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                                  5097

                       2009-2010 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             April 27, 2009
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Introduced  by  Sen.  SAVINO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions

AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security  law  and  the  civil
  service  law,  in  relation to university police officers appointed by
  the state university

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

  Section  1. Subdivision 11 of section 302 of the retirement and social
security law is amended by adding a new paragraph i to read as follows:
  I. SERVICE AS A UNIVERSITY  POLICE  OFFICER  APPOINTED  BY  THE  STATE
UNIVERSITY  PURSUANT  TO PARAGRAPH L OF SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION THREE
HUNDRED FIFTY-FIVE OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
  S 2. Subdivision d of section 375-f of the retirement and social secu-
rity law, as separately amended by chapters 674 and 677 of the  laws  of
1986, is amended to read as follows:
  d.  In  addition  to the retirement allowance provided pursuant to the
plans set forth in sections three hundred  eighty-three,  three  hundred
eighty-three-a  [and],  three  hundred  eighty-three-b AND THREE HUNDRED
EIGHTY-THREE-D of this [chapter] ARTICLE, a member of either  such  plan
who  retires  on  or after April first, nineteen hundred sixty-nine with
more than twenty-five years  of  total  service  shall  be  entitled  to
receive,  in  addition to the benefits provided pursuant to [either] ANY
such section and notwithstanding the limitations of  [either]  ANY  such
section,  an  additional  retirement allowance for such years of service
rendered in excess of twenty-five. The additional  retirement  allowance
for such additional years of service shall be computed as if such member
had  been  eligible  to  have  his  OR HER retirement allowance computed
pursuant to the provisions of subdivision b  of  section  three  hundred
seventy-five-c  and  of  paragraph one of subdivision a of section three
hundred seventy-five-d of this [chapter] TITLE.
  S 3. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding a new
section 383-d to read as follows:
  S 383-D. ALTERNATE RETIREMENT BENEFITS FOR UNIVERSITY POLICE  OFFICERS
APPOINTED  BY THE STATE UNIVERSITY. A. AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE TERM

              

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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"UNIVERSITY POLICE OFFICER" SHALL MEAN A  PERSON  WHO  IS  SO  APPOINTED
PURSUANT  TO  PARAGRAPH  L  OF  SUBDIVISION TWO OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED
FIFTY-FIVE OF THE EDUCATION LAW.
  B.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF LAW PROVIDING FOR TRANSFERS
BETWEEN RETIREMENT SYSTEMS, ANY UNIVERSITY POLICE OFFICER IN THE SERVICE
OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK STATE AND  LOCAL
EMPLOYEES'  RETIREMENT  SYSTEM  MAY  TRANSFER  TO THE NEW YORK STATE AND
LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND SHALL RECEIVE CREDIT  PURSU-
ANT TO AND BE ENTITLED TO THE RETIREMENT BENEFITS AFFORDED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH  THIS  SECTION. UPON ANY SUCH TRANSFER THE MEMBER SHALL BE ENTITLED
TO THE AMOUNT OF SERVICE WHICH WOULD HAVE  BEEN  DEEMED  CREDITABLE  AND
SUCH  MEMBER SHALL BE ENTITLED TO THE AMOUNT OF SERVICE WHICH WOULD HAVE
BEEN DEEMED CREDITABLE HAD SUCH  MEMBER  BEEN  SUBJECT  TO  SUCH  SYSTEM
DURING THE COURSE OF HIS OR HER MEMBERSHIP WITHIN SUCH SYSTEM.  CONTRIB-
UTIONS  TO  SUCH  SYSTEM  SHALL  BE  MADE IN ACCORDANCE WITH APPROPRIATE
PROVISIONS OF LAW RELATING THERETO. APPLICATION FOR SUCH  TRANSFER  MUST
BE MADE TO THE STATE COMPTROLLER ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST, TWO
THOUSAND  NINE.  THE  PROVISIONS OF SECTION THREE HUNDRED FORTY-THREE OF
THIS ARTICLE SHALL APPLY TO ANY MEMBER MAKING APPLICATION  FOR  TRANSFER
UNDER THIS SUBDIVISION.
