement System, to have first become a

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03238-02-5

S. 4251                             2

member of the Retirement System on July 1, 1975,  thereby  granting  him
Tier 2 status.  There will be no refund of Tier 3 member contributions.
  If this bill is enacted, we anticipate that there will be an immediate
past  service  cost of approximately $78,100 which would be borne by the
town of Cheektowaga as a one-time payment. This estimate is based on the
assumption that payment will be made on Febuary 1, 2016.
  Summary of relevant resources:
  The membership data used in  measuring  the  impact  of  the  proposed
change  was  the same as that used in the March 31, 2014 actuarial valu-
ation.  Distributions and other statistics can  be  found  in  the  2014
Report  of  the  Actuary  and  the  2014  Comprehensive Annual Financial
Report.
  The actuarial assumptions and methods used are described in the  2010,
2011,  2012, 2013 and 2014 Annual Report to the Comptroller on Actuarial
Assumptions, and the Codes Rules and Regulations of  the  State  of  New
York: Audit and Control.
  The Market Assets and GASB Disclosures are found in the March 31, 2014
New  York  State  and  Local  Retirement System Financial Statements and
Supplementary Information.
  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 February 13,  2015  and  intended  for  use  only
during  the  2015  Legislative  Session,  is  Fiscal  Note  No. 2015-56,
prepared by the Actuary for the New  York  State  and  Local  Employees'
Retirement System.

2015-S4251A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:: Retirement
Versions Introduced in 2013-2014 Legislative Session:: S5351

2015-S4251A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes Chester S. Kasprzyk to apply for retroactive membership and service credit in the New York state and local employees' retirement system.

2015-S4251A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 BILL NUMBER:  S4251A

 TITLE OF BILL :

An act to authorize Chester S. Kasprzyk to apply for retroactive
membership and service credit in the New York state and local
employees' retirement system

 PURPOSE :

To authorize Chester S. Kasprzyk to apply for retroactive membership
and service credit in the New York State and Local Employees'
Retirement System.

 SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS :

Section 1 states that, notwithstanding any other provision of law,
Chester S. Kasprzyk, a retired member of the New York state and local
employees' retirement system employed by the county of Erie, was
employed by the sewer department of the town of Cheektowaga from July
1, 1975 to 1978, and who, for reasons not ascribable to his own
negligence, failed to become a member of the town of Cheektowaga
employees' retirement system while so employed by the town of
Cheektowaga. This bill affords Mr. Kasprzyk to be deemed to have
joined the New York State and Local Employees Retirement System on
July 1, 1975 (Tier II) and receive service credit for employment

service for the town of Cheektowaga if he files an application with
the state Comptroller on or before December 31, 2016.

Section 2 states that no contributions to the New York state and local
employees' retirement system by Chester S. Kasprzyk shall be returned
to him.

Section 3 states that all past service costs of implementing the
provisions of this act shall be borne by the town of Cheektowaga.

Section 4 contains the effective date.

Fiscal Note - There will be an immediate past service cost of
approximately $87,000, which would be borne by the town of Cheektowaga
as a one-time payment.

 JUSTIFICATION :

Through no fault of his own, Chester S. Kasprzyk, presently employed
by Erie County, and who, for reasons not ascribable to his own
negligence, failed to become a member of the town of Cheektowaga
employees' retirement system. This bill affords Mr. Kasprzyk to be
deemed to have joined the New York State and Local Employees
Retirement System on July 1, 1975 (Tier I) and receive service credit
for employment service for the town of Cheektowaga if he files an
application with the State Comptroller on or before December 31, 2016.

 LEGISLATIVE HISTORY :

2010 - S8240 Stachowski
2013-14 - S5351 Referred to Civil Service and Pensions

 FISCAL IMPLICATIONS :

If enacted the immediate service cost would be approximately $87,000,
paid by the town of Cheektowaga.  This estimate, dated February 10,
2016 and intended for the use of the 2016 Legislative Session, is
Fiscal Note No. 2016-54, prepared by the Actuary for the New York
State and Local Employees' Retirement System.

 EFFECTIVE DATE :
Immediately.

2015-S4251A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                 4251--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 11, 2015
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen. KENNEDY -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
  -- recommitted to the Committee  on  Civil  Service  and  Pensions  in
  accordance  with  Senate  Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
  amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
  tee

AN ACT to authorize Chester S. Kasprzyk to apply for retroactive member-
  ship  and  service  credit  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:

  Section  1.  Notwithstanding  any  other  provision of law, Chester S.
Kasprzyk, a retired member of the New York state  and  local  employees'
retirement  system  employed  by the county of Erie, who was employed by
the sewer department of the town of Cheektowaga from  July  1,  1975  to
1978,  and who, for reasons not ascribable to his own negligence, failed
to become a member of the New York state and local employees' retirement
system while so employed by the town of Cheektowaga, shall be deemed  to
have joined the New York state and local employees' retirement system on
July  1,  1975  and receive service credit in such retirement system for
such employment by the town of Cheektowaga, if on or before December 31,
2016 he shall file an application therefor with the  state  comptroller.
Upon  the  receipt  of  such application, Chester S.   Kasprzyk shall be
granted Tier II status in  the  New  York  state  and  local  employees'
retirement system and be eligible for all the rights and benefits there-
of.
  S  2. No contributions made to the New York state and local employees'
retirement system by Chester S. Kasprzyk shall be returned to him pursu-
ant to this act.
  S 3. All past service costs of implementing the provisions of this act
shall be borne by the town of Cheektowaga.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD03238-04-6

S. 4251--A                          2

  S 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
  FISCAL NOTE. -- Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
  This  bill  will deem Chester S. Kasprzyk, a retiree formerly employed
by Erie County and a Tier 3 member of  the  New  York  State  and  Local
Employees'  Retirement  System,  to  have  first  become a member of the
Retirement System on July 1, 1975, thereby granting him Tier  2  status.
There will be no refund of Tier 3 member contributions.
  If this bill is enacted, we anticipate that there will be an immediate
past  service  cost of approximately $87,000 which would be borne by the
town of Cheektowaga as a one-time payment. This estimate is based on the
assumption that payment will be made on February 1, 2017.
  Summary of relevant resources:
  The membership data used in  measuring  the  impact  of  the  proposed
change  was  the same as that used in the March 31, 2015 actuarial valu-
ation.  Distributions and other statistics can  be  found  in  the  2015
Report  of  the  Actuary  and  the  2015  Comprehensive Annual Financial
Report.
  The actuarial assumptions and methods used are described in  the  2015
Annual Report to the Comptroller on Actuarial Assumptions, and the Codes
Rules and Regulations of the State of New York: Audit and Control.
  The Market Assets and GASB Disclosures are found in the March 31, 2015
New  York  State  and  Local  Retirement System Financial Statements and
Supplementary Information.
  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 February 10, 2016,  and  intended  for  use  only
during  the  2016  Legislative  Session,  is  Fiscal  Note  No. 2016-54,
prepared by the Actuary for the New  York  State  and  Local  Retirement
System.

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