NY State Assembly Bill 2009-A5394

Assembly Bill A5394

2009-2010 Legislative Session

Relates to retirement credits for ambulance medical technicians who performed services for the Nassau County Medical center prior to September 1999

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Feb 02, 2010	print number 5394a
Feb 02, 2010	amend and recommit to governmental employees
Jan 06, 2010	referred to governmental employees
Feb 13, 2009	referred to governmental employees

Bill Amendments

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A (Active)

2009-A5394 - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:: Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §89-s, R & SS L

2009-A5394 - Summary

Provides credit for service for retirement of members who perform ambulance medical technician related services in the county of Nassau for the Nassau County Medical center prior to September nineteen hundred ninety-nine.

2009-A5394 - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                  5394

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 13, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. McKEVITT, WALKER -- read once and referred to the
  Committee on Governmental Employees

AN  ACT  to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
  credit for service of members who perform ambulance medical technician
  related services in the county of Nassau for the Nassau County Medical
  center prior to September 1999

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

  Section  1. Subdivision e of section 89-s of the retirement and social
security law, as amended by chapter 578 of the laws of 1998, is  amended
to read as follows:
  e. Credit for service as a member or officer of the state police or as
a paid fireman, policeman or officer of any organized fire department or
police  force  or  department  of  any county, city, village, town, fire
district or police district, or as a criminal investigator in the office
of a district attorney, OR AS AN  AMBULANCE  DRIVER,  AMBULANCE  MEDICAL
TECHNICIAN  OR MEMBER WHO PERFORMED AMBULANCE MEDICAL TECHNICIAN RELATED
SERVICES FOR THE NASSAU COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER  FIRST,
NINETEEN  HUNDRED  NINETY-NINE,  shall  also  be deemed to be creditable
service and shall be included in computing years of  total  service  for
retirement pursuant to this section.
  S 2. The cost attributable to the operation of this act shall be borne
by the county of Nassau and may be paid over a two year period.
  S 3. This act shall take effect January 1, 2010.
  FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
  This bill will amend Section 89-s of the Retirement and Social Securi-
ty  Law to allow service as an ambulance driver, ambulance medical tech-
nician or services related to ambulance medical technician services  for
the Nassau County Medical Center prior to September 1, 1999 to be deemed
creditable  under the twenty-five year half pay retirement plan (Section
89-s).

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06900-03-9

A. 5394                             2

  If this bill is enacted, based on the  two  individuals  known  to  be
affected,  there will be an immediate past service cost of approximately
$205,000 which will be borne by Nassau County. This estimate  assumes  a
payment  date  of  February  1, 2010. If other individuals are affected,
there  will be additional costs. If this cost is amortized over a period
of two years, the cost for each year will be approximately $107,000.
  This estimate, dated January 27, 2009 and intended for use only during
the 2009 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2009-112,  prepared  by
the  Actuary  for  the  New  York  State and Local Employees' Retirement
System.

2009-A5394A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:: Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §89-s, R & SS L

2009-A5394A (ACTIVE) - Summary

2009-A5394A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2009-A5394A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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

                                 5394--A

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            February 13, 2009
                               ___________

Introduced by M. of A. McKEVITT -- read once and referred to the Commit-
  tee  on  Governmental  Employees  --  recommitted  to the Committee on
  Governmental Employees in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec.  2  --
  committee  discharged,  bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
  recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in  relation  to
  credit for service of members who perform ambulance medical technician
  related services in the county of Nassau for the Nassau County Medical
  center prior to September 1999

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

  Section 1. Subdivision e of section 89-s of the retirement and  social
security  law, as amended by chapter 578 of the laws of 1998, is amended
to read as follows:
  e. Credit for service as a member or officer of the state police or as
a paid fireman, policeman or officer of any organized fire department or
police force or department of any  county,  city,  village,  town,  fire
district or police district, or as a criminal investigator in the office
of  a  district  attorney,  OR AS AN AMBULANCE DRIVER, AMBULANCE MEDICAL
TECHNICIAN OR MEMBER WHO PERFORMED AMBULANCE MEDICAL TECHNICIAN  RELATED
SERVICES  FOR THE NASSAU COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER PRIOR TO SEPTEMBER FIRST,
NINETEEN HUNDRED NINETY-NINE, shall also  be  deemed  to  be  creditable
service  and  shall  be included in computing years of total service for
retirement pursuant to this section.
  S 2. The cost attributable to the operation of this act shall be borne
by the county of Nassau and may be paid over a two year period.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
  FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
  This bill will amend Section 89-s of the Retirement and Social Securi-
ty Law to allow service as an ambulance driver, ambulance medical  tech-
nician  or services related to ambulance medical technician services for

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD06900-04-0

A. 5394--A                          2

the Nassau County Medical Center prior to September 1, 1999 to be deemed
creditable under the twenty-five year half pay retirement plan  (Section
89-s).
  If  this  bill  is  enacted,  based on the two individuals known to be
affected, there will be an immediate past service cost of  approximately
$220,000  which  will be borne by Nassau County. This estimate assumes a
payment date of February 1, 2011. If  other  individuals  are  affected,
there  will be additional costs. If this cost is amortized over a period
of two years, the cost for each year will be approximately $114,000.
  This estimate, dated January 29, 2010 and intended for use only during
the 2010 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No.  2010-92,  prepared  by
the  Actuary  for  the  New  York  State and Local Employees' Retirement
System.

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