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Senate Bill S7172

2011-2012 Legislative Session

Authorizes the St. Paul fire district to offer an optional twenty year retirement plan to certain firefighters

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2011-S7172 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:
Retirement

2011-S7172 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the St. Paul fire district to offer an optional twenty year retirement plan to firefighters Robert J. Anderson, Edmond Kaspar, Timothy J. Kohlmeier, Kevin Magin, Jeremy Schaeffer, John Semmler and Timothy Warth.

2011-S7172 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2011-S7172 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                  7172

                            I N  S E N A T E

                               May 1, 2012
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to authorize the St. Paul fire  district  to  offer  an  optional
  twenty year retirement plan to firefighters Robert J. Anderson, Edmond
  Kaspar,  Timothy  J.  Kohlmeier,  Kevin  Magin, Jeremy Schaeffer, John
  Semmler and Timothy Warth

  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  St.  Paul  fire  district, a participating employer in the New York
state police and fire retirement system,  which  previously  elected  to
offer  additional  pension  benefits  for members of the optional twenty
year retirement plan, established pursuant to subdivision f  of  section
384  of the retirement and social security law, to firefighters employed
by such district, is hereby authorized to  make  participation  in  such
plan available to Robert J. Anderson, Edmond Kaspar, Timothy J. Kohlmei-
er, Kevin Magin, Jeremy Schaeffer, John Semmler and Timothy Warth, fire-
fighters  employed  by the St. Paul fire district in the city of Roches-
ter, who, for reasons not ascribable to their own negligence, failed  to
make  a  timely  application to participate in such optional twenty year
retirement plan. The St. Paul fire district may so elect by filing  with
the  state  comptroller, on or before December 31, 2012, a resolution of
its local legislative body together with certification that  such  fire-
fighters  did  not  bar themselves from participation in such retirement
plan as a result of their own negligence. Thereafter, such  firefighters
may  elect  to  be covered by the provisions of subdivision f of section
384 of the retirement and social security law, and shall be entitled  to
the  full  rights  and  benefits  associated  with  coverage  under such
section, by filing a request to that effect with the  state  comptroller
on or before June 30, 2013.
  S  2. All employer past service costs associated with implementing the
provisions of this act shall be borne by the St. Paul fire district  and
the past service costs associated with this act may be paid in ten equal
annual installments.
  S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

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