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                                   6029
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 21, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. GUNTHER, SKOUFIS, PICHARDO, COLTON, BLAKE, HOOP-
   ER, STECK, JAFFEE, MONTESANO, RAIA, GRAF, LAWRENCE, FRIEND  --  Multi-
   Sponsored  by  --  M.  of  A.  CRESPO, CROUCH, CURRAN, LUPARDO, MAGEE,
   McLAUGHLIN -- read once and referred to the Committee on  Governmental
   Employees

 AN  ACT  to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
   authorizing retired firefighters to be employed as instructor of  fire
   sciences by a career and technical education center without diminution
   of his or her retirement benefits
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding
 a new section 214-c to read as follows:
   § 214-C. EMPLOYMENT OF CERTAIN RETIRED PERSONS WHO RETIRED  FROM  FIRE
 SERVICE.   NOTWITHSTANDING   THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  CHAPTER  OR  THE
 PROVISIONS OF ANY STATE OR LOCAL LAW OR  CHARTER  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  NO
 RETIRED PERSON WHO RETIRED FROM FIRE SERVICE AS A MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK
 STATE  AND  LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE RETIREMENT SYSTEM OR THE NEW YORK FIRE
 DEPARTMENT PENSION FUND, AND WHO IS EMPLOYED BY A CAREER  AND  TECHNICAL
 EDUCATION  CENTER AS AN INSTRUCTOR IN A FIRE SCIENCE PROGRAM APPROVED BY
 THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, SHALL HAVE HIS OR HER RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE  OR
 BENEFITS  SUSPENDED  OR  REDUCED  BECAUSE OF COMPENSATION EARNED BY SUCH
 RETIRED PERSON FROM SERVICE AS A FIRE SCIENCE INSTRUCTOR.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
   FISCAL NOTE.--This bill will allow firefighters of the New York  State
 and  Local  Police  and Fire Retirement System or the New York City Fire
 Department Pension Fund to work  as  a  fire  science  instructor  in  a
 program  approved  by  the New York State Department of Education and to
 continue to receive their retirement benefit.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03657-02-7

              

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   If this bill is enacted, insofar as it will affect the New York  State
 and  Local  Police and Fire Retirement System, we expect few retirees to
 be affected. There would be negligible additional annual costs.
   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, 2016  actuarial  valu-
 ation.    Distributions  and  other  statistics can be found in the 2016
 Report of the  Actuary  and  the  2016  Comprehensive  Annual  Financial
 Report.
   The  actuarial  assumptions and methods used are described in the 2015
 and 2016 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, 2016
 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  January  19,  2017,  and intended for use only
 during the  2017  Legislative  Session,  is  Fiscal  Note  No.  2017-36,
 prepared  by  the  Actuary  for  the New York State and Local Retirement
 System.