  C. ANY UNIVERSITY POLICE OFFICER IN THE SERVICE OF THE STATE UNIVERSI-
TY  WHO  ELECTS  OR  IS  REQUIRED TO CONTRIBUTE UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL
CONTRIBUTE TO THE NEW YORK STATE AND LOCAL POLICE  AND  FIRE  RETIREMENT
SYSTEM ON THE BASIS OF RETIREMENT UPON HIS OR HER:
  1. COMPLETION OF TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF TOTAL CREDITABLE SERVICE, OR
  2.  ATTAINMENT  OF  AGE  SIXTY  AS  A UNIVERSITY POLICE OFFICER IN THE
SERVICE OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY, IF PRIOR THERETO, ON  AN  ALLOWANCE  OF
ONE-FIFTIETH  OF  HIS OR HER FINAL AVERAGE SALARY FOR EACH YEAR OF TOTAL
CREDITABLE SERVICE NOT IN EXCESS OF  TWENTY-FIVE  YEARS.  SUCH  ELECTION
SHALL  BE IN WRITING AND SHALL BE DULY EXECUTED AND FILED WITH THE COMP-
TROLLER.
  D. EVERY EMPLOYEE ENTERING OR  RE-ENTERING  SERVICE  AS  A  UNIVERSITY
POLICE  OFFICER  IN  THE SERVICE OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY ON OR AFTER THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION SHALL CONTRIBUTE ON  THE  BASIS  PROVIDED
FOR BY THIS SECTION.
  E.  A  MEMBER  WHO  IS  REQUIRED TO CONTRIBUTE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS
SECTION SHALL CONTRIBUTE, IN LIEU OF THE PROPORTION OF  COMPENSATION  AS
PROVIDED  IN SECTION THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-ONE OF THIS ARTICLE, A PROPOR-
TION OF HIS  OR  HER  COMPENSATION  SIMILARLY  DETERMINED.  SUCH  LATTER
PROPORTION SHALL BE COMPUTED TO PROVIDE AT THE TIME WHEN HE OR SHE SHALL
FIRST  BECOME  ELIGIBLE  FOR  RETIREMENT  UNDER THIS SECTION, AN ANNUITY
EQUAL TO ONE-ONE HUNDREDTH OF HIS OR HER FINAL AVERAGE SALARY  FOR  EACH
YEAR  OF  SERVICE AS A MEMBER PRIOR TO THE ATTAINMENT OF THE AGE WHEN HE
OR SHE SHALL FIRST BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR RETIREMENT. SUCH MEMBER'S RATE OF
CONTRIBUTION PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION  SHALL  BE  APPROPRIATELY  REDUCED
PURSUANT  TO  SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED SEVENTY-A OF THIS ARTICLE FOR SUCH
PERIOD OF TIME AS HIS OR  HER  EMPLOYER  CONTRIBUTES  PURSUANT  TO  SUCH
SECTION  TOWARD  PENSIONS-PROVIDING-FOR-INCREASED-TAKE-HOME-PAY. NO SUCH
MEMBER SHALL BE REQUIRED  TO  CONTINUE  CONTRIBUTIONS  AFTER  COMPLETING
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF SUCH SERVICE.
