Senate Bill S6556

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Grants tier I status in the New York state teachers' retirement system to Joanne Ohnmeiss

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Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Civil Service And Pensions Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2013-S6556 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:
Retirement

2013-S6556 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Grants tier I status in the New York teachers' retirement system to Joanne Ohnmeiss.

2013-S6556 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2013-S6556 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

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

                                  6556

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 5, 2014
                               ___________

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

AN ACT granting tier I status in the New York state teachers' retirement
  system to Joanne Ohnmeiss

  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,  Joanne
Ohnmeiss, a member of the New York state  teachers'  retirement  system,
who  was  employed  on  July  5,  1971  by the Lake Shore Central School
District, who, for reasons not ascribable to her own negligence, did not
file a membership application in such system until  September  1,  1984,
which  gave her Tier IV status instead of Tier I status, where she would
have been had she been able to file a membership  application  when  she
was  first  employed  by  the Lake Shore Central School District, may be
deemed to have become a member of the New York state  teachers'  retire-
ment  system on July 5, 1971 if on or before December 31, 2014 she shall
file with the head of the New York state teachers' retirement  system  a
written  request  to  that  effect.    Upon granting of such retroactive
membership, Joanne Ohnmeiss shall not be granted a refund of any employ-
ee contribution made by her to the New York state  teachers'  retirement
system.
  S  2.  Any  costs  incurred in implementing the provisions of this act
shall be borne by the employers of members of the New York state  teach-
ers' retirement system.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
  FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
  This  bill would allow Joanne Ohnmeiss, a member of the New York State
Teachers' Retirement System with Tier 4 status, to be reclassified as  a
Tier  1  member with all rights, benefits, and privileges which would be
available to her as a Tier 1 member. Her date  of  membership  would  be
changed  based  upon  her  employment with the Lake Shore Central School
District during the 1971-72 school  year.  Employee  contributions  made
pursuant  to  Article 15 of the Retirement and Social Security Law would
not be refunded to Ms.  Ohnmeiss.  Ms.  Ohnmeiss  must  file  a  written

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

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