Assembly Bill A6993

                             
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                                   6993
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 18, 2025
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 Introduced  by M. of A. DURSO -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Governmental Employees
 
 AN ACT to authorize Anthony A. Fede Tier I status in the New York  state
   and local employees' retirement system
 
   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,  Anthony  A.
 Fede,  who  is  currently retired and who was first eligible to join the
 public retirement system as of March 17, 1970 and who  was  employed  by
 the Sewanhaka Central High School District from March 17, 1970 to August
 10,  1973  and  who for reasons not ascribable to his own negligence was
 not afforded the opportunity to  join  the  New  York  state  and  local
 employees' retirement system with Tier I status, shall be deemed to have
 become  a  member  of the New York state and local employees' retirement
 system as of March 17, 1970; and shall have Tier I status, if, no  later
 than one year after the effective date of this act he shall file a writ-
 ten  request  with  the state comptroller. Upon receipt of such request,
 the retirement benefit shall be calculated and  payment  shall  be  made
 retroactive to his date of retirement.
   §  2. No contributions made to the New York state and local employees'
 retirement system shall be returned  or  refunded  to  Anthony  A.  Fede
 pursuant to this act.
   § 3. All past service costs associated with the implementation of this
 act  shall be borne by all participating employers in the New York state
 and local employees' retirement system.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
   FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
   This bill would provide Anthony A. Fede with a date of  membership  of
 March  17,  1970,  their  date  of  first  employment with the Sewanhaka
 Central School District, resulting in Tier 1  status  in  the  New  York
 State  and Local Employees' Retirement System (NYSLERS). Anthony A. Fede

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 is currently a Tier 4 retiree. Their retirement benefit will be recalcu-
 lated and payment will be made retroactive to their date of  retirement.
 There will be no refund of member contributions.
   If  this  bill  is  enacted during the 2025 Legislative Session, there
 will be an immediate past service cost of approximately  $222,000.  This
 cost will be shared by the State of New York and the Local participating
 employers in the NYSLERS.
   Summary of relevant resources:
   Membership  data as of March 31, 2024 was used in measuring the impact
 of the proposed change, the same data used in the April 1, 2024 actuari-
 al valuation. Distributions and other statistics can  be  found  in  the
 2024  Report  of the Actuary and the 2024 Annual Comprehensive Financial
 Report.  The actuarial assumptions and methods used are described in the
 2024 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, 2024 New York State and Local Retirement System Financial Statements
 and Supplementary Information.
   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,  2025, and intended for use only
 during the 2025 Legislative Session, is  Fiscal  Note  No.  2025-87.  As
 Chief  Actuary  of  the  New  York State and Local Retirement System, I,
 Aaron Schottin Young, hereby certify that this  analysis  complies  with
 applicable  Actuarial  Standards  of  Practice  as  well  as the Code of
 Professional Conduct and Qualification Standards for  Actuaries  Issuing
 Statements of Actuarial Opinion of the American Academy of Actuaries, of
 which I am a member.