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                                 3821--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                          I N  A S S E M B L Y

                            January 27, 2015
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Introduced by M. of A. THIELE -- read once and referred to the Committee
  on  Governmental  Employees -- recommitted to the Committee on Govern-
  mental Employees in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- commit-
  tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and  recom-
  mitted to said committee

AN ACT in relation to entitling Robert V. Vassallo, Sr. to reapply for a
  disability retirement from the New York state police

  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,  Robert  V.
Vassallo, Sr., who was employed as a correction officer with the depart-
ment of correctional services for the state of New York for approximate-
ly  one  year  beginning  in  1968, and who was employed as a correction
officer with the department of correction for the city of New  York  for
approximately one year until September 10, 1970, and who was employed as
a  police  officer with the New York state parkway police for the period
beginning September 10, 1970 and ending January 1,  1980,  and  who  was
employed  as  a  trooper  with  the New York state police for the period
beginning January 1, 1980 and ending March 1, 1990, and who was employed
as an investigator in the bureau of criminal investigation with the  New
York  state  police  for  the  period beginning March 1, 1990 and ending
September 13, 1997, and who, on January 14, 1991, was critically injured
in an automobile accident while working undercover in an unmarked police
car, and, as a result of such  critical  injuries  has  been  unable  to
return  to work with the New York state police, and who, for reasons not
ascribable to his own negligence, has been denied a  disability  retire-
ment  from  the New York state police, and who, as of the effective date
of this act, is on regular service  retirement,  shall  be  entitled  to
reapply for a disability retirement from the New York state police if on
or  before  December 31, 2016, he files a written request with the state
comptroller to that effect.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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  S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
  Fiscal Note.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
  This  bill will entitle Robert V. Vassallo, Sr., a service retiree who
was formerly employed as a  police  officer  with  the  New  York  State
Police,  to file an application to receive a disability benefit from the
New York State and Local Police and Fire Retirement  System  instead  of
his current service retirement benefit.
  If this bill is enacted, there will be no increase in the annual bene-
fit.  Therefore, there would be no cost to the System.
  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, 2015  actuarial  valu-
ation.    Distributions  and  other  statistics can be found in the 2015
Report of the  Actuary  and  the  2015  Comprehensive  Annual  Financial
Report.
  The  actuarial  assumptions and methods used are described in the 2015
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, 2015
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  estimate,  dated  December  4,  2015,  and intended for use only
during the 2016 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2016-6, prepared
by the Actuary for the New York State and Local Retirement System.