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                                   8261
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 11, 2019
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 Introduced by M. of A. HAWLEY -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Employees
 
 AN  ACT  granting  retroactive tier III membership in the New York state
   and local employees' retirement system to Steven R. Grice
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Notwithstanding  any other law to the contrary, Steven R.
 Grice, who is currently a Tier VI member of the New York state and local
 employees' retirement system and currently employed  by  the  county  of
 Genesee, and who commenced employment with the county of Genesee on June
 22,  1981,  and  who,  for reasons not ascribable to his own negligence,
 failed to become a member of the New York  state  and  local  employees'
 retirement  system in 1981, may be deemed to have become a member of the
 New York state and local employees' retirement system on June 22,  1981,
 if  within  one  year of the effective date of this act he shall file an
 application therefor with the state comptroller. Upon  receipt  of  such
 application, Steven R. Grice shall be granted Tier III status in the New
 York  state  and  local employees' retirement system and be eligible for
 all the rights and benefits thereof. No contributions made  to  the  New
 York  state  and  local  employees' retirement system by Steven R. Grice
 shall be returned to him pursuant to this act.
   § 2. Any past service costs incurred in implementing the provisions of
 this act shall be borne by the county of Genesee.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
   FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
   This bill will grant Tier 3 status in the New  York  State  and  Local
 Employees' Retirement System to Steven R. Grice, a current Tier 6 member
 employed by the county of Genesee, by changing his date of membership to
 June  22, 1981, his first date of employment with the county of Genesee.
 There will be no refund of member contributions. As a Tier 3 member with

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 over 10 years of membership, he will no longer be required  to  make  3%
 member contributions.
   If this bill is enacted during the 2019 legislative session, we antic-
 ipate  that  there  will  be  an increase of approximately $4,900 in the
 annual contributions of the county of Genesee for the fiscal year ending
 March 31, 2020. In future years, this cost  will  vary  as  the  billing
 rates and salary of Steven Grice change.
   In addition to the annual contributions discussed above, there will be
 an  immediate  past  service  cost  of $8,430 which will be borne by the
 county of Genesee as a one-time payment. This estimate is based  on  the
 assumption that payment will be made on February 1, 2020.
   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, 2018  actuarial  valu-
 ation.    Distributions  and  other  statistics can be found in the 2018
 Report of the  Actuary  and  the  2018  Comprehensive  Annual  Financial
 Report.
   The  actuarial assumptions and methods used are described in the 2015,
 2016, 2017 and 2018  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, 2018
 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  fiscal note does not constitute a legal opinion on the viability
 of the proposed change nor is it intended to serve as a  substitute  for
 the professional judgment of an attorney.
   This  estimate,  dated  May 16, 2019, and intended for use only during
 the 2019 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2019-123,  prepared  by
 the Actuary for the New York State and Local Retirement System.