NY State Senate Bill 2021-S7240

Senate Bill S7240

2021-2022 Legislative Session

Authorizes retroactive tier III membership in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Steven R. Grice

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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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	Assembly Actions - Lowercase Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Jun 03, 2022	returned to senate passed assembly home rule request ordered to third reading rules cal.697 substituted for a8025a
Jun 01, 2022	referred to ways and means delivered to assembly passed senate home rule request
May 31, 2022	ordered to third reading cal.1650 committee discharged and committed to rules
May 13, 2022	print number 7240a
May 13, 2022	amend and recommit to civil service and pensions
Jan 05, 2022	referred to civil service and pensions
Jun 08, 2021	referred to rules

Votes

- Jun 1, 2022 - Floor Vote
  S7240
  
  63
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  0
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Floor Vote: Jun 1, 2022
      
      aye (63)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Akshar
      
      Bailey
      
      Biaggi
      
      Borrello
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Brisport
      
      Brooks
      
      Brouk
      
      Cleare
      
      Comrie
      
      Cooney
      
      Felder
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gaughran
      
      Gianaris
      
      Gounardes
      
      Griffo
      
      Harckham
      
      Helming
      
      Hinchey
      
      Hoylman-Sigal
      
      Jackson
      
      Jordan
      
      Kaminsky
      
      Kaplan
      
      Kavanagh
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Mannion
      
      Martucci
      
      Mattera
      
      May
      
      Mayer
      
      Myrie
      
      O'Mara
      
      Oberacker
      
      Ortt
      
      Palumbo
      
      Parker
      
      Persaud
      
      Ramos
      
      Rath III
      
      Reichlin-Melnick
      
      Ritchie
      
      Rivera
      
      Ryan
      
      Salazar
      
      Sanders Jr.
      
      Savino
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      Serino
      
      Serrano
      
      Skoufis
      
      Stavisky
      
      Stec
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      Tedisco
      
      Thomas
      
      Weik
  May 31, 2022 - Rules Committee Vote
  S7240
  
  19
  
  Aye
  
  0
  
  Nay
  
  1
  
  Aye with Reservations
  
  1
  
  Absent
  
  0
  
  Excused
  
  0
  
  Abstained
  - - Rules Committee Vote: May 31, 2022
      
      aye (19)
      
      Addabbo Jr.
      
      Bailey
      
      Biaggi
      
      Boyle
      
      Breslin
      
      Comrie
      
      Gallivan
      
      Gianaris
      
      Griffo
      
      Kennedy
      
      Krueger
      
      Lanza
      
      Liu
      
      Mayer
      
      Ortt
      
      Parker
      
      Ritchie
      
      Savino
      
      Stewart-Cousins
      
      aye wr (1)
      
      Sepúlveda
      
      absent (1)
      
      O'Mara

Bill Amendments

Original

A (Active)

2021-S7240 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8025
Law Section:: Retirement
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S8598, A10717
2019-2020: S6382, S7917, A8261, A9981

2021-S7240 - Summary

Authorizes retroactive Tier III membership in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Steven R. Grice.

2021-S7240 - Sponsor Memo

                                
 
BILL NUMBER: S7240

SPONSOR: RATH
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act granting retroactive tier III membership in the New York state
and local employees' retirement system to Steven R. Grice

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

Allows Steven R. Grice, who is currently a member of Tier VI of the New
York State and Local Employees Retirement System, and employed by Gene-
see County, to claim a benefit from his original employment start date
when he was an employee of Genesee County.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 allows Steven R. Grice to receive a benefit based on the total
service credit to which he was entitled at the time of his employment
start.

Section 2 requires that all costs associated with this act be borne by
Genesee County, and that there shall be no refund of member benefits to
Steven R. Grice.

