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                                  6363

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             January 7, 2016
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Introduced  by  Sen.  CROCI  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions

AN ACT in relation to entitling Robert V. Vassallo, Sr. to reapply for a
  disability retirement from the New York state police

  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, Robert V.
Vassallo, Sr., who was employed as a correction officer with the depart-
ment of correctional services for the state of New York for approximate-
ly one year beginning in 1968, and who  was  employed  as  a  correction
officer  with  the department of correction for the city of New York for
approximately one year until September 10, 1970, and who was employed as
a police officer with the New York state parkway police for  the  period
beginning  September  10,  1970  and ending January 1, 1980, and who was
employed as a trooper with the New York  state  police  for  the  period
beginning January 1, 1980 and ending March 1, 1990, and who was employed
as  an investigator in the bureau of criminal investigation with the New
York state police for the period beginning  March  1,  1990  and  ending
September 13, 1997, and who, on January 14, 1991, was critically injured
in an automobile accident while working undercover in an unmarked police
car,  and,  as  a  result  of  such critical injuries has been unable to
return to work with the New York state police, and who, for reasons  not
ascribable  to  his own negligence, has been denied a disability retire-
ment from the New York state police, and who, as of the  effective  date
of  this  act,  is  on  regular service retirement, shall be entitled to
reapply for a disability retirement from the New York state police if on
or before December 31, 2016, he files a written request with  the  state
comptroller to that effect.
  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
  Fiscal Note.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
  This  bill will entitle Robert V. Vassallo, Sr., a service retiree who
was formerly employed as a  police  officer  with  the  New  York  State
Police,  to file an application to receive a disability benefit from the

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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New York State and Local Police and Fire Retirement  System  instead  of
his current service retirement benefit.
  If this bill is enacted, there will be no increase in the annual bene-
fit.  Therefore, there would be no cost to the System.
  Summary of relevant resources:
  The  membership  data  used  in  measuring  the impact of the proposed
change was the same as that used in the March 31, 2015  actuarial  valu-
ation.    Distributions  and  other  statistics can be found in the 2015
Report of the  Actuary  and  the  2015  Comprehensive  Annual  Financial
Report.
  The  actuarial  assumptions and methods used are described in the 2015
Annual Report to the Comptroller on Actuarial Assumptions, and the Codes
Rules and Regulations of the State of New York: Audit and Control.
  The Market Assets and GASB Disclosures are found in the March 31, 2015
New York State and Local  Retirement  System  Financial  Statements  and
Supplementary Information.
  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  December  4,  2015,  and intended for use only
during the 2016 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2016-6, prepared
by the Actuary for the New York State and Local Retirement System.