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                                  6986

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              March 3, 2010
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Introduced  by  Sen.  GRIFFO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions

AN ACT to authorize the town of Kirkland, in the county  of  Oneida,  to
  offer  an  optional  twenty  year  retirement  plan to police officers
  Christine M. Griffin, Horace T. Knight, Pete J.  Cania  and  Wayne  R.
  Smoulcey

  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 town of Kirkland, in the county of Oneida, 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, and the additional pension benefits to members of  such  plan,
established pursuant to section 384-e of the retirement and social secu-
rity law, to police officers employed by such town, is hereby authorized
to  make  participation in such plan and benefits available to Christine
M. Griffin, Horace T. Knight, Pete  J.  Cania  and  Wayne  R.  Smoulcey,
police  officers  employed by the town of Kirkland, who, for reasons not
ascribable to his or her own negligence failed to make a timely applica-
tion to participate in such optional twenty year retirement plan and the
additional pension benefits therefor. The town of Kirkland may so  elect
by  filing with the state comptroller, on or before December 31, 2010, a
resolution of its town  board  together  with  certification  that  such
police  officers  did  not  bar himself or herself from participation in
such retirement plan and additional pension benefits as a result of  his
or  her own negligence. Thereafter, such police officers may elect to be
covered by the provisions of sections 384-d and 384-e of the  retirement
and  social  security  law, and shall be entitled to the full rights and
benefits associated with coverage  under  such  sections,  by  filing  a
request  to that effect with the state comptroller on or before June 30,
2011.
  S 2. All employer costs associated with implementing the provisions of
this act shall be borne by the town of Kirkland.

 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.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
  This  bill  will  allow  the  town  of Kirkland to elect to reopen the
provisions of Section 384-d together  with  the  provisions  of  Section
384-e  of  the  Retirement  and  Social Security Law for Police Officers
Griffin, Knight, Cania and Smoulcey.
  If this bill is enacted and the above officers  become  covered  under
Section  384-e, we anticipate that there will be an increase of approxi-
mately $6,370 in the annual contributions of the town  of  Kirkland  for
the fiscal year ending March 31, 2011.
  In addition to the annual contributions discussed above, there will be
an  immediate  past service cost of approximately $32,700 which would be
borne by the town of Kirkland as a one-time payment.  This  estimate  is
based on the assumption that payment will be made on February 1, 2011.
  This  estimate,  dated  February  5,  2010,  and intended for use only
during the  2010  Legislative  Session,  is  Fiscal  Note  No.  2010-83,
prepared by the Actuary for the New York State and Local Police and Fire
Retirement System.