Section 3 contains the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Steven R. Grice was employed by Genesee County in June 1981. He was
eligible to join the pension system, but through no fault of his own did
not join at that time. At the time, he would have been eligible for
entrance into Tier III, He was not provided with an application to apply
for membership in the retirement system until October 2017 and he is now
an employee with Genesee County and is a member of Tier VI. Had he
entered the pension system in 1981, he would be a member of Tier III.
This bill allows him to retroactively enter the pension tier that he was
entitled to in 1981. The Genesee County Legislature has passed a resol-
ution requesting that this legislation be passed.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2017 - S.8598/A.10717 -- Vetoed
2019 - S.6382/A.8261 -- Vetoed
2020 - S.7917/A.9981 - CIVIL SERVICE & PENSIONS/Passed Assembly

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

Refer to fiscal note on the bill

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2021-S7240 - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7240
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 8, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RATH  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT granting retroactive tier III membership in the  New  York  state
   and local employees' retirement system to Steven R. Grice
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Notwithstanding any other law to the  contrary,  Steven  R.
 Grice, who is currently a Tier VI member of the New York state and local
 employees'  retirement  system  and  currently employed by the county of
 Genesee, and who commenced employment with the county of Genesee on June
 22, 1981, and who, for reasons not ascribable  to  his  own  negligence,
 failed  to  become  a  member of the New York state and local employees'
 retirement system in 1981, may be deemed to have become a member of  the
 New  York state and local employees' retirement system on June 22, 1981,
 if within one year of the effective date of this act he  shall  file  an
 application  therefor  with  the state comptroller. Upon receipt of such
 application, Steven R. Grice shall be granted Tier III status in the New
 York state and local employees' retirement system and  be  eligible  for
 all  the  rights  and benefits thereof. No contributions made to the New
 York state and local employees' retirement system  by  Steven  R.  Grice
 shall be returned to him pursuant to this act.
   § 2. Any past service costs incurred in implementing the provisions of
 this act shall be borne by the county of Genesee.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
   FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
   This  bill  will  grant  Tier 3 status in the New York State and Local
 Employees' Retirement System to Steven R. Grice, a current Tier 6 member
 employed by the county of Genesee, by changing his date of membership to
 June 22, 1981, his first date of employment with the county of  Genesee.
 There will be no refund of member contributions. As a Tier 3 member with

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03514-02-1

 S. 7240                             2
 
 over  10  years  of  membership,  he  will no longer be required to make
 member contributions.
   If this bill is enacted during the 2021 legislative session, we antic-
 ipate  that  there  will  be  an increase of approximately $5,900 in the
 annual contributions of the county of Genesee for the fiscal year ending
 March 31, 2022. In future years, this cost  will  vary  as  the  billing
 rates and salary of Steven Grice change.
   In addition to the annual contributions discussed above, there will be
 an  immediate  past  service  cost of $15,700 which will be borne by the
 county of Genesee as a one-time payment. This estimate is based  on  the
 assumption that payment will be made on February 1, 2022.
   Summary of relevant resources:
   The  membership  data  as  of March 31, 2020 was used in measuring the
 impact of the proposed change, the same data used in the April  1,  2020
 actuarial  valuation. Distributions and other statistics can be found in
 the 2020 Report of the Actuary and the 2020 Comprehensive Annual  Finan-
 cial Report.
   The  actuarial  assumptions and methods used are described in the 2020
 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, 2020
 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  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 April 5, 2021, and intended for use only during
 the 2021 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2021-118,  prepared  by
 the Actuary for the New York State and Local Retirement System.

2021-S7240A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:: A8025
Law Section:: Retirement
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2017-2018: S8598, A10717
2019-2020: S6382, S7917, A8261, A9981

2021-S7240A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes retroactive Tier III membership in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Steven R. Grice.

2021-S7240A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S7240A

SPONSOR: RATH
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act granting retroactive tier III membership in the New York state
and local employees' retirement system to Steven R. Grice

 
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:

Allows Steven R. Grice, who is currently a member of Tier VI of the New
York State and Local Employees Retirement System, and employed by Gene-
see County, to claim a benefit from his original employment start date
when he was an employee of Genesee County.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1 allows Steven R. Grice to receive a benefit based on the total
service credit to which he was entitled at the time of his employment
start.

