NY State Senate Bill S7532

Archive: Last Bill Status Via A9663 - Signed by Governor

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Nov 27, 2020	signed chap.292
Nov 18, 2020	delivered to governor
Jul 22, 2020	returned to assembly passed senate home rule request 3rd reading cal.979 substituted for s7532
Jul 22, 2020	substituted by a9663 ordered to third reading cal.979
Jan 23, 2020	referred to civil service and pensions

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S7532 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A9663
Law Section:: Retirement

S7532 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes William J. Cooley to receive service credit under section 384-d of the retirement and social security law.

S7532 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S7532

SPONSOR: GALLIVAN
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to authorize William J. Cooley to receive certain service credit
under section 384-d of the retirement and social security law

 
PURPOSE OF THE BILL:

This legislation will authorize Detective William J. Cooley, of the
Buffalo Police Department (BPD), to transfer a defined period of service
credit he accrued while a member of the Erie County Sheriff's Office
uniformed patrol to the pension plan of his existing employer.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 establishes the authority to transfer a specified period of
time related to service credit.

Section 2 requires past service costs to be borne by the City of

Buffalo.

Section 3 sets forth the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Detective William J. Cooley, due to circumstances beyond his control was
laid-off from his position as a sworn officer with the Buffalo Police
Department (BPD) in 2002, thereby requiring him to seek alternative
employment. He was subsequently hired as an Erie County Sheriff's Deputy
for a period of approximately three years before being re-hired by the
BPD on July 15, 2006.

This bill is necessary based on the fact that the City of Buffalo inad-
vertently passed over Detective Cooley for reinstatement as a BPD offi-
cer when the re-hiring of officers commenced on June 16, 2003.  Impor-
tantly, this bill addresses the concerns raised by the Executive in his
veto message (see Memo. No. 235 of 2019) by specifically prescribing the
timeframe associated with said transfer - June 16, 2003 to July 15, 2006
- the period when Detective Cooley should have been restored to duty
with the BPD and when his re-hire was effectuated.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2019: S.4724/A.6977 passed Senate/passed Assembly
2017-18: S.6664A/A.8718A passed Senate/referred to governmental employ-
ees

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

See fiscal note.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
The bill would take effect immediately.

S7532 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf


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

                                  7532

                            I N  S E N A T E

                            January 23, 2020
                               ___________

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

AN ACT to authorize William J. Cooley to receive certain service  credit
  under section 384-d of the retirement and social security law

  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,  William  J.
Cooley, currently a city of Buffalo police officer and member of the New
York  state  and  local  police  and  fire  retirement system covered by
section 384-d of the retirement and social security  law,  who  for  the
period beginning June 16, 2003 and ending July 15, 2006, was employed as
a  deputy sheriff by the Erie County Sheriff's Department where he was a
member of the New York state and local employees' retirement system, and
who, for reasons not ascribable to his own negligence, was  not  granted
service credit under section 384-d of the retirement and social security
law for such period of employment with the Erie County Sheriff's Depart-
ment,  shall  be  granted such service credit under section 384-d of the
retirement and social security law, and shall be entitled  to  the  full
rights  and benefits associated with coverage under such section as well
as section 384-e of such law, provided that a request to that effect  is
filed with the state comptroller within one year from the effective date
of this act.
  § 2. All past service costs incurred in implementing the provisions of
this act shall be borne by the city of Buffalo.
  § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
  FISCAL NOTE. -- Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
  This  bill will grant service credit under section 384-d together with
section 384-e of the Retirement and Social Security Law  to  William  J.
Cooley, a current member of the New York State and Local Police and Fire
Retirement  System  (PFRS), for the period of June 16, 2003 through July
15, 2006, during which he was employed as a deputy sheriff in Erie Coun-
ty. Currently, deputy sheriff service is not creditable in a PFRS twenty
year police retirement plan.

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

                                                           LBD14537-04-0

S. 7532                             2

  If this bill is enacted during the  2020  legislative  session,  there
will  be  an immediate past service cost of approximately $303,000 which
will be borne by the City of Buffalo as a one-time payment.  This  esti-
mate is based on the assumption that payment will be made on February 1,
2021.
  There  will  be no increase in the annual contributions of the City of
Buffalo.
  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 January 22,  2020,  and  intended  for  use  only
during  the  2020  Legislative  Session,  is  Fiscal  Note  No. 2020-35,
prepared by the Actuary for the New  York  State  and  Local  Retirement
System.

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Patrick M. Gallivan

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Jul 22, 2020 - floor Vote

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Jul 22, 2020 - Rules committee Vote

Rules Committee Vote: Jul 22, 2020

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Rich Funke

Timothy M. Kennedy

S7532 (ACTIVE) - Details

S7532 (ACTIVE) - Summary

S7532 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S7532 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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