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                                  5084--A
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 7, 2017
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  CROCI  -- 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 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

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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 or  before  December 31, 2019, he files a written request with the state
 comptroller to that effect.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
   Fiscal Note.-- Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
   This bill would 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 paid by the System. 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, 2017 actuarial valu-
 ation.  Distributions and other statistics can  be  found  in  the  2017
 Report  of  the  Actuary  and  the  2017  Comprehensive Annual Financial
 Report.
   The actuarial assumptions and methods used are described in the  2015,
 2016,  and  2017  Annual  Report to the Comptroller on Actuarial Assump-
 tions, 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, 2017
 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 January 31,  2018,  and  intended  for  use  only
 during  the  2018  Legislative  Session,  is  Fiscal  Note  No. 2018-54,
 prepared by the Actuary for the New  York  State  and  Local  Retirement
 System.