Senate Bill S2773

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                 2773--A

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              March 2, 2009
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Introduced  by  Sen.  LARKIN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
  -- recommitted to the Committee  on  Civil  Service  and  Pensions  in
  accordance  with  Senate  Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
  amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
  tee

AN  ACT to authorize Kim F. Salinovich to purchase service credit in the
  New York state teachers' retirement system for certain employment as a
  high school equivalency instructor

  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, Kim F. Salino-
vich, a member of the New York state teachers'  retirement  system,  who
was  employed  as  a  high  school  equivalency instructor by the Hudson
Valley Opportunities Industrialization Center from November 1979 through
August 1981 and November 1982 through August 1987, and such  if  it  had
been  performed  for an employer defined in subdivision 3 of section 501
of the education law would constitute service as  a  teacher,  shall  be
authorized  to purchase service credit in such retirement system for her
employment by the Hudson Valley Opportunities  Industrialization  Center
if,  within  180  days of the effective date of this act, she applies to
the head of the New York state teachers' retirement system.
  Ms. Salinovich shall be required to pay to the New York  state  teach-
ers'  retirement  system  an amount equal to three percent of the salary
she received for the period  of  service  being  claimed,  with  regular
interest  thereon,  from  the  school  years  in  which  the service was
rendered to the date of purchase.
  S 2. All costs attributable to the implementation of this  act,  other
than  the costs to be borne by Kim F. Salinovich pursuant to section one
of this act, shall be borne by the employers of members of the New  York
state teachers' retirement system.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
  FISCAL  NOTE.--This  bill  would  allow  Kim  F. Salinovich, an active
member of the New York State Teachers' Retirement  System,  to  purchase
service  credit  for time worked as a high school equivalency instructor
at Hudson  Valley  Opportunities  Industrialization  Center,  Inc.  from
November 1979 through August 1981 and November 1982 through August 1987.
The service credit will be granted as if the service was performed for a
participating  employer  defined  in subdivision 3 of section 501 of the
Education Law. Ms.  Salinovich will be required to pay three percent  of
salary  received  for  the  period of service being claimed with regular
interest thereon. Ms.  Salinovich must file a written request  with  the
head  of  the New York State Teachers' Retirement System within 180 days
of the effective date of this bill.
  The cost of this benefit is equal to the increase in the present value
of liabilities, which is estimated to be $106,000.
  The source of this estimate is Fiscal Note  2010-45  dated  April  28,
2010  prepared by the Actuary of the New York State Teachers' Retirement
System and is intended for use only during the 2010 Legislative Session.