Senate Bill S4686

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Grants retroactive membership in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Justin Whitmore

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-S4686 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6164
Law Section:
Retirement
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S8859
2023-2024: S6788, A6706

2021-S4686 - Summary

Grants retroactive membership in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Justin Whitmore.

2021-S4686 - Sponsor Memo

2021-S4686 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4686
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 8, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HELMING -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
 
 AN ACT granting retroactive membership in the New York state  and  local
   employees' retirement system to Justin Whitmore
 
   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,  Justin  Whit-
 more,  a  member of the New York State and Local Police and Fire Retire-
 ment System currently  employed  by  the  city  of  Rochester,  who  was
 employed  as  a  seasonal  employee for Sampson State Park, beginning on
 July 7, 2007, who through no fault of his own, failed to become a member
 of the New York state and local employees' retirement system during such
 employment by Sampson State Park in 2007, shall be deemed to have joined
 the New York state and local employees' retirement system  on  the  date
 July  7,  2007  and  shall  be granted Tier IV status in such retirement
 system, if, within one year of the effective date of this act, he  shall
 file a written request with the state comptroller.
   § 2. All past service costs of implementing the provisions of this act
 shall be borne by the state of New York.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
   FISCAL NOTE.-- Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
   This  bill  would  provide  Justin R. Whitmore a date of membership of
 July 7, 2007 resulting in Tier 2 status in the New York State and  Local
 Police and Fire Retirement System. The member is currently in Tier 6.
   If this bill is enacted during the 2021 legislative session, we antic-
 ipate  that  there  will  be an increase of approximately $10,000 in the
 annual contributions of the City of Rochester for the fiscal year ending
 March 31, 2022. In future years, this cost  will  vary  as  the  billing
 rates and salary of Justin Whitmore change.
   In addition to the annual contributions discussed above, there will be
 an  immediate  past  service cost of approximately $35,700 which will be
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
              

2021-S4686A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A6164
Law Section:
Retirement
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2019-2020: S8859
2023-2024: S6788, A6706

2021-S4686A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Grants retroactive membership in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Justin Whitmore.

2021-S4686A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S4686A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  4686--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 8, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. HELMING -- 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  commit-
   tee
 
 AN  ACT  granting retroactive membership in the New York state and local
   employees' retirement system to Justin Whitmore
 
   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, Justin Whit-
 more, a member of the New York State and Local Police and  Fire  Retire-
 ment  System  currently  employed  by  the  city  of  Rochester, who was
 employed as a seasonal employee for Sampson  State  Park,  beginning  on
 July 7, 2007, who through no fault of his own, failed to become a member
 of the New York state and local employees' retirement system during such
 employment by Sampson State Park in 2007, shall be deemed to have joined
 the  New  York  state and local employees' retirement system on the date
 July 7, 2007 and shall be granted Tier  IV  status  in  such  retirement
 system,  if, within one year of the effective date of this act, he shall
 file a written request with the state comptroller.
   § 2. All past service costs of implementing the provisions of this act
 shall be borne by the state of New York.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
   FISCAL NOTE. -- Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
   This bill would provide Justin R. Whitmore a  date  of  membership  of
 July  7, 2007 resulting in Tier 2 status in the New York State and Local
 Police and Fire Retirement System. The member is currently in Tier 6.
   If this bill is enacted during the 2022 legislative session, we antic-
 ipate that there will be an increase  of  approximately  $9,300  in  the
 annual contributions of the City of Rochester for the fiscal year ending

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05318-03-1
              

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