S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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S. 7707 A. 10684
S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
June 14, 2012
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IN SENATE -- Introduced by Sen. McDONALD -- read twice and ordered
printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
IN ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of
A. Jordan) -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental
Employees
AN ACT to authorize the city of Mechanicville, in the county of Sarato-
ga, to offer a certain retirement plan to Anthony J. Toleman and David
M. Altamura
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 city of Mechanicville, in the county of Saratoga, 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 security law, to police officers employed by such city, is
hereby authorized to make participation in such plan available to Antho-
ny J. Toleman and David M. Altamura, police officers employed by the
city of Mechanicville, 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 city of Mechanicville may so
elect by filing with the comptroller, on or before December 31, 2012, a
resolution of its city council together with certification that such
police officers did not bar themselves from participation in such
retirement plan as a result of their own negligence. Thereafter, such
police officers 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 benefits associated with coverage under such
section, including eligibility for participation in the plan established
pursuant to section 384-e of the retirement and social security law, by
filing a request to that effect with the state comptroller on or before
June 30, 2013.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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S 2. All employer costs associated with implementing the provisions of
this act shall be borne by the city of Mechanicville.
S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
This bill will allow the City of Mechanicville to reopen the
provisions of Section 384-d of the Retirement and Social Security Law
for all police officers in its employ.
If this legislation is enacted during the 2012 legislative session, we
anticipate that there will be an increase of approximately $4,500 in the
annual contributions of the City of Mechanicville for the fiscal year
ending March 31, 2013.
In addition to the annual contributions discussed above, there will be
an immediate past service cost of approximately $61,000, which would be
borne by the City of Mechanicville as a one-time payment. This estimate
is based on the assumption that payment will be made on February 1,
2013.
Summary of relevant resources:
Data: March 31, 2011 Actuarial Year End File with distributions of
membership and other statistics displayed in the 2011 Report of the
Actuary and 2011 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report.
Assumptions and Methods: 2010 and 2011 Annual Report to the Comp-
troller on Actuarial Assumptions, Codes Rules and Regulations of the
State of New York: Audit and Control.
Market Assets and GASB Disclosures: March 31, 2011 New York State and
Local Retirement System Financial Statements and Supplementary Informa-
tion.
Valuations of Benefit Liabilities and Actuarial Assets: summarized in
the 2011 Actuarial Valuations report.
I am a member of the American Academy of Actuaries and meet the Quali-
fication Standards to render the actuarial opinion contained herein.
This estimate, dated June 13, 2012, and intended for use only during
the 2012 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2012-159, prepared by
the Actuary for the New York State and Local Police and Fire Retirement
System.
