| Date of Action |
Assembly Actions -
Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE |
|---|---|
| Feb 05, 2014 |
referred to civil service and pensions |
Senate Bill S6556
2013-2014 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
(R, IP) Senate District
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Senate Committee Civil Service And Pensions Committee
Actions
2013-S6556 (ACTIVE) - Details
- Current Committee:
- Senate Civil Service And Pensions
- Law Section:
- Retirement
2013-S6556 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo
BILL NUMBER:S6556
TITLE OF BILL: An act granting tier I status in the New York state
teachers' retirement system to Joanne Ohnmeiss
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To allow Joanne Ohnmeiss to be
declared a Tier 1 retiree.
SUMMARY OF SPECIFIC PROVISIONS: Section 1 states that Joanne Ohnmeiss
was employed by Lake Shore School District starting July 1, 1974 but
for reasons not ascribable to her own negligence did not become a
member until September 1, 1984.
Section 2 states the cost shall be borne by the New York State
Teachers' Retirement System.
Section 3 is the effective date.
JUSTIFICATION: Ms. Ohnmeiss was employed by the Lake Shore School
District as a teacher's aide and library monitor during 1971 and for
periods of years throughout the 1970's. She was never afforded the
opportunity to enter the Retirement System. This legislation would
correct this inequity.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: New Bill.
2013-S6556 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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6556
I N S E N A T E
February 5, 2014
___________
Introduced by Sen. GRISANTI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
AN ACT granting tier I status in the New York state teachers' retirement
system to Joanne Ohnmeiss
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, Joanne
Ohnmeiss, a member of the New York state teachers' retirement system,
who was employed on July 5, 1971 by the Lake Shore Central School
District, who, for reasons not ascribable to her own negligence, did not
file a membership application in such system until September 1, 1984,
which gave her Tier IV status instead of Tier I status, where she would
have been had she been able to file a membership application when she
was first employed by the Lake Shore Central School District, may be
deemed to have become a member of the New York state teachers' retire-
ment system on July 5, 1971 if on or before December 31, 2014 she shall
file with the head of the New York state teachers' retirement system a
written request to that effect. Upon granting of such retroactive
membership, Joanne Ohnmeiss shall not be granted a refund of any employ-
ee contribution made by her to the New York state teachers' retirement
system.
S 2. Any costs incurred in implementing the provisions of this act
shall be borne by the employers of members of the New York state teach-
ers' retirement system.
S 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
This bill would allow Joanne Ohnmeiss, a member of the New York State
Teachers' Retirement System with Tier 4 status, to be reclassified as a
Tier 1 member with all rights, benefits, and privileges which would be
available to her as a Tier 1 member. Her date of membership would be
changed based upon her employment with the Lake Shore Central School
District during the 1971-72 school year. Employee contributions made
pursuant to Article 15 of the Retirement and Social Security Law would
not be refunded to Ms. Ohnmeiss. Ms. Ohnmeiss must file a written
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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