NY State Senate Bill 2013-S7514A

Senate Bill S7514A

Signed By Governor

2013-2014 Legislative Session

Grants retroactive membership with tier II status in the New York state and local police and fire retirement system to Vincent Verret

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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
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Delivered to Governor
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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Aug 07, 2014	signed chap.238
Aug 01, 2014	delivered to governor
Jun 19, 2014	returned to senate passed assembly home rule request ordered to third reading rules cal.610 substituted for a9820a
Jun 18, 2014	referred to governmental employees delivered to assembly passed senate home rule request ordered to third reading cal.1496 committee discharged and committed to rules
Jun 02, 2014	print number 7514a
Jun 02, 2014	amend and recommit to civil service and pensions
May 15, 2014	referred to civil service and pensions

Votes

- Jun 18, 2014 - Floor Vote
  S7514A
  
  59
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  2
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 18, 2014
      
      aye (59)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Avella
      
      Ball
      
      Bonacic
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Carlucci
      
      DeFrancisco
      
      Diaz
      
      Dilan
      
      Farley
      
      Felder
      
      Flanagan
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gipson
      
      Griffo
      
      Grisanti
      
      Hannon
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Kennedy
      
      Klein
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Lanza
      
      Larkin
      
      Latimer
      
      Libous
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Marchione
      
      Martins
      
      Maziarz
      
      Montgomery
      
      Nozzolio
      
      O'Brien
      
      O'Mara
      
      Parker
      
      Peralta
      
      Perkins
      
      Ranzenhofer
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Robach
      
      Sampson
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Serrano
      
      Seward
      
      Skelos
      
      Smith
      
      Squadron
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tkaczyk
      
      Valesky
      
      Young
      
      Zeldin
      
      excused (2)
      
      Espaillat
      
      Golden
  Jun 18, 2014 - Rules Committee Vote
  S7514A
  
  23
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  1
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: Jun 18, 2014
      
      aye (23)
      
      Bonacic
      
      Breslin
      
      Carlucci
      
      Dilan
      
      Farley
      
      Flanagan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Hannon
      
      Krueger
      
      LaValle
      
      Larkin
      
      Libous
      
      Little
      
      Marcellino
      
      Maziarz
      
      Montgomery
      
      Nozzolio
      
      Parker
      
      Perkins
      
      Seward
      
      Skelos
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Valesky
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Hassell-Thompson
      
      excused (1)
      
      Espaillat

Bill Amendments

Original

A (Active)

2013-S7514 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9820
Law Section:: Retirement

2013-S7514 - Summary

Grants retroactive membership with tier II status in the New York state and local police and fire retirement system to Vincent Verret.

2013-S7514 - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S7514

TITLE OF BILL:  An act granting retroactive membership with tier II
status in the New York state and local police and fire retirement
system to Vincent Verret

PURPOSE:

This legislation would grant Vincent Verrett Tier II status in the New
York State and Local Police and Fire Retirement System.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of this bill notes that Vincent Verret is a member of the
New York State and Local Police and Fire Retirement System as of March
of 2011. Prior to this, Mr. Verrett had been placed on a civil service
list where he was reached while serving our country in the United
States Marine Corps. Through no fault of his own he was unable to
notify the Department of Civil Service that he was currently serving
in the armed forces. Consistent with Section 243 of the Military Law,
this legislation would deem Vincent Verrett a member of the retirement
system as of the date an eligible person who was lower on the original
list was appointed having Tier II status with every right, benefit and
privilege which he would have had should he had been placed on the
special eligible list.

Section 2 of this bill assigns past service costs to the State of New
York.

JUSTIFICATION:

Vincent Verrett had taken a civil service exam to serve the City of
Schenectady as a firefighter. This list was certified on August 15,
2006, and in March of 2007 Mr. Verrett was canvassed for such
position. However, prior to being canvassed, Mr. Verrett had enlisted
in the United States Marine Corps to serve his country and did not
learn that he was canvassed until he was honorably discharged from the
US Marine Corps on January 7, 2011.