  F.  A MEMBER CONTRIBUTING ON THE BASIS OF THIS SECTION, AT THE TIME OF
RETIREMENT, SHALL BE ENTITLED TO RETIRE AFTER THE COMPLETION OF  TWENTY-
FIVE  YEARS  OF  TOTAL  CREDITABLE SERVICE OR UPON THE ATTAINMENT OF AGE
SIXTY BY FILING AN APPLICATION THEREFOR IN  A  MANNER  SIMILAR  TO  THAT
PROVIDED  IN  SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED SEVENTY OF THIS ARTICLE. HE OR SHE
SHALL RECEIVE, ON RETIREMENT, A RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE CONSISTING OF:

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  1. AN ANNUITY WHICH SHALL BE THE ACTUARIAL EQUIVALENT OF  HIS  OR  HER
ACCUMULATED CONTRIBUTIONS AT THE TIME OF HIS OR HER RETIREMENT, PLUS
  2.  A PENSION WHICH, TOGETHER WITH SUCH ANNUITY AND A PENSION WHICH IS
THE ACTUARIAL EQUIVALENT OF THE  RESERVE-FOR-INCREASED-TAKE-HOME-PAY  TO
WHICH  HE  OR SHE MAY THEN BE ENTITLED, IF ANY, SHALL EQUAL ONE-FIFTIETH
OF HIS OR HER FINAL AVERAGE SALARY FOR EACH YEAR OF  CREDITABLE  SERVICE
IN  SUCH  DIVISION.  THIS  PENSION SHALL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT NEEDED TO
MAKE THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE BENEFITS PROVIDED UNDER THIS PARAGRAPH  AND
PARAGRAPH  ONE  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION EQUAL TO ONE-HALF OF FINAL AVERAGE
SALARY.
  3. AN ADDITIONAL PENSION EQUAL  TO  THE  PENSION  FOR  ANY  CREDITABLE
SERVICE  RENDERED  WHILE  NOT EMPLOYED AS A UNIVERSITY POLICE OFFICER IN
THE SERVICE OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY AS PROVIDED UNDER PARAGRAPHS TWO AND
THREE OF SUBDIVISION A OF SECTION THREE  HUNDRED  SEVENTY-FIVE  OF  THIS
ARTICLE. THIS PENSION SHALL:
  (I)  BE PAYABLE ONLY IF SUCH MEMBER HAS ATTAINED AGE SIXTY AT THE TIME
OF RETIREMENT AND HAS NOT COMPLETED TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF  SERVICE  AS  A
UNIVERSITY  POLICE  OFFICER  IN  THE SERVICE OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY FOR
WHICH HE OR SHE RECEIVES CREDIT UNDER THIS ARTICLE, AND
  (II) NOT INCREASE THE TOTAL ALLOWANCE TO MORE THAN  HE  OR  SHE  WOULD
HAVE RECEIVED HAD HIS OR HER TOTAL SERVICE BEEN RENDERED AS A UNIVERSITY
POLICE OFFICER IN THE SERVICE OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY.
  FOR THE PURPOSE ONLY OF DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF THE PENSION PROVIDED
HEREIN, THE ANNUITY SHALL BE COMPUTED AS IT WOULD BE:
  (A)  IF  NOT  REDUCED  BY  THE ACTUARIAL EQUIVALENT OF ANY OUTSTANDING
LOAN, AND
  (B) IF NOT INCREASED BY THE ACTUARIAL  EQUIVALENT  OF  ANY  ADDITIONAL
CONTRIBUTIONS, AND
  (C)  IF NOT REDUCED BY REASON OF THE MEMBER'S ELECTION TO DECREASE HIS
OR HER ANNUITY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE RETIREMENT SYSTEMS IN ORDER TO APPLY
THE AMOUNT OF SUCH REDUCTION IN PAYMENT OF HIS OR HER CONTRIBUTIONS  FOR
OLD-AGE AND SURVIVORS INSURANCE COVERAGE.
