New York A 8698: Authorizes Alexander D. Rusin to receive retroactive membership in the New York state and local employees' retirement system

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A08698 Summary:

BILL NOA08698A

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SAME ASSAME AS S03321-A

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SPONSORBurke

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COSPNSR

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Authorizes Alexander D. Rusin to receive retroactive membership in the New York state and local employees' retirement system.

Go to top A08698 Actions:

BILL NOA08698A

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05/30/2025referred to governmental employees

01/07/2026referred to governmental employees

04/22/2026amend and recommit to governmental employees

04/22/2026print number 8698a

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8698--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 30, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. BURKE -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Governmental Employees -- recommitted to the Committee on Govern-
 mental Employees in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 -- commit-
 tee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recom-
 mitted to said committee

 AN ACT in relation to authorizing Alexander D. Rusin to receive retroac-
 tive membership in 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 law to the contrary, Alexander D.
 2 Rusin, an employee of the Erie county water authority and a member of
 3 the New York state and local employees' retirement system, who was
 4 employed as a seasonal meter service worker with the Erie county water
 5 authority with a start date of June 2, 2008 until August 22, 2008, who
 6 for reasons not ascribable to his own negligence, failed to become a
 7 member of such retirement system during such employment by the Erie
 8 county water authority in 2008, shall be deemed to have joined the New
 9 York state and local employees' retirement system on the date June 2,
 10 2008 if, within one year of the effective date of this act, he shall
 11 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 Alexander D. Rusin shall be returned or refunded to
 14 him pursuant to this act.
 15 § 3. All past service costs of implementing the provisions of this act
 16 shall be borne by the Erie county water authority.
 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 to Alexander Rusin, a current Tier 6 member
 employed by the Erie County Water Authority, by changing their date of

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02515-04-6

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 membership to June 2, 2008, their date of first employment with the Erie
 County Water Authority.
 There will be no refund of member contributions.
 We estimate that the Erie County Water Authority's annual contrib-
 utions will increase $5,400 beginning FYE 2027. Annual costs will vary
 as the billing rates and salary of Alexander Rusin change.
 In addition, there will be an immediate past service cost of $88,100
 borne by the Erie County Water Authority 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 proposed benefit
 change(s).
 This fiscal note does not constitute a legal