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                                  6732

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                             March 11, 2009
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Introduced  by M. of A. MAGEE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on Governmental Employees

AN ACT to amend chapter 648 of the laws of 2008 relating  to  permitting
  the  reopening  of the optional twenty year retirement plan to certain
  police officers in the city of Oneida, in relation  to  extending  the
  deadline for certain filing requirements

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

  Section 1. Section 1 of chapter 648 of the laws of  2008  relating  to
permitting  the reopening of the optional twenty year retirement plan to
certain police officers in the city of Oneida, is  amended  to  read  as
follows:
  Section  1.  Notwithstanding  any  other provision of law, the city of
Oneida, a participating employer in the New York state and local  police
and  fire  retirement system, which previously elected to make the bene-
fits of section 384-d of the retirement and social security  law  avail-
able to the police officers employed by it, is hereby authorized to make
participation  in  such  plan available to officer David Meeker, Jr. who
for reasons not ascribable to his own negligence, was  not  enrolled  in
such  plan  at  the  time of his hiring. Such participating employer may
elect to make such provisions available to such officer by  filing  with
the  state  comptroller, on or before December 31, [2008] 2009, a resol-
ution of its governing board certifying that such officer is eligible to
apply, is not barred from participating in such retirement plan  as  the
result  of  his own negligence, and that the city of Oneida will pay all
costs attributable to this act, as determined by the  comptroller,  into
the pension accumulation fund. 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  bene-
fits associated with coverage under such section, by filing a request to

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD09568-02-9

              

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that  effect  with  the  state  comptroller on or before June 30, [2009]
2010.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
  FISCAL  NOTE.--This bill will amend Chapter 648 of the laws of 2008 to
allow the City of Oneida to elect to reopen the  provisions  of  Section
384-d of the Retirement and Social Security Law for police officer David
Meeker Jr.
  If  this  bill is enacted and officer David Meeker Jr. becomes covered
under Section 384-d, we anticipate that there will  be  an  increase  of
approximately  $3,100  in the annual contributions of the City of Oneida
for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2010.
  In addition to the annual contributions discussed above, there will be
an immediate past service cost of approximately $35,000 which  would  be
borne  by  the  City  of  Oneida as a one time payment. This estimate is
based on the assumption that payment will be made on February 1, 2010.
  This estimate, dated March 3, 2009 and intended for  use  only  during
the  2009  Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2009-172, prepared by
the Actuary for the New York State and Local Police and Fire  Retirement
System.