NY State Senate Bill S4521A

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 08, 2020	print number 4521a
Jun 08, 2020	amend and recommit to civil service and pensions
Jan 08, 2020	referred to civil service and pensions returned to senate died in assembly
May 22, 2019	referred to governmental employees delivered to assembly passed senate
May 20, 2019	advanced to third reading
May 15, 2019	2nd report cal.
May 14, 2019	1st report cal.730
Apr 30, 2019	reported and committed to finance
Mar 14, 2019	referred to civil service and pensions

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Apr 30, 2019 - Civil Service and Pensions committee Vote

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S4521 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7849
Current Committee:: Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:: Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §212, R & SS L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S7791, A10884
2021-2022: S3099, A6844

S4521 - Summary

Relates to the earnings limitations for retired police officers employed as school resource officers; $65,000 for the year 2020 and thereafter.

S4521 - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S4521

SPONSOR: KAPLAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:  An act to amend the retirement and social security
law, in relation to annual earnings limitations for retired police offi-
cers employed as school resource officers

 
PURPOSE:

To allow a retired police officer who is hired by a school district to
be employed as a school resource officer with a salary up to $65,000 to
be eligible to continue to receive their full retirement benefit.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends Section 212 of the retirement and social security law
to add a new subdivision 4. This Section would states that any annual
earning limitations for a retired police officer employed by a school
district as a school resource officer, school safety officers, school
security officer, or any other substantially similar position designed
to provide safety and security on school ground s would be a maximum of

$65,000. Section 2 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Under current law, retired police officers employed as a school resource
officer can make up to $30,000 before affecting their state retirement
benefit. This low threshold can work as a disincentive to employ these
trained individuals at schools. School resource officers who are retired
trained police officers provide a level of security that a school
district may feel comfortable with employing. This legislation would
allow for this opportunity to employ these retired trained individuals
to be more readily available as an option to school districts.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Per the Retirement System "Negligible additional annual costs"

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S4521 - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                  4521

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 14, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by Sens. KAPLAN, GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed,
  and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and
  Pensions

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
$65,000 FOR THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND NINETEEN AND THEREAFTER.
  § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
  FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
  Insofar  as  this bill will affect the New York State and Local Police
and Fire Retirement System (PFRS), this bill will allow  retired  police
officers  who  are  employed  by  a school district 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  with  an  annual  salary  of
$65,000  or  less  to continue to receive their full retirement benefit.
Currently, the salary limit is $30,000.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                           LBD02406-04-9

S. 4521                             2

  If this bill is enacted, we expect few retirees to be affected.  There
would  be  negligible additional annual costs. However, if large numbers
of retirees are hired into such positions,  there  would  be  additional
annual  costs  which would be shared by the state of New York and all of
the participating employers in the PFRS.
  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  February  26,  2019, and intended for use only
during the  2019  Legislative  Session,  is  Fiscal  Note  No.  2019-82,
prepared  by  the  Actuary  for  the New York State and Local Retirement
System.

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S4521A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A7849
Current Committee:: Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:: Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:: Amd §212, R & SS L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S7791, A10884
2021-2022: S3099, A6844

S4521A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to the earnings limitations for retired police officers employed as school resource officers; $65,000 for the year 2020 and thereafter.

S4521A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S4521A

SPONSOR: KAPLAN
 
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:

To allow a retired police officer who is hired by a school district to
be employed as a school resource officer with a salary up to $65,000 to
be eligible to continue to receive their full retirement benefit.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 amends Section 212 of the retirement and social security law
to add a new subdivision 4. This Section would states that any annual
earning limitations for a retired police officer employed by a school
district as a school resource officer, school safety officers, school

security officer, or any other substantially similar position designed
to provide safety and security on school ground s would be a maximum of
$65,000. Section 2 is the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Under current law, retired police officers employed as a school resource
officer can make up to $30,000 before affecting their state retirement
benefit. This low threshold can work as a disincentive to employ these
trained individuals at schools. School resource officers who are retired
trained police officers provide a level of security that a school
district may feel comfortable with employing. This legislation would
allow for this opportunity to employ these retired trained individuals
to be more readily available as an option to school districts.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

New Bill.

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

Per the Retirement System "Negligible additional annual costs"

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S4521A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                 4521--A

                       2019-2020 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                             March 14, 2019
                               ___________

Introduced  by  Sens. KAPLAN, GALLIVAN, ADDABBO, FUNKE, GAUGHRAN, HARCK-
  HAM, JORDAN, KAMINSKY, MARTINEZ, MAYER,  SERINO,  SKOUFIS,  THOMAS  --
  read  twice  and  ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to
  the Committee on Civil Service and  Pensions  --  recommitted  to  the
  Committee on Civil Service and Pensions in accordance with Senate Rule
  6,  sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as
  amended and recommitted to said committee

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
$65,000 FOR THE YEAR TWO THOUSAND TWENTY AND THEREAFTER.
  § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
  FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
  Insofar  as this bill would affect the New York State and Local Police
and Fire Retirement System (PFRS), this bill would allow retired  police
officers  who  are  employed  by  a school district as a school resource
officer, school safety officer, school security  officer  or  any  other

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                           LBD02406-07-0

S. 4521--A                          2

substantially  similar  position  or  office that is designed to provide
safety and/or security on  school  grounds  with  an  annual  salary  of
$65,000  or  less  to continue to receive their full retirement benefit.
Currently, the salary limit is $35,000.
  If  this bill is enacted, we expect few retirees to be affected. There
would be negligible additional annual costs. However, if  large  numbers
of  retirees  are  hired  into such positions, there would be additional
annual costs which would be shared by the state of New York and  all  of
the participating employers in the PFRS.
  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, 2019  actuarial  valu-
ation.    Distributions  and  other  statistics can be found in the 2019
Report of the  Actuary  and  the  2019  Comprehensive  Annual  Financial
Report.
  The  actuarial assumptions and methods used are described in the 2015,
2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 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, 2019
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 March 19, 2020, and intended for use only  during
the  2020  Legislative  Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2020-86, prepared by
the Actuary for the New York State and Local Retirement System.

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May 14, 2019 - Finance committee Vote

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S4521 - Details

S4521 - Summary

S4521 - Sponsor Memo

S4521 - Bill Text download pdf

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S4521A (ACTIVE) - Summary

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S4521 - Sponsor Memo

S4521 - Bill Text download pdf

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