Senate Bill S5775

                            
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                                 5775--A

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 4, 2009
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Introduced  by  Sen.  SEWARD -- 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  the city of Oneonta, in the county of Otsego, to
  offer an optional twenty year retirement plan to police sergeant Doug-
  las W. Brenner

  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  city  of Oneonta, in the county of Otsego, 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 secu-
rity law, to police officers employed by such city, is hereby authorized
to  make  participation  in such plan available to Douglas W. Brenner, a
police sergeant employed by the city of Oneonta, who,  for  reasons  not
ascribable  to his own negligence failed to make a timely application to
participate in such optional twenty year retirement plan.
  The city of Oneonta may so elect by filing with the state comptroller,
on or before December 31, 2010,  a  resolution  of  its  governing  body
together  with  certification  that  such  police  sergeant  did not bar
himself from participation in such retirement plan as a  result  of  his
own negligence. Thereafter, such police sergeant 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 for the service rendered with the  city
of Oneonta only, by filing a request to that effect with the state comp-
troller on or before June 30, 2011.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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  S 2. All employer costs associated with implementing the provisions of
this act shall be borne by the city of Oneonta.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
  FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
  This  bill  will  allow  the  City  of  Oneonta to elect to reopen the
provisions of Section 384-d of the Retirement and  Social  Security  Law
for  Police  Officer  Douglas  W. Brenner. Officer Brenner may elect the
coverage under section 384-d and  will  be  credited  with  the  service
rendered with the City of Oneonta only.
  If  this  bill  is enacted and the above officer becomes covered under
Section 384-d, we anticipate that there will be an increase of  approxi-
mately $3,300 in the annual contributions of the City of Oneonta for the
fiscal year ending March 31, 2011.
  There will be no past service costs.
  This estimate, dated January 19, 2010 and intended for use only during
the  2010  Legislative  Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2010-75, prepared by
the Actuary for the New York State and Local Police and Fire  Retirement
System.