New York S 4686: Relates to court ordered forensic evaluations and reports in child custody and visitation proceedings

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S04686 Summary:

BILL NOS04686A

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Authorizes Kim Bowers to receive certain service credit with the New York state and local employees' retirement system for her employment with the town of Orchard Park Zoning Board of Appeals.

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BILL NOS04686A

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02/11/2025REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

01/28/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

01/28/2026PRINT NUMBER 4686A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4686--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 11, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. GALLIVAN -- 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 to authorize Kim Bowers to receive certain service credit with
 the New York state and local employees' retirement system

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the
 2 contrary, Kim Bowers, an employee of the Erie County Water Authority and
 3 a member of the New York state and local employees' retirement system,
 4 who for the period beginning January 1, 2006 and ending November 19,
 5 2018, was employed as a member of the Zoning Board of Appeals with the
 6 town of Orchard Park, and who, for reasons not ascribable to her own
 7 negligence, failed to become a member of such retirement system during
 8 such employment with the town of Orchard Park, shall be deemed to have
 9 joined the New York state and local employees' retirement system on the
 10 date January 1, 2006, if within one year of the effective date of this
 11 act, she shall file a written request with the state comptroller.
 12 § 2. No contributions made to the New York state and local employees'
 13 retirement system by Kim Bowers shall be returned or refunded to her
 14 pursuant to this act.
 15 § 3. All past service costs of implementing the provisions of this
 16 act shall be borne by the town of Orchard Park.
 17 § 4. 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 (NYSLERS) to Kim Bowers, a current Tier 6
 member employed by the Erie County Water Authority, by changing their

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02864-03-6

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 date of membership to January 1, 2006. There will be no refund of member
 contributions.
 We estimate that the annual contributions will increase $9,200 for the
 Erie County Water Authority and $86 for the town of Orchard Park begin-
 ning FYE 2027. Annual costs will vary as the billing rates and salary of
 Kim Bowers change.
 In addition, there will be an immediate past service cost of $10,500
 borne by the town of Orchard Park as a one-time payment. This cost
 assumes that payment will be made on February 1, 2027.
 Summary of relevant resources:
 Membership data as of March 31, 2025 was used to measure the impact of
 the bill, the same data used in the Actuarial Valuations dated April 1,
 2025. Distributions and other statistics can be found in the 2025 Report
 of the Actuary and the 2025 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report. The
 actuarial assumptions and methods used are described in the 2025 Annual
 Report to the Comptroller on Actuarial Assumptions, and the Codes, Rules
 and Regulations of the State of New York: Audit and Control. The fair
 value of assets and GASB disclosures can be found in the 2025 Financial
 Statements and Supplementary Information.
 Assumptions, demographics, and other considerations may have been
 modified to better reflect specific provisions of any