  G.  THE  INCREASED  PENSIONS  TO  A  UNIVERSITY  POLICE OFFICER IN THE
SERVICE OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY, AS PROVIDED BY THIS SECTION,  SHALL  BE
PAID  FROM ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY THE STATE ON ACCOUNT OF SUCH
MEMBERS. THE ACTUARY OF THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM SHALL  COMPUTE  THE  ADDI-
TIONAL  CONTRIBUTION  OF  EACH  MEMBER WHO ELECTS TO RECEIVE THE SPECIAL
BENEFITS PROVIDED UNDER  THIS  SECTION.  SUCH  ADDITIONAL  CONTRIBUTIONS
SHALL  BE  COMPUTED ON THE BASIS OF CONTRIBUTIONS DURING THE PROSPECTIVE
SERVICE OF SUCH MEMBER WHICH WILL COVER THE LIABILITY OF THE  RETIREMENT
SYSTEM  FOR  SUCH EXTRA PENSIONS. UPON APPROVAL BY THE COMPTROLLER, SUCH
ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS SHALL BE CERTIFIED BY HIM OR HER TO  THE  CHAN-
CELLOR  OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY. THE AMOUNT THEREOF SHALL BE INCLUDED IN
THE ANNUAL APPROPRIATION OF THE STATE FOR  THE  STATE  UNIVERSITY.  SUCH
AMOUNT  SHALL  BE  PAID ON THE WARRANT OF THE COMPTROLLER TO THE PENSION
ACCUMULATION FUND OF THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
  H. IN COMPUTING THE  TWENTY-FIVE  YEARS  OF  COMPLETED  SERVICE  OF  A
UNIVERSITY  POLICE  OFFICER IN THE SERVICE OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY, FULL
CREDIT SHALL BE GIVEN AND FULL ALLOWANCE SHALL BE MADE  FOR  SERVICE  OF
SUCH  MEMBER  IN WAR AFTER WORLD WAR I AS DEFINED IN SECTION TWO OF THIS
CHAPTER, PROVIDED SUCH MEMBER AT THE TIME OF HIS OR  HER  ENTRANCE  INTO
THE ARMED FORCES WAS IN STATE SERVICE.
  I. THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONTROLLING NOTWITHSTANDING
ANY PROVISION IN THIS ARTICLE TO THE CONTRARY.
  J.  NOTWITHSTANDING  ANY  PROVISION  OF  SUBDIVISION D, E OR I OF THIS
SECTION TO THE CONTRARY, A MEMBER WHO IS IN THE  COLLECTIVE  NEGOTIATING

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UNIT  DESIGNATED  AS THE AGENCY LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES UNIT AND ESTAB-
LISHED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE FOURTEEN OF THE CIVIL SERVICE LAW AND WHO HAS
ELECTED OR IS REQUIRED TO CONTRIBUTE IN  ACCORDANCE  WITH  THIS  SECTION
MAY,  ON  OR  BEFORE MARCH THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TEN, ELECT TO COME
UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION THREE  HUNDRED  SEVENTY-FIVE-H  OF  THIS
ARTICLE.  SUCH  ELECTION SHALL BE DULY EXECUTED AND FILED WITH THE COMP-
TROLLER.
  K. COMMENCING WITH THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION AND IN A  MANNER
DETERMINED BY THE HEAD OF THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM, THE EMPLOYER SHALL MAKE
CONTRIBUTIONS  TO THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM TO FUND THE PAST SERVICE LIABIL-
ITY COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS  SECTION  AS  THOSE
COSTS  ARE  CALCULATED  BY  THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM ACTUARY. SUCH CONTRIB-
UTIONS MAY BE MADE, AT THE ELECTION OF THE  EMPLOYER,  IN  LEVEL  DOLLAR
INSTALLMENTS OVER A TEN YEAR PERIOD.
  S  4.  No  employee contributions made to the New York state and local
employees' retirement system by any state university police officer  who
elects to make a transfer pursuant to this act shall be returned to such
officer.  Such  employee  contributions shall be used to offset any past
service costs incurred by operation of the provisions of this act.
  S 5. Notwithstanding subdivision h of section 343  of  the  retirement
and  social  security  law,  the  provisions  of subdivisions c and d of
section 343 of the retirement and social security law  shall  apply  and
the  employer contributions reserve shall be transferred from the appro-
priate fund or funds of the New York state and local employees'  retire-
ment  system  to the New York state and local police and fire retirement
system.