Section 243 of the Military Law provides that any person whose name on
any eligible list shall, while in military duty, retain his or her
rights on such list upon notification that such individual is serving
on military duty. Unfortunately, prior to and while serving his
country, Mr. Verrett was not aware of this notification requirement
and, therefore, was not placed on a special eligible list. This bill
would remedy this situation.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

This is a new bill

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

To be determined.

EFFECTIVE DATE:


Immediately.

2013-S7514 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  7514

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 15, 2014
                               ___________

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

AN ACT granting retroactive membership with tier II status  in  the  New
  York  state  and  local  police  and fire retirement system to Vincent
  Verret

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

  Section 1. Vincent Verret, who is currently a Tier V member of the New
York  state  and  local  police and fire retirement system and currently
employed by the city of Schenectady fire department, and who was on  the
civil  service  list  for the position of Firefighter/Paramedic with the
city of Schenectady fire department which was certified  on  August  15,
2006,  and who, enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on January 8,
2007 for four years of active duty, through no fault  of  his  own,  was
unable  to  notify  the  department  of  civil service that he was being
deployed, and while he was deployed Vincent Verret was canvassed by  the
city  of  Schenectady  fire department in March 2007. Vincent Verret was
honorably discharged from the United States Marine Corps on  January  7,
2011  and  returned  to  Schenectady,  New  York where he took two civil
service tests and began working for the city of Schenectady fire depart-
ment on March 13, 2011.
  Pursuant to section 243 of the military law, any person whose name  is
on  any  eligible  list shall, while in military duty, retain his or her
rights and status on such list. If such person is  reached  for  certif-
ication during his or her military duty, his or her name shall be placed
on  a special list which shall afford such person with a date of member-
ship in the retirement system on the earliest date upon which an  eligi-
ble  person  who  was  the  lower  on  the  original  eligible list, was
appointed; however, service credit shall be  computed  from  the  actual
date of appointment.
  Notwithstanding  any  law  to  the  contrary,  Vincent Verret shall be
deemed to have been a member of such retirement system on  the  date  an
eligible  person  who  was  lower  on  the  original  eligible  list was
appointed having Tier II status with every right, benefit and  privilege

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

                                                           LBD14920-02-4

S. 7514                             2

which  would  have  been  available  to  him  on such date; however, his
service credit shall be computed from the actual date of appointment.
  S 2. All past service costs of implementing the provisions of this act
shall be borne by the state of New York.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

2013-S7514A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9820
Law Section:: Retirement

2013-S7514A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Grants retroactive membership with tier II status in the New York state and local police and fire retirement system to Vincent Verret.

2013-S7514A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                BILL NUMBER:S7514A

TITLE OF BILL:  An act granting retroactive membership with tier II
status in the New York state and local police and fire retirement
system to Vincent Verret

PURPOSE:

This home rule legislation would grant Vincent Verrett Tier II status
in the New York State and Local Police and Fire Retirement System.

SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 of this bill notes that Vincent Verrett is a member of the
New York State and Local Police and Fire Retirement System as of March
of 2011. Prior to this, Mr. Verrett had been placed on a civil service
list where he was reached while serving our country in the United
States Marine Corps. Through no fault of his own he was unable to
notify the Department of Civil Service that he was currently serving
in the armed forces. Consistent with Section 243 of the Military Law,
this legislation would deem Vincent Verrett a member of the retirement
system as of the date an eligible person who was lower on the original
list was appointed having Tier II status with every right, benefit and
privilege which he would have had should he have been placed on the
special eligible list.

Section 2 of this bill provides that past service costs shall be borne
by the City of Schenectady.

