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                                  8375--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 12, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ABBATE -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on  Governmental  Employees -- recommitted to the Committee on Govern-
   mental Employees in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- commit-
   tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and  recom-
   mitted to said committee

 AN  ACT  to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
   the certification of a deputy sheriff as a police officer
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Paragraph 2 of subdivision a of section 550 of the retire-
 ment and social security law, as added by chapter 542  of  the  laws  of
 2015, is amended to read as follows:
   2.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of paragraph one of this subdivi-
 sion, member shall also include a deputy sheriff who is a police officer
 pursuant to subdivision thirty-four of  section  1.20  of  the  criminal
 procedure  law as certified by the municipal police council OR AS CERTI-
 FIED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK UPON  SATISFACTORY
 COMPLETION  OF  THE  BASIC  TRAINING PROGRAM AND GRADUATION FROM THE NEW
 YORK CITY POLICE ACADEMY,  provided  that  the  employer  has  filed  an
 election  to  that  effect pursuant to paragraph two of subdivision j of
 section five hundred fifty-two of this article.
   § 2. Paragraph 2 of subdivision h of section 551 of the retirement and
 social security law, as added by chapter 542 of the  laws  of  2015,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   2.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of paragraph one of this subdivi-
 sion, a participating employer may elect on a form filed with the  comp-
 troller  for  that purpose to provide that creditable service shall also
 include any and all service performed by  a  deputy  sheriff  who  is  a
 police  officer  pursuant  to subdivision thirty-four of section 1.20 of
 the criminal procedure law as certified by the municipal police  council
 OR  AS  CERTIFIED  BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK UPON
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

                                                            LBD11894-04-7

 A. 8375--A                          2
 
 SATISFACTORY COMPLETION OF THE BASIC  TRAINING  PROGRAM  AND  GRADUATION
 FROM THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE ACADEMY.
   § 3. Paragraph 2 of subdivision j of section 552 of the retirement and
 social  security  law,  as  added by chapter 542 of the laws of 2015, is
 amended to read as follows:
   2. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph one  of  this  subdivi-
 sion,  a participating employer may elect on a form filed with the comp-
 troller for that purpose to provide that creditable service  shall  also
 include  any  and  all  service  performed  by a deputy sheriff who is a
 police officer pursuant to subdivision thirty-four of  section  1.20  of
 the  criminal procedure law as certified by the municipal police council
 OR AS CERTIFIED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF  NEW  YORK  UPON
 SATISFACTORY  COMPLETION  OF  THE  BASIC TRAINING PROGRAM AND GRADUATION
 FROM THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE ACADEMY.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
   FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
   This bill would allow a County to elect  to  provide  that  creditable
 service  on  the  20 or 25 year retirement plans for sheriffs shall also
 include all service performed by a deputy sheriff who has  been  awarded
 certification  by  the police department of New York City for the satis-
 factory completion of the basic training program and graduation for  the
 New York City police academy.
   If  this  bill is enacted, this bill could provide service credit on a
 20 or 25 year retirement plan, where it otherwise would not be  credita-
 ble.  However,  this  bill  is expected to impact very few members.  The
 cost of this bill would be minimal.
   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 November 15, 2017,  and  intended  for  use  only
 during the 2018 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2018-9, prepared
 by the Actuary for the New York State and Local Retirement System.