  S 6. Subdivisions 1, 2 and 3 and paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision
4 of section 58 of the civil service law, subdivision 1  as  amended  by
chapter 560 of the laws of 1978, the opening paragraph of subdivision 1,
subdivision  3 and paragraphs (a) and (b) of subdivision 4 as amended by
chapter 435 of the laws of 1997,  paragraph  (a)  of  subdivision  1  as
amended  by chapter 346 of the laws of 2008 and subdivision 2 as amended
by chapter 32 of the laws of 1999, are amended to read as follows:
  1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this  law  or  any  general,
special  or  local  law to the contrary, no person shall be eligible for
provisional or permanent appointment in the  competitive  class  of  the
civil  service as a police officer of any police force or police depart-
ment of any county, city, town, village, housing authority [or],  police
district  OR  OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK unless he OR SHE shall
satisfy the following basic requirements:
  (a) he or she is not less than twenty years of age as of the  date  of
appointment  nor  more than thirty-five years of age as of the date when
the applicant takes the written examination, provided that  the  maximum
age  requirement  of thirty-five years of age as set forth in this para-
graph shall not apply to eligible lists finalized pursuant to  an  exam-
ination  administered  prior to May thirty-first, nineteen hundred nine-
ty-nine FOR THE POLICE OFFICERS DESCRIBED IN THIS SUBDIVISION EXCEPT FOR
POLICE OFFICERS OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AND, WITH RESPECT TO
STATE UNIVERSITY POLICE OFFICERS ONLY, THE MAXIMUM  AGE  REQUIREMENT  OF
THIRTY-FIVE  YEARS OF AGE AS SET FORTH IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHALL NOT APPLY
TO ELIGIBLE LISTS FINALIZED  PURSUANT  TO  AN  EXAMINATION  ADMINISTERED
PRIOR  TO  DECEMBER  THIRTY-FIRST, TWO THOUSAND NINE, provided, however,
that:
  (i) time spent on military duty or on terminal leave, not exceeding  a
total  of  six  years, shall be subtracted from the age of any applicant

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who has passed his or her thirty-fifth birthday as provided in  subdivi-
sion ten-a of section two hundred forty-three of the military law;
  (ii) such maximum age requirement of thirty-five years shall not apply
to  any  police officer as defined in subdivision thirty-four of section
1.20 of the criminal procedure law, who was continuously employed by the
Buffalo municipal housing authority between January first, two  thousand
five  and June thirtieth, two thousand five and who takes the next writ-
ten exam offered after the effective date of this  subparagraph  by  the
city  of  Buffalo  civil  service  commission for employment as a police
officer in the city of Buffalo police department, or June thirtieth, two
thousand six, whichever is later; and
  (iii) such maximum age requirement  of  thirty-five  years  shall  not
apply  to any police officer of any county, town, city or village police
force not otherwise provided for in this section if  the  eligible  list
has been exhausted and there are no other eligible candidates; provided,
however,  the police officer themselves are on the eligible list of such
county, town, city or village and meet all other requirements  of  merit
and  fitness set forth by this chapter and do not exceed the maximum age
of thirty-nine;
  (b) he OR SHE is a high school graduate or a holder of a  high  school
equivalency  diploma  issued  by  an  education department of any of the
states of the United States or a holder of a comparable  diploma  issued
by  any commonwealth, territory or possession of the United States or by
the Canal Zone or a holder of a report  from  the  United  States  armed
forces  certifying  his  OR  HER  successful  completion of the tests of
general educational development, high school level;
  (c) he OR SHE  satisfies  the  height,  weight  and  physical  fitness
requirements  prescribed by the municipal police training council pursu-
ant to the provisions of section eight hundred forty  of  the  executive
law; and
  (d) he OR SHE is of good moral character.
  2.  The provisions of this section shall not prevent any county, city,
town,  village,  housing  authority,  transit  authority  [or],   police
district  OR THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK from setting more restric-
tive requirements of eligibility for its  police  officers,  except  the
maximum  age  to  be  a  police  officer as provided in paragraph (a) of
subdivision one of this section.
