BILL NUMBER:A10670
TITLE OF BILL: An act in relation to authorizing Collette V. Fournier
to purchase certain service credit in the New York state teachers'
retirement system
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: Amend the New York State Educational
System Retirement Law to allow Colette V. Fournier to purchase certain
service credit in the New York State Teachers' Retirement System and be
reinstated to membership with her original date of membership and tier
status.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: This legislation simplifies procedures
and provisions for Colette V. Fournier to be reinstated to membership
with the New York State Teacher's Retirement System with a date of
membership of February 3, 1992. Upon reinstatement, Ms. Fournier must
file a written request with the head of the New York State Teacher's
Retirement System by the thirty-first day of December following the
effective date of this bill.
EXISTING LAW:
JUSTIFICATION: This legislation will allow Ms. Fournier to be able
purchase her time and receive any eligible service credit acquired
during her employment with the Rockland Community College between the
date of February 3, 1992 and June 2, 1999.
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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10670
I N A S S E M B L Y
April 14, 2010
___________
Introduced by M. of A. JAFFEE -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Governmental Employees
AN ACT in relation to authorizing Collette V. Fournier to purchase
certain service credit in the New York state teachers' retirement
system
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, Collette V.
Fournier, who is currently a member of TIAA-CREF, and who currently is a
member of the educational support staff in the campus communications/art
department of the Rockland Community College, but who began working for
the Rockland Community College in February 1992 and who for reasons not
ascribable to her own negligence, did not enroll in the New York state
teachers' retirement system at such time, and who subsequently enrolled
in the New York state teachers' retirement system in 1999, shall be
entitled to be reinstated to membership with the New York state teach-
ers' retirement system with her original date of membership and tier
status and receive service credit, for any time already not credited in
such system. Such additional credit shall only be obtained if, on or
before the thirty-first day of December next succeeding the date on
which this act shall have become a law, she files a written request with
the head of the New York state teachers' retirement system seeking to
receive such service credit.
S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
This bill would allow Collette V. Fournier, a member of TIAA-CREF, to
be reinstated to membership with the New York State Teachers' Retirement
System with the date of membership of February 3, 1992. Upon rein-
statement, Ms. Fournier will be able to receive any eligible service
credit acquired during her employment with the Rockland Community
College between the dates of February 3, 1992 and June 2, 1999. Ms.
Fournier must file a written request with the head of the New York State
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD16815-01-0
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