NY State Senate Bill S7791

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Mar 05, 2018	referred to governmental employees delivered to assembly passed senate ordered to third reading cal.548 committee discharged and committed to rules
Feb 23, 2018	referred to education

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S7791 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A10884
Law Section:: Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §212, R & SS L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2019-2020: S4521, A7849
2021-2022: S3099, A6844

S7791 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the earnings limitation for retired police officers employed as school resource officers; $50,000 for the year 2018 and thereafter.

S7791 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S7791

SPONSOR: GALLIVAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
annual earnings limitations for retired police officers employed as
school resource officers

 
PURPOSE:

This bill would amend section 212 of the retirement and social security
law to increase the earnings limitations for retired police officers
while employed as school resource officers or school safety officers or
other substantially similar positions, from the current $30,000 per year
to $50,000 per year.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

This bill would add a new subdivision four to section 212 of the retire-
ment and social security law to increase the earnings limitations for

retired police officers while employed as school resource officers or
school safety officers or other substantially similar positions, from
the current $30,000 per year to $50,000 per year. This bill would not
affect the current subdivision 3, which allows the commissioner of
education to completely remove such earnings limitations upon applica-
tion n of a school district.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Recent school attacks across the nation have demonstrated an important
need to increase armed, experienced security at schools.Retired police
officers are an extremely well-qualified, and affordable alternative to
traditional active duty police officers, deputy sheriffs and state
troopers in any effort to protect our students as school resource offi-
cers.

Currently, retired public employees must apply for a Waiver" in order to
earn more than $30,000 per year. This process, can often become burden-
some and time consuming.

As a result, the present cap on earnings can thereby deter those best
qualified, and most experienced to provide the highest quality public
protection from becoming school resource officers.

This bill would allow school districts to hire retired police officers
without needing a Waiver for an annual salary of less than $50,000.  As
School Resource Officers most often only work during the school year
(180 days) and as they already have a retirement income and in most
cases benefits such as health care, this new, increased earnings limita-
tion seeks to provide a sufficient and reasonable incentive for these
trained, experienced former police officers to provide service in this
new and important role.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

This is a new bill

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None Noted

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act would take effect immediately.

S7791 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


                    S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
________________________________________________________________________

                                  7791

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            February 23, 2018
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Education

AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in  relation  to
  annual  earnings  limitations  for retired police officers employed as
  school resource officers

  THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section  1.  Section  212 of the retirement and social security law is
amended by adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
  4. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PROVISIONS OF SUBDIVISIONS ONE AND TWO OF  THIS
SECTION,  SUCH  ANNUAL EARNINGS LIMITATIONS FOR A RETIRED POLICE OFFICER
EMPLOYED BY A SCHOOL DISTRICT IN EITHER THE CLASSIFIED  OR  UNCLASSIFIED
SERVICE  AS  A  SCHOOL  RESOURCE  OFFICER, SCHOOL SAFETY OFFICER, SCHOOL
SECURITY OFFICER OR ANY OTHER SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR POSITION  OR  OFFICE
THAT  IS  DESIGNED  TO PROVIDE SAFETY AND/OR SECURITY ON SCHOOL GROUNDS,
PROVIDED THAT SUCH RETIRED POLICE OFFICER IS DULY  QUALIFIED,  COMPETENT
AND  PHYSICALLY  FIT  FOR  PERFORMANCE  OF THE DUTIES OF THE POSITION IN
WHICH HE OR SHE IS TO BE EMPLOYED AS DETERMINED BY THE  SCHOOL  DISTRICT
AND IS PROPERLY CERTIFIED WHERE SUCH CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED, SHALL BE
$50,000 FOR THE YEAR 2018 AND THEREAFTER.
  § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
  FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
  This  bill  will  allow  retired  police  officers to be employed by a
school district as a school safety officer, school security  officer  or
any  other  substantially  similar position for an annual salary of less
than $50,000 and continue to  receive  their  full  retirement  benefit.
Currently, this privilege is only allowed to retired police officers who
are employed as a school resource officer.
  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-

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets

                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD14887-01-8

S. 7791                             2

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.
  This  estimate,  dated  February  23,  2018  and intended for use only
during the 2018 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 1,  prepared  by
the New York State Senate Standing Committee on Finance.

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