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                                  5778

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 3, 2015
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Introduced by Sen. MARCHIONE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions

AN  ACT to authorize the town of Waterford, in the county of Saratoga to
  offer an optional twenty  year  retirement  plan  and  the  additional
  pension  benefit  plan  for members of optional twenty year retirement
  plan to police officer Craig Fifield

  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,
the  town  of  Waterford,  in  the  county  of Saratoga, a participating
employer in the New York state and  local  police  and  fire  retirement
system,  which  previously  elected  to  offer  the optional twenty year
retirement plan, established pursuant to section 384-d of the retirement
and social security law and the  additional  pension  benefit  plan  for
members of the optional twenty year retirement plan established pursuant
to  section  384-e  of the retirement and social security law, to police
officers employed by such town, is hereby  authorized  to  make  partic-
ipation  in  such  plan  available  to  Craig  Fifield, a police officer
employed by the town of Waterford with a start date  in  December  2008,
who,  for reasons not ascribable to his own negligence, failed to make a
timely application to participate in such optional twenty  year  retire-
ment  plan.  The town of Waterford may so elect by filing with the state
comptroller, on or before December 31, 2015, a resolution  of  its  town
board  together  with certification that such police officer did not bar
himself from participation in such retirement plan as a  result  of  his
own  negligence. Thereafter, such police officer may elect to be covered
by the provisions of section 384-d of the retirement and social security
law, and shall be entitled to the full rights  and  benefits  associated
with  coverage  under  such  section, by filing a request to that effect
with the state comptroller on or before June 30, 2016.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11405-02-5

              

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  S 2. All past costs associated with  implementing  the  provisions  of
this act shall be borne by the town of Waterford.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
  FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
  This bill will allow the town of Waterford to reopen the provisions of
Section  384-d together with 384-e of the Retirement and Social Security
Law for police officer Craig Fifield.
  If this legislation is enacted during the 2015 legislative session, we
anticipate that there will be an increase of approximately $4,100 in the
annual contributions of the town of Waterford for the fiscal year ending
March 31, 2016. In future years, this cost  will  vary  as  the  billing
rates and salary of Craig Fifield change.
  There will not be a past service cost.
  Summary of relevant resources:
  Data:  March  31,  2014  Actuarial Year End File with distributions of
membership and other statistics displayed in  the  2014  Report  of  the
Actuary and 2014 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report.
  Assumptions and Methods: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014 Annual Report
to the Comptroller on Actuarial Assumptions, Codes Rules and Regulations
of the State of New York: Audit and Control.
  Market  Assets and GASB Disclosures: March 31, 2014 New York State and
Local Retirement System Financial Statements and Supplementary  Informa-
tion.
  Valuations  of Benefit Liabilities and Actuarial Assets: summarized in
the 2014 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 June 1, 2015, and intended for  use  only  during
the  2015  Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2015-129, prepared by
the Actuary for the New York State and Local Police and Fire  Retirement
System.