  3. As used in this section, the term "police officer" means  a  member
of  the  regional  state  park  police, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK
POLICE or a police force, police department, or other organization of  a
county,  city,  town,  village,  housing authority, transit authority or
police district, who is responsible for the prevention and detection  of
crime and the enforcement of the general criminal laws of the state, but
shall  not include any person serving as such solely by virtue of his OR
HER occupying any other office or position, nor shall such term  include
a  sheriff,  under-sheriff,  commissioner of police, deputy or assistant
commissioner of police, chief of police, deputy or  assistant  chief  of
police  or  any  person  having  an equivalent title who is appointed or
employed to exercise equivalent supervisory authority.
  (a) Any person who has received provisional or  permanent  appointment
in the competitive class of the civil service as a police officer of the
regional  state  park police, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK POLICE or
any police force  or  police  department  of  any  county,  city,  town,
village,  housing  authority, transit authority or police district shall
be eligible to resign from any police force or police department, and to
be appointed as a police officer in the same or any other  police  force

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or  police  department without satisfying the age requirements set forth
in paragraph (a) of subdivision one of this section at the time of  such
second  or  subsequent  appointment,  provided such second or subsequent
appointment occurs within thirty days of the date of resignation.
  (b)  Any  person who has received permanent appointment in the compet-
itive class of the civil service as a police  officer  of  the  regional
state park police, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK POLICE or any police
force  or  police department of any county, city, town, village, housing
authority, transit authority or police district  shall  be  eligible  to
resign  from  any police force or police department and, subject to such
civil service rules as may be applicable, shall be  eligible  for  rein-
statement  in the same police force or police department or in any other
police force or police department to which he OR SHE  was  eligible  for
transfer, without satisfying the age requirements set forth in paragraph
(a)  of  subdivision  one  of  this  section  at  the time of such rein-
statement, provided such reinstatement occurs within  one  year  of  the
date of resignation.
  S  7.  This act shall take effect immediately, provided, however, that
the provisions of subdivisions 1 and  2  of  section  58  of  the  civil
service  law,  as amended by section six of this act, shall not apply to
university police officers in the service of the state university of New
York on or before such effective date.
  FISCAL NOTE:-- Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
  This bill would allow State University Police Officers to transfer  to
the New York State and Local Police and Fire Retirement System and to be
covered  by  the  provisions  of  a  new  twenty-five (25) year half pay
retirement plan, with additional one-sixtieths of final  average  salary
for  each  year  of service in excess of twenty-five (25) years, but not
exceeding fifteen (15) such years. For Tier 2  members,  the  additional
one-sixtieths  can  not  exceed  seven  (7) such years. There will be no
refund of Article 14 or Article 15 member contributions for officers who
transfer to the Police and Fire Retirement system.
  If this bill is enacted, we anticipate that there will be an  increase
of  approximately  $1.6 million in the annual contributions of the State
of New York for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2010.
  In addition to the annual contributions discussed above, there will be
an immediately past service cost of approximately  $4.80  million  which
would  be  borne by the State of New York. This estimate is based on the
assumption that payment will be made on March 1, 2010. If this  cost  is
amortized  over  ten  (10) years, the cost for the first year, including
interest, would be approximately $663,000.
  It should be noted that in addition to the increase in annual contrib-
utions given above, there would be increases in annual contributions for
future State University Police Officers who would be Tier 2  members  of
the  New  York  State and Local Police and Fire Retirement System rather
than Tier 4 members of the New York State and Local  Employees'  Retire-
ment System.
  These estimated costs are based on five hundred twenty-two (522) State
University Police Officers with a total estimated salary of approximate-
ly $30.8 million for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2008.
  This  estimate,  dated  December  19,  2008  and intended for use only
during the  2009  Legislative  Session,  is  Fiscal  Note  No.  2009-15,
prepared  by  the  Actuary  for  the New York State and Local Employees'
Retirement System and the New York  State  and  Local  Police  and  Fire
Retirement System.