New York S 4880: Authorizes Melissa Baker to receive certain service credit under a twenty year retirement plan

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S04880 Summary:

BILL NOS04880 

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SAME ASSAME AS A08253

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SPONSORGALLIVAN

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Authorizes Melissa Baker to receive certain service credit under a twenty year retirement plan for service with the village of Blasdell Police Department.

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BILL NOS04880 

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02/13/2025REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

05/27/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

01/21/2026RECOMMIT, ENACTING CLAUSE STRICKEN

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4880

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 13, 2025
 ___________

 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 Melissa Baker to receive certain service credit
 under a twenty year retirement plan

 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 law to the contrary,
 2 Melissa Baker, a member of the New York state and local police and fire
 3 retirement system covered under section 384-d of the retirement and
 4 social security law, who was employed as a police officer with the
 5 village of Blasdell between August 3, 2004 and August 14, 2005, and who,
 6 for reasons not ascribable to her own negligence, was not granted
 7 service credit under section 384-d of the retirement and social security
 8 law for such period of employment with the village of Blasdell, shall be
 9 granted such service credit under section 384-d of the retirement and
 10 social security law and shall be entitled to the full rights and bene-
 11 fits associated with coverage under such section as well as section
 12 384-e of such law, provided that a request to that effect is filed with
 13 the state comptroller within one year from the effective date of this
 14 act.
 15 § 2. All past service costs incurred in implementing the provision of
 16 this act shall be borne by the village of Blasdell and may be amortized
 17 over a five-year period.
 18 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
 This bill would grant service credit under section 384-d, together
 with section 384-e, of the Retirement and Social Security Law (RSSL) to
 Melissa Baker, a Tier 2 member of the New York State and Local Police
 and Fire Retirement System employed by the Niagara Frontier Transporta-
 tion Authority, for the period August 3, 2004 through August 14, 2005,

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01245-04-5

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 during which time they were employed as a police officer with the
 Village of Blasdell.
 This bill will not increase the future annual contributions of the
 Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority.
 In addition to the annual contributions discussed above, there will be
 an immediate past service cost of approximately $40,500 which will be
 borne by the Village of Blasdell as a one-time payment. This estimate
 assumes that payment will be made on February 1, 2026. If the Village of
 Blasdell elects to amortize this cost over a 5-year period, the cost for
 each year including interest would be $9,060.
 Summary of relevant resources:
 Membership data as of March 31, 2024 was used in measuring the impact
 of the proposed change, the same data used in the April 1, 2024 actuari-
 al valuation. Distributions and other statistics can be found in the
 2024 Report of the Actuary and the 2024 Annual Comprehensive Financial
 Report. The actuarial assumptions and methods used are described in the
 2024 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, 2024 New York State and Local Retirement System Financial Statements
 and Supplementary Information.
 This fiscal note does not constitute a legal opinion on the viabi