S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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I N S E N A T E
February 14, 2018
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Introduced by Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
AN ACT in relation to granting Tier I status in the New York state and
local employees' retirement system to Christine Verkey
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, Christine
Verkey, who was an employee of the Newark central school district
commencing in 1971 and was thereby eligible to participate in the New
York state and local employees' retirement system, who through no fault
of her own did not become a member of the New York state and local
employees' retirement system when she was first employed by the Newark
central school district, shall be granted retroactive membership in the
New York state and local employees' retirement system with Tier I
status, if within one year from the effective date of this act she shall
make a written application to that effect, duly executed and filed with
such retirement system.
§ 2. No contributions made to the New York state and local employees'
retirement system by Christine Verkey shall be returned or refunded to
her pursuant to this act.
§ 3. All costs associated with the implementation of this act shall be
borne by the state of New York.
§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
This bill will grant Tier 1 status in the New York State and Local
Employees' Retirement System to Christine Verkey, a current Tier 4
member employed by the State of New York, by changing her date of
membership to her first date of employment with the Newark Central
School District in 1971. There will be no refund of member contrib-
utions.
If this legislation is enacted during the 2018 Legislative session, we
anticipate that there will be an increase of approximately $4,200 in
annual contributions of the State of New York for the fiscal year ending
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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March 31, 2019. In future years, this cost will vary as the billing rate
and salary of Christine Verkey change.
In addition to the annual contributions discussed above, there will be
an immediate past service cost of approximately $32,600 which will be
borne by the State of New York as a one-time payment. This estimate is
based on the assumption that payment will be made on March 1, 2019.
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, 2017 actuarial valu-
ation. Distributions and other statistics can be found in the 2017
Report of the Actuary and the 2017 Comprehensive Annual Financial
Report.
The actuarial assumptions and methods used are described in the 2015,
2016, and 2017 Annual Report to the Comptroller on Actuarial Assump-
tions, 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, 2017
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 February 2, 2018, and intended for use only
during the 2018 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2018-21,
prepared by the Actuary for the New York State and Local Retirement
System.