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                                  9190

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 2, 2016
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Introduced  by M. of A. BARCLAY -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee on Governmental Employees

AN ACT to grant Donald E. Pikarsky eligibility for accidental disability
  retirement benefits

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

  Section  1.  Notwithstanding  any  provision  of  law to the contrary,
Donald E. Pikarsky, a retiree receiving pension benefits  from  the  New
York  police  and fire retirement system since March 31, 2001, who prior
to his retirement, through no negligence of his own,  became  physically
incapacitated  for  performance of duty while actually in service in his
public employment by the city of Syracuse police department,  a  partic-
ipating  employer,  shall be deemed entitled to an accidental disability
retirement allowance, pursuant to section  363  of  the  retirement  and
social  security law, on and after March 31, 2001, if within one year of
the effective date of this act, he files an  application  therefor  with
the state comptroller.
  S 2. All costs associated with the implementation of the provisions of
this act shall be borne by the city of Syracuse.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
  FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
  This  bill  will  deem  Donald  E. Pikarsky, a service retiree who was
formerly employed as a police officer of the city  of  Syracuse,  to  be
entitled  to receive a 75% of final average salary accidental disability
benefit. The  improved  pension  will  be  payable  retroactive  to  his
original date of retirement of March 31, 2001.
  If this bill is enacted, there will be a one-time past service cost to
the city of Syracuse of $402,000, assuming a payment date of 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

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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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  January  28,  2016,  and intended for use only
during the  2016  Legislative  Session,  is  Fiscal  Note  No.  2016-49,
prepared  by  the  Actuary  for  the New York State and Local Retirement
System.