Section 2 requires that all costs associated with this act be borne by

Genesee County, and that there shall be no refund of member benefits to
Steven R. Grice.

Section 3 contains the effective date.

 
JUSTIFICATION:

Steven R. Grice was employed by Genesee County in June 1981. He was
eligible to join the pension system, but through no fault of his own did
not join at that time. At the time, he would have been eligible for
entrance into Tier III, He was not provided with an application to apply
for membership in the retirement system until October 2017 and he is now
an employee with Genesee County and is a member of Tier VI. Had he
entered the pension system in 1981, he would be a member of Tier III.
This bill allows him to retroactively enter the pension tier that he was
entitled to in 1981. The Genesee County Legislature has passed a resol-
ution requesting that this legislation be passed.

 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

2017 - S.8598/A.I 0717 -- Vetoed

2019 - S.6382/A.8261 - Vetoed

2020 - S.7917/A.9981 - CIVIL SERVICE & PENSIONS/Passed Assembly

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:

Refer to fiscal note on the bill

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2021-S7240A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7240--A
 
                        2021-2022 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               June 8, 2021
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  RATH  --  read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules  --  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 committee

 AN  ACT  granting  retroactive tier III membership in the New York state
   and local employees' retirement system to Steven R. Grice
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Notwithstanding  any other law to the contrary, Steven R.
 Grice, who is currently a Tier VI member of the New York state and local
 employees' retirement system and currently employed  by  the  county  of
 Genesee, and who commenced employment with the county of Genesee on June
 22,  1981,  and  who,  for reasons not ascribable to his own negligence,
 failed to become a member of the New York  state  and  local  employees'
 retirement  system in 1981, may be deemed to have become a member of the
 New York state and local employees' retirement system on June 22,  1981,
 if  within  one  year of the effective date of this act he shall file an
 application therefor with the state comptroller. Upon  receipt  of  such
 application, Steven R. Grice shall be granted Tier III status in the New
 York  state  and  local employees' retirement system and be eligible for
 all the rights and benefits thereof. No contributions made  to  the  New
 York  state  and  local  employees' retirement system by Steven R. Grice
 shall be returned to him pursuant to this act.
   § 2. Any past service costs incurred in implementing the provisions of
 this act shall be borne by the county of Genesee.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
   FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
   This bill would grant Tier 3 status in the New York  State  and  Local
 Employees' Retirement System to Steven R. Grice, a current Tier 6 member
 employed  by the County of Genesee, by changing their date of membership
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD03514-03-2

 S. 7240--A                          2
 
 to June 22, 1981, the first date of Steven Grice's employment  with  the
 County of Genesee. There will be no refund of member contributions.
   If this bill is enacted during the 2022 legislative session, we antic-
 ipate  that  there  will  be  an increase of approximately $3,900 in the
 annual contributions of the County of Genesee for the fiscal year ending
 March 31, 2023. In future years, this cost  will  vary  as  the  billing
 rates and salary of Steven Grice change.
   In addition to the annual contributions discussed above, there will be
 an  immediate  past  service cost of approximately $18,600 which will be
 borne by the County of Genesee as a one-time payment. This  estimate  is
 based on the assumption that payment will be made on February 1, 2023.
   Summary of relevant resources:
   Membership  data as of March 31, 2021 was used in measuring the impact
 of the proposed change, the same data used in the April 1, 2021 actuari-
 al valuation. Distributions and other statistics can  be  found  in  the
 2021  Report  of the Actuary and the 2021 Comprehensive Annual Financial
 Report.
   The actuarial assumptions and methods used are described in  the  2020
 and  2021 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, 2021
 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 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 May 11, 2022, and intended for  use  only  during
 the  2022  Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2022-139, prepared by
 the Actuary for the New York State and Local Retirement System.

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