Authorizes Gustin L. Reichbach to obtain service credit for his service as a judge with the United Nations administration mission in Kosovo.

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S6374-2011 Actions

• May 15, 2012: SUBSTITUTED BY A9168
• May 15, 2012: ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.809
• May 15, 2012: COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
• Feb 1, 2012: REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

S6374-2011 Meetings

Rules: May 15, 2012

S6374-2011 Calendars

Floor Calendar: May 15, 2012

S6374-2011 Votes

S6374-2011 Memo

BILL NUMBER:S6374

TITLE OF BILL:
An act in relation to allowing Gustin L. Reichbach to obtain service
credit for his service as a judge with the United Nations administration
mission in Kosovo

PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
This bill would grant additional service credit to Gustin L.  Reichbach,
a Justice for the Supreme Court for service rendered as a judge. with
the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal in Kosovo from September 1, 2003
through February 27, 2004.

JUSTIFICATION:
Justice Reichbach was asked to serve on the Kosovo Supreme Court to
preside over war crime trials and appeals in the aftermath of the ethnic
conflict in Kosovo by members of a United Nations Mission to Kosovo.
Prior to his decision, he contacted the NYS Comptroller's Office and
received approval of his retirement service credit for the time he was
to serve in Kosovo. Based on this authorization, he agreed to partic-
ipate on the international court. After making this commitment and
following his departure, the Comptroller's office notified Justice
Reichbach that his approval was made in error thus disallowing the
service credit.

PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
A.5328 (2009)

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
In text of legislation.

EFFECTIVE DATE:
Immediately.

S6374-2011 Text

                      S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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      S. 6374                                                  A. 9168

                        SENATE - ASSEMBLY

                              February 1, 2012
                                 ___________

  IN  SENATE  --  Introduced  by Sen. MONTGOMERY -- read twice and ordered
    printed, and when printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Civil
    Service and Pensions

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

  AN ACT in relation to allowing Gustin L.  Reichbach  to  obtain  service
    credit  for  his  service  as a judge with the United Nations adminis-
    tration mission in Kosovo

    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,
  Gustin  L.  Reichbach,  currently  serving  as  a justice of the supreme
  court, second judicial district, and an active tier 4 member of the  New
  York  state and local employees' retirement system, shall be eligible to
  receive additional service credit for any time not already  credited  in
  such  system  for the period from September 1, 2003 through February 27,
  2004, during which period he rendered service as a judge with the United
  Nations administration mission in Kosovo. The additional service  credit
  granted,  when added to the service already credited, shall not exceed a
  total of one year of credit for all service rendered in the fiscal  year
  ending  March 31, 2004. Such additional credit shall be obtained only if
  on or before December 31, 2012, Gustin  L.  Reichbach  files  a  written
  request for such service credit with the administrative head of the said
  retirement  system.  All costs necessary to finance the granting of this
  service credit shall be borne by the state of New York.
    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
    FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, section 50:

    This bill would grant additional service credit to  Gustin  L.  Reich-
  bach,  a  justice  of the supreme court, for service rendered as a judge
  with the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal in Kosovo from September  1,
  2003 through February 27, 2004.
    If  this bill is enacted, there will be an immediate past service cost
  of approximately $13,500, which would be borne by the State of New  York

   EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                        [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                             LBD13971-02-2

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  as  a  one-time  payment.  This estimate is based on the assumption that
  payment will be made on March 1, 2013.
    Summary of relevant resources:

    Data:  March  31,  2011  Actuarial Year End File with distributions of
  membership and other statistics displayed in  the  2011  Report  of  the
  Actuary and 2011 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report.
    Assumptions  and  Methods:  2010  and  2011 Annual Report to the Comp-
  troller on Actuarial Assumptions, Codes Rules  and  Regulations  of  the
  State of New York: Audit and Control.
    Market  Assets and GASB Disclosures: March 31, 2011 New York State and
  Local Retirement System Financial Statements and Supplementary  Informa-
  tion.
    Valuations  of Benefit Liabilities and Actuarial Assets: summarized in
  the 2011 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 27,  2012,  and  intended  for  use  only
  during  the  2012  Legislative  Session,  is  Fiscal  Note  No. 2012-77,
  prepared by the Actuary for the New  York  State  and  Local  Employees'
  Retirement System.