New York A 11469: Grants retroactive membership with Tier IV status in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Christine Fernandez

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A11469 Summary:

BILL NOA11469 

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Grants retroactive membership with Tier IV status in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Christine Fernandez, formerly Christine Lennard, for her September 11, 1986 -- June 1989 employment with SUNY Buffalo.

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BILL NOA11469 

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05/20/2026referred to governmental employees

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 11469

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 20, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Bendett) --
 read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees

 AN ACT granting retroactive membership with Tier IV status in the New
 York state and local employees' retirement system to Christine Fernan-
 dez

 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, Christine
 2 Fernandez, formerly Christine Lennard, a member of the New York state
 3 and local employees' retirement system, who was employed by the state
 4 university of New York ("SUNY") at Buffalo from September 11, 1986
 5 through June 1989, and who is currently employed by the New York state
 6 thruway authority, who through no fault of her own was not given the
 7 option to become a member of the New York state and local employees'
 8 retirement system in 1986 when first employed by SUNY Buffalo, and did
 9 not file a membership application in such system until April 2, 2020
 10 when she began her employment with the New York State Police, which gave
 11 her Tier VI status instead of Tier IV status, shall be deemed to have
 12 been a member of the New York state and local employees' retirement
 13 system on such date she commenced her employment with SUNY Buffalo in
 14 September 11, 1986, and shall be granted Tier IV status, provided that
 15 an application is filed with the head of the New York state and local
 16 employees' retirement system within one year from the effective date of
 17 this act. Upon the granting of such retroactive membership, Christine
 18 Fernandez shall not be granted a refund of any employee contribution
 19 made by her to the New York state and local employees' retirement
 20 system.
 21 § 2. All past service costs associated with the implementation of this
 22 act shall be borne by the state of New York.
 23 § 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 (NYSLERS) to Christine Fernandez, a