JUSTIFICATION:

Vincent Verrett had taken a civil service exam to serve the City of
Schenectady as a firefighter. This list was certified on August 15,
2006, and in March of 2007 Mr. Verrett was canvassed for such
position. However, prior to being canvassed, Mr. Verrett had enlisted
in the United States Marine Corps to serve his country and did not
learn that he was canvassed until he was honorably discharged from the
US Marine Corps on January 7, 2011.

Section 243 of the Military Law provides that any person whose name on
any eligible list shall, while in military duty, retain his or her
rights on such list upon notification that such individual is serving
on military duty. Unfortunately, prior to and while serving his
country, Mr. Verrett was not aware of this notification requirement
and, therefore, was not placed on a special eligible list. This bill
would remedy this situation.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

This is a new bill

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

The fiscal note is appended to the bill.

EFFECTIVE DATE:


Immediately.

2013-S7514A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 7514--A

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              May 15, 2014
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sen.  FARLEY -- 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  granting  retroactive membership with tier II status in the New
  York state and local police and  fire  retirement  system  to  Vincent
  Verret

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

  Section 1. Vincent Verret, who is currently a Tier V member of the New
York state and local police and fire  retirement  system  and  currently
employed  by the city of Schenectady fire department, and who was on the
civil service list for the position of  Firefighter/Paramedic  with  the
city  of  Schenectady  fire department which was certified on August 15,
2006, and who, enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on January  8,
2007  for  four  years  of active duty, through no fault of his own, was
unable to notify the department of  civil  service  that  he  was  being
deployed,  and while he was deployed Vincent Verret was canvassed by the
city of Schenectady fire department in March 2007.  Vincent  Verret  was
honorably  discharged  from the United States Marine Corps on January 7,
2011 and returned to Schenectady, New  York  where  he  took  two  civil
service tests and began working for the city of Schenectady fire depart-
ment on March 13, 2011.
  Pursuant  to section 243 of the military law, any person whose name is
on any eligible list shall, while in military duty, retain  his  or  her
rights  and  status  on such list. If such person is reached for certif-
ication during his or her military duty, his or her name shall be placed
on a special list which shall afford such person with a date of  member-
ship  in the retirement system on the earliest date upon which an eligi-
ble person who  was  the  lower  on  the  original  eligible  list,  was
appointed;  however,  service  credit  shall be computed from the actual
date of appointment.
  Notwithstanding any law to  the  contrary,  Vincent  Verret  shall  be
deemed  to  have  been  a  member  of such retirement system on the date

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

                                                           LBD14920-08-4

S. 7514--A                          2

August 19, 2007 when an eligible person who was lower  on  the  original
eligible  list  was  appointed  having  Tier II status with every right,
benefit and privilege which would have been available  to  him  on  such
date; however, his service credit shall be computed from the actual date
of appointment.
  S 2. All past service costs of implementing the provisions of this act
shall be borne by the city of Schenectady.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
  FISCAL NOTE. -- Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
  This  bill  will deem the date of membership in the New York State and
Local Police and Fire Retirement System of Vincent T. Verret, a City  of
Schenectady firefighter, to be August 19, 2007.
  If this legislation is enacted during the 2014 legislative session, we
anticipate that there will be an increase of approximately $3,000 in the
annual  contributions  of  the  City  of Schenectady for the fiscal year
ending March 31, 2015. In future years, this cost will vary as the bill-
ing rates and salary of Mr. Verret change.
  In addition to the annual contributions discussed above, there will be
an immediate past service cost of approximately $10,900, which  will  be
borne  by  the  City  of  Schenectady  as a one-time payment, assuming a
payment date of February 1, 2015.
  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, 2013 actuarial valu-
ation.  Distributions and other statistics can  be  found  in  the  2013
Report  of  the  Actuary  and  the  2013  Comprehensive Annual Financial
Report.
  The actuarial assumptions and methods used are described in the  2010,
2011,  2012  and  2013  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, 2013
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 May 28, 2014 and intended for use only during the
2014 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2014-137, prepared  by  the
Actuary  for  the  New  York  State and Local Police and Fire Retirement
System.

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