Senate Bill S5291A

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Grants retroactive membership with tier IV status in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Dana Kerstanski

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    • 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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2023-S5291 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5675
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Retirement
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S7498

2023-S5291 - Summary

Grants retroactive membership with tier IV status in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Dana Kerstanski.

2023-S5291 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5291 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5291
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 1, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
 
 AN ACT granting retroactive tier IV status in the  New  York  state  and
   local employees' retirement system to Dana Kerstanski
 
   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 to the contrary,
 Dana Kerstanski, who was employed as a  substitute  custodian  with  the
 Warwick  Valley  school  district with a start date of May 10, 2006, and
 who is currently a member of the New York  state  and  local  employees'
 retirement  system,  who  through  no  fault of his own did not become a
 member of the New York state and local employees' retirement  system  on
 May  10,  2006 when first employed by the Warwick Valley school district
 shall be deemed to have been a member of the New York  state  and  local
 employees'  retirement  system  on such date he commenced his employment
 and shall be granted Tier IV status, provided  that  an  application  is
 filed  with  the head of the New York state and local employees' retire-
 ment system within one year from the effective date of this act.    Upon
 the  granting  of such retroactive membership, Dana Kerstanski shall not
 be granted a refund of any employee contributed made by him to  the  New
 York state and local employees' retirement system.
   §  2.  All  past  services costs associated with the implementation of
 this act shall be borne by the Warwick Valley school district.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
   FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
   This bill would grant Tier 4 status in the New York  State  and  Local
 Employees' Retirement System to Dana Kerstanski, a current Tier 6 member
 employed  by  the  Monroe  Woodbury Central School District, by changing
 their date of membership to May 10, 2006. There will  be  no  refund  of
 member contributions.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09316-02-3
 S. 5291                             2
              

2023-S5291A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5675
Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Retirement
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S7498

2023-S5291A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Grants retroactive membership with tier IV status in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Dana Kerstanski.

2023-S5291A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S5291A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  5291--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               March 1, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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  granting  retroactive  tier IV status in the New York state and
   local employees' retirement system to Dana Kerstanski
 
   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 to the contrary,
 Dana  Kerstanski,  who  was  employed as a substitute custodian with the
 Warwick Valley school district with a start date of May  10,  2006,  and
 who  is  currently  a  member of the New York state and local employees'
 retirement system, who through no fault of his  own  did  not  become  a
 member  of  the New York state and local employees' retirement system on
 May 10, 2006 when first employed by the Warwick Valley  school  district
 shall  be  deemed  to have been a member of the New York state and local
 employees' retirement system on such date he  commenced  his  employment
 and  shall  be  granted  Tier IV status, provided that an application is
 filed with the head of the New York state and local  employees'  retire-
 ment  system  within one year from the effective date of this act.  Upon
 the granting of such retroactive membership, Dana Kerstanski  shall  not
 be  granted  a refund of any employee contributed made by him to the New
 York state and local employees' retirement system.
   § 2. All past services costs associated  with  the  implementation  of
 this act shall be borne by the Warwick Valley school district.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
   FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
   This  bill  would provide Dana Kerstanski with a date of membership of
 May 10, 2006, their date of first employment  with  the  Warwick  Valley

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09316-03-4
              

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