NY State Senate Bill S4438A

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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
May 24, 2022	referred to governmental employees delivered to assembly passed senate
May 16, 2022	amended on third reading 4438a
May 02, 2022	advanced to third reading
Apr 27, 2022	2nd report cal.
Apr 26, 2022	1st report cal.861
Jan 25, 2022	reported and committed to finance
Jan 05, 2022	referred to civil service and pensions returned to senate died in assembly
Jun 01, 2021	referred to governmental employees delivered to assembly passed senate
May 26, 2021	ordered to third reading cal.1334 committee discharged and committed to rules
Feb 23, 2021	reported and committed to finance
Feb 04, 2021	referred to civil service and pensions

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Jan 25, 2022 - Civil Service and Pensions committee Vote

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Jun 1, 2021 - floor Vote

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Feb 23, 2021 - Civil Service and Pensions committee Vote

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S4438 - Details

Law Section:: Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:: Add §214-c, R & SS L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S2747
2017-2018: S4479
2019-2020: S4134

S4438 - Summary

Authorizes retired firefighters to be employed as fire science instructors by career and technical education centers without a reduction of their retirement benefits.

S4438 - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S4438

SPONSOR: SKOUFIS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
authorizing retired firefighters to be employed as instructors of fire
sciences by a career and technical education center without diminution
of his or her retirement benefits

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

To allow retired firefighters with knowledge and expertise in the
profession to train the . future generation of young firefighters with-
out diminution of his or her retirement benefits.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Amends the retirement and social security law by adding a new
section 214c. "Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter or the
provisions of any state or local law or charter to the contrary, no

retired person who retired from fire service as a member of the New York
state and local police and fire retirement system or the New York fire
department pension fund, and who is employed by a career and technical
education center as an instructor in a fire science program approved by
the education department, shall have his or her retirement allowance or
benefits suspended or reduced because of compensation earned by such
retired person from service as a fire science instructor."

Section 2: Effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This bill would permit retired firefighters to receive their pension
payments while earning compensation for employment by a career and tech-
nical education center as an instructor in a fire science program
approved by the education department. Retired firefighters possess the
training, skills, and experience which make them an excellent resource
of knowledge for New York's future generation of fire fighters. Permit-
ting such highly qualified retired public employees to receive pension
payments while being employed as fire science instructors would provide
an incentive for those retirees to pass on the knowledge that was
acquired throughout their years of service to a new generation of fire-
fighters.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2011/2012: S.4239-A-Passed Senate

2013/2014: S.274-B Passed Senate

2015: 5.2747 Passed Senate

2016: S.2747-A Passed Senate

2017: S. 4479 Passed Senate

2018 - Referred to Civil Service and Pensions

2018 Committee discharged and committed to Rules

2018 Ordered to third reading Cal. 1831

2018 - Recommitted to Rules

2020 - S4134A Reported and Committed to Finance Assembly:

2017 - Referred to Governmental Employees

2018 - Referred to Governmental Employees

2020 - No Assembly Same-as

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

See fiscal note

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S4438 - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4438
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 4, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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
   authorizing retired firefighters to be employed as instructors of fire
   sciences by a career and technical education center without diminution
   of his or her retirement benefits
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding
 a new section 214-c to read as follows:
   § 214-C. EMPLOYMENT OF CERTAIN RETIRED PERSONS WHO RETIRED  FROM  FIRE
 SERVICE.   NOTWITHSTANDING   THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  CHAPTER  OR  THE
 PROVISIONS OF ANY STATE OR LOCAL LAW OR  CHARTER  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  NO
 RETIRED PERSON WHO RETIRED FROM FIRE SERVICE AS A MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK
 STATE  AND  LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE RETIREMENT SYSTEM OR THE NEW YORK FIRE
 DEPARTMENT PENSION FUND, AND WHO IS EMPLOYED BY A CAREER  AND  TECHNICAL
 EDUCATION  CENTER AS AN INSTRUCTOR IN A FIRE SCIENCE PROGRAM APPROVED BY
 THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, SHALL HAVE HIS OR HER RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE  OR
 BENEFITS  SUSPENDED  OR  REDUCED  BECAUSE OF COMPENSATION EARNED BY SUCH
 RETIRED PERSON FROM SERVICE AS A FIRE SCIENCE INSTRUCTOR.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
   FISCAL NOTE.-- Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
   This bill would allow retirees from  the  New  York  State  and  Local
 Police  and  Fire Retirement System or the New York City Fire Department
 Pension Fund retired from  fire  service  to  work  as  a  fire  science
 instructor  in  a  program  approved by the New York State Department of
 Education and to continue to receive their retirement benefit.
   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. Any additional annual costs will therefore be negligible.
   Summary of relevant resources:
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD03624-02-1

