Legislation
SECTION 11
Duties of comptroller; the actuary
Retirement & Social Security (RSS) CHAPTER 51-A, ARTICLE 2, TITLE 2
§ 11. Duties of comptroller; the actuary. a. The comptroller shall be
the administrative head of the retirement system. Subject to the
limitations of this article and of law, he shall adopt and may amend,
from time to time, rules and regulations for the administration and
transaction of the business of the retirement system and for the custody
and control of its funds. The comptroller shall:
1. Maintain all necessary accounting records, and
2. Keep in convenient form such data as shall be necessary for the
actuarial valuation of the various funds of the retirement system, and
3. Establish funds, in addition to those provided for by this article,
which in his judgment are necessary or required for the proper fiscal
management of the retirement system, and
4. Perform such other functions as are required for the execution of
the provisions of this article.
b. The comptroller shall engage the services of an actuary and may
employ such other necessary technical and administrative assistance as
he may require. For the purpose of determining upon the proper tables to
be prepared and submitted to the comptroller for adoption, the actuary,
from time to time, but at least once in each five years, shall make such
investigation of the mortality, service and compensation experience of
the members as the comptroller may authorize. On the basis of such
investigations and upon the recommendation of the actuary, the
comptroller shall:
1. Adopt for the retirement system such mortality and other tables as
shall be deemed necessary, and
2. Certify the rates of deduction, if any, from compensation computed
to be necessary to pay the annuities authorized under the provisions of
this article.
3. From time to time, but at least once in each five years, promulgate
a rate or rates of estimated future investment earnings.
4. From time to time, but at least once in every five years,
promulgate a rate or rates of regular interest.
c. On the basis of such aforesaid tables and an estimated rate or
rates of future investment earnings as the comptroller shall adopt:
1. The actuary shall make an annual valuation of the assets and
liabilities of the funds of the retirement system, and
2. The comptroller shall certify annually the rates expressed as
proportions of payroll of members, which shall be used in computing the
contributions required to be made by employers to the pension
accumulation fund.
d. The comptroller shall make an annual report showing the valuation
of the assets and liabilities of the funds of the retirement system, as
certified by the actuary, a statement of receipts and disbursements and
his or her recommendations in regard thereto. Such report shall be
published with and as a part of the annual report of the comptroller. In
addition to the above annual report, an actuarial report prepared in
accordance with generally recognized and accepted actuarial principles
and practices which are consistent with principles prescribed by the
Actuarial Standards Boards (ASB) and the Code of Professional Conduct
and Qualification Standards for Public Statements of Actuarial Opinion
of the American Academy of Actuaries, shall be published on or before
October fifteenth of each fiscal year to include:
1. The following membership distributions for the Employee's
Retirement System (ERS) and Police and Fire Retirement Systems (PFRS),
separately for the following categories: the state, cities, counties,
towns, villages, school districts, and miscellaneous.
(i) For active members, five year age/service groups in matrix form
showing numbers of members and average compensation.
(ii) For retired members, five year age/service at retirement groups
in matrix form showing number of members, average final average salary,
and average annual pension.
(iii) For active members, number of members and total salary by tier.
2. For inactive employees, five year age/service groups in matrix form
showing number of members and average last compensation.
3. Any other information needed to fully and fairly disclose the
actuarial position of the plan.
4. A reconciliation to the prior year of the number of all members
(active, inactive and retired), broken down by ERS and PFRS.
e. Special interest, if any, shall be credited annually in the same
manner as regular interest pursuant to subdivision i of section thirteen
of this article to the individual annuity savings accounts of persons
who are members as of the close of the fiscal year.
f. The records of the retirement system shall be open to public
inspection.
g. The comptroller shall adopt and amend pursuant to this article only
such rules and regulations as he determines to be for the best interests
of the retirement system and its members.
the administrative head of the retirement system. Subject to the
limitations of this article and of law, he shall adopt and may amend,
from time to time, rules and regulations for the administration and
transaction of the business of the retirement system and for the custody
and control of its funds. The comptroller shall:
1. Maintain all necessary accounting records, and
2. Keep in convenient form such data as shall be necessary for the
actuarial valuation of the various funds of the retirement system, and
3. Establish funds, in addition to those provided for by this article,
which in his judgment are necessary or required for the proper fiscal
management of the retirement system, and
4. Perform such other functions as are required for the execution of
the provisions of this article.
b. The comptroller shall engage the services of an actuary and may
employ such other necessary technical and administrative assistance as
he may require. For the purpose of determining upon the proper tables to
be prepared and submitted to the comptroller for adoption, the actuary,
from time to time, but at least once in each five years, shall make such
investigation of the mortality, service and compensation experience of
the members as the comptroller may authorize. On the basis of such
investigations and upon the recommendation of the actuary, the
comptroller shall:
1. Adopt for the retirement system such mortality and other tables as
shall be deemed necessary, and
2. Certify the rates of deduction, if any, from compensation computed
to be necessary to pay the annuities authorized under the provisions of
this article.
3. From time to time, but at least once in each five years, promulgate
a rate or rates of estimated future investment earnings.
4. From time to time, but at least once in every five years,
promulgate a rate or rates of regular interest.
c. On the basis of such aforesaid tables and an estimated rate or
rates of future investment earnings as the comptroller shall adopt:
1. The actuary shall make an annual valuation of the assets and
liabilities of the funds of the retirement system, and
2. The comptroller shall certify annually the rates expressed as
proportions of payroll of members, which shall be used in computing the
contributions required to be made by employers to the pension
accumulation fund.
d. The comptroller shall make an annual report showing the valuation
of the assets and liabilities of the funds of the retirement system, as
certified by the actuary, a statement of receipts and disbursements and
his or her recommendations in regard thereto. Such report shall be
published with and as a part of the annual report of the comptroller. In
addition to the above annual report, an actuarial report prepared in
accordance with generally recognized and accepted actuarial principles
and practices which are consistent with principles prescribed by the
Actuarial Standards Boards (ASB) and the Code of Professional Conduct
and Qualification Standards for Public Statements of Actuarial Opinion
of the American Academy of Actuaries, shall be published on or before
October fifteenth of each fiscal year to include:
1. The following membership distributions for the Employee's
Retirement System (ERS) and Police and Fire Retirement Systems (PFRS),
separately for the following categories: the state, cities, counties,
towns, villages, school districts, and miscellaneous.
(i) For active members, five year age/service groups in matrix form
showing numbers of members and average compensation.
(ii) For retired members, five year age/service at retirement groups
in matrix form showing number of members, average final average salary,
and average annual pension.
(iii) For active members, number of members and total salary by tier.
2. For inactive employees, five year age/service groups in matrix form
showing number of members and average last compensation.
3. Any other information needed to fully and fairly disclose the
actuarial position of the plan.
4. A reconciliation to the prior year of the number of all members
(active, inactive and retired), broken down by ERS and PFRS.
e. Special interest, if any, shall be credited annually in the same
manner as regular interest pursuant to subdivision i of section thirteen
of this article to the individual annuity savings accounts of persons
who are members as of the close of the fiscal year.
f. The records of the retirement system shall be open to public
inspection.
g. The comptroller shall adopt and amend pursuant to this article only
such rules and regulations as he determines to be for the best interests
of the retirement system and its members.