S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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7806
2017-2018 Regular Sessions
I N A S S E M B L Y
May 15, 2017
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Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Governmental Employees
AN ACT to grant retirement credit to Mario C. Donofrio for military
service during the Korean conflict
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, Mario C. Dono-
frio, a retired member of the New York state and local employees'
retirement system, having retired on December 31, 1997, who served in
the United States military during the Korean conflict, shall be entitled
to receive service credit in such retirement system for his time of
Korean conflict service if, on or before December 31, 2017 he: (1) shall
file a request to such effect with the head of the New York state and
local employees' retirement system; and (2) shall pay to the New York
state and local employees' retirement system an amount equal to the
product of the number of years of military service being claimed and
three percent of his final average salary.
ยง 2. This act shall take effect immediately and the increase in
retirement benefits shall begin on and after such effective date.
FISCAL NOTE.--This bill would grand additional service credit to Mario
C. Donofrio, a retired member of the New York State and Local Employees'
Retirement System, for service rendered in the Korean Conflict.
If this bill is enacted, there will be an immediate past service cost
of approximately $18,900. Of this amount, Mr. Donofrio will be required
to pay $5,200, and the remaining $13,700 will be shared by the State of
New York and all the participating employers in the New York State and
Local Employees' Retirement 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, 2016 actuarial valu-
ation. Distributions and other statistics can be found in the 2016
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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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 May 11, 2017, and intended for use only during
the 2017 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2017-94, prepared by
the Actuary for the New York State and Local Retirement System.