 S. 4438                             2
 
   Membership data as of March 31, 2020 was used in measuring the  impact
 of the proposed change, the same data used in the April 1, 2020 actuari-
 al  valuation.  Distributions  and  other statistics can be found in the
 2020 Report of the Actuary and the 2020 Comprehensive  Annual  Financial
 Report.
   The  actuarial  assumptions and methods used are described in the 2020
 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, 2020
 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  29,  2021,  and intended for use only
 during the  2021  Legislative  Session,  is  Fiscal  Note  No.  2021-61,
 prepared  by  the  Actuary  for  the New York State and Local Retirement
 System.

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S4438A (ACTIVE) - Details

Law Section:: Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:: Add §214-c, R & SS L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S2747
2017-2018: S4479
2019-2020: S4134

S4438A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes retired firefighters to be employed as fire science instructors by career and technical education centers without a reduction of their retirement benefits.

S4438A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

 
BILL NUMBER: S4438A

SPONSOR: SKOUFIS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
authorizing retired firefighters to be employed as instructors of fire
sciences by a career and technical education center without diminution
of his or her retirement benefits

 
PURPOSE:

To allow retired firefighters with knowledge and expertise in the
profession to train the future generation of young firefighters without
diminution of his or her retirement benefits.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Amends the retirement and social security law by adding a new
section 214c. "Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter or the
provisions of any state or local law or charter to the contrary, no
retired person who retired from fire service as a member of the New York

state and local police and fire retirement system or the New York fire
department pension fund, and who is employed by a career and technical
education center as an instructor in a fire science program approved by
the education department, shall have his or her retirement allowance or
benefits suspended or reduced because of compensation earned by such
retired person from service as a fire science instructor."

Section 2: Effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

This bill would permit retired firefighters to receive their pension
payments while earning compensation for employment by a career and tech-
nical education center as an instructor in a fire science program
approved by the education department. Retired firefighters possess the
training, skills, and experience which make them an excellent resource
of knowledge for New York's future generation of fire fighters. Permit-
ting such highly qualified retired public employees to receive pension
payments while being employed as fire science instructors would provide
an incentive for those retirees to pass on the knowledge that was
acquired throughout their years of service to a new generation of fire-
fighters.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2011/2012: S.4239-A-Passed Senate

2013/2014: S.274-B Passed Senate

2015: S.2747 Passed Senate

2016: S.2747-A Passed Senate

2017: S. 4479 Passed Senate

2018 - Referred to Civil Service and Pensions

2018 Committee discharged and committed to Rules

2018 Ordered to third reading Cal. 1831

2018 - Recommitted to Rules

2020 - S4134A Reported and Committed to Finance Assembly:

2017 - Referred to Governmental Employees

2018 - Referred to Governmental Employees

2020 - No Assembly Same-as

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

See fiscal note.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

S4438A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4438--A
     Cal. No. 861
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 4, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by Sens. SKOUFIS, HELMING, JACKSON, MARTUCCI, RITCHIE -- read
   twice  and  ordered  printed,  and when printed to be committed to the
   Committee on Civil Service and Pensions -- recommitted to the  Commit-
   tee  on  Civil  Service and Pensions in accordance with Senate Rule 6,
   sec. 8 -- reported favorably from said committee and committed to  the
   Committee  on  Finance  --  reported  favorably  from  said committee,
   ordered to first and  second  report,  ordered  to  a  third  reading,
   amended  and  ordered  reprinted,  retaining its place in the order of
   third reading
 
