S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K
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8051
I N S E N A T E
March 22, 2018
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Introduced by Sen. GALLIVAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
AN ACT to authorize Patrick Humiston to receive certain service credit
under section 384-d of the retirement and social security law
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, Patrick Humi-
ston, currently a city of Buffalo police officer and member of the New
York State and local police and fire retirement system covered under
section 384-d of the retirement and social security law, who for a peri-
od beginning November 12, 2002 and ending August 21, 2006, was employed
as a deputy sheriff by the Erie County Sheriff's Department where he was
a member of the New York state and local employees' retirement system,
and who, for reasons not ascribable to his own negligence, was not
granted service credit under section 384-d of the retirement and social
security law for his period of employment with the Erie County Sheriff's
Department, shall be granted such service credit under section 384-d of
the retirement and social security law and shall be entitled to the full
rights and benefits associated with coverage under such section as well
as section 384-e of such law, provided that a request to that effect is
filed with the state comptroller within one year from the effective date
of this act.
§ 2. All past service costs incurred in implementing the provisions of
this act shall be borne by the city of Buffalo.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
FISCAL NOTE. -- Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
This bill will grant service credit under section 384-d together with
section 384-e of the Retirement and Social Security Law to Patrick Humi-
ston, a current member of the Police and Fire Retirement System, for the
period of November 12, 2002 through August 21, 2006 during which he was
employed as a deputy sheriff by the Erie County Sheriff's Department.
Currently, deputy sheriff service is not creditable in a twenty year
police retirement plan.
EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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If this bill is enacted during the 2018 legislative session, there
will not be an increase in the annual contributions of the City of
Buffalo.
However, there will be an immediate past service cost of approximately
$231,000 which will be borne by the city of Buffalo as a one-time
payment. This estimate is based on the assumption that the payment will
be made on February 1, 2019.
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 March 22, 2018, and intended for use only during
the 2018 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2018-78, prepared by
the Actuary for the New York State and Local Retirement System.