 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in  relation  to
   authorizing retired firefighters to be employed as instructors of fire
   sciences by a career and technical education center without diminution
   of his or her retirement benefits
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding
 a new section 214-c to read as follows:
   § 214-C. EMPLOYMENT OF CERTAIN RETIRED PERSONS WHO RETIRED  FROM  FIRE
 SERVICE.   NOTWITHSTANDING   THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS  CHAPTER  OR  THE
 PROVISIONS OF ANY STATE OR LOCAL LAW OR  CHARTER  TO  THE  CONTRARY,  NO
 RETIRED PERSON WHO RETIRED FROM FIRE SERVICE AS A MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK
 STATE  AND  LOCAL POLICE AND FIRE RETIREMENT SYSTEM OR THE NEW YORK FIRE
 DEPARTMENT PENSION FUND, AND WHO IS EMPLOYED BY A CAREER  AND  TECHNICAL
 EDUCATION  CENTER AS AN INSTRUCTOR IN A FIRE SCIENCE PROGRAM APPROVED BY
 THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, SHALL HAVE HIS OR HER RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE  OR
 BENEFITS  SUSPENDED  OR  REDUCED  BECAUSE OF COMPENSATION EARNED BY SUCH
 RETIRED PERSON FROM SERVICE AS A FIRE SCIENCE INSTRUCTOR.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
   FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
   This bill would allow retirees from  the  New  York  State  and  Local
 Police  and  Fire Retirement System or the New York City Fire Department
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

                                                            LBD03624-03-2
 S. 4438--A                          2
 
 Pension Fund retired from  fire  service  to  work  as  a  fire  science
 instructor  in  a  program  approved by the New York State Department of
 Education and to continue to receive their retirement benefit.
   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. Any additional annual costs will therefore be negligible.
   Summary of relevant resources:
   Membership  data as of March 31, 2021 was used in measuring the impact
 of the proposed change, the same data used in the April 1, 2021 actuari-
 al valuation.  Distributions and other statistics can be  found  in  the
 2021  Report  of the Actuary and the 2021 Comprehensive Annual Financial
 Report.
   The actuarial assumptions and methods used are described in  the  2020
 and  2021 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, 2021
 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 11, 2022, and intended for  use  only  during
 the  2022  Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2022-128, prepared by
 the Actuary for the New York State and Local Retirement System.

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May 24, 2022 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: May 24, 2022

Apr 26, 2022 - Finance committee Vote

Committee Vote: Apr 26, 2022

Jan 25, 2022 - Civil Service and Pensions committee Vote

Committee Vote: Jan 25, 2022

Jun 1, 2021 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Jun 1, 2021

May 26, 2021 - Rules committee Vote

Committee Vote: May 26, 2021

Feb 23, 2021 - Civil Service and Pensions committee Vote

Committee Vote: Feb 23, 2021

Bill Amendments

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S4438 - Details

S4438 - Summary

S4438 - Sponsor Memo

S4438 - Bill Text download pdf

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S4438A (ACTIVE) - Details

S4438A (ACTIVE) - Summary

S4438A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S4438A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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Jan 25, 2022 - Civil Service and Pensions committee Vote

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Jun 1, 2021 - floor Vote

Floor Vote: Jun 1, 2021

May 26, 2021 - Rules committee Vote

Committee Vote: May 26, 2021

Feb 23, 2021 - Civil Service and Pensions committee Vote

Committee Vote: Feb 23, 2021

Bill Amendments

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S4438 - Details

S4438 - Summary

S4438 - Sponsor Memo

S4438 - Bill Text download pdf

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S4438A (ACTIVE) - Details

S4438A (ACTIVE) - Summary

S4438A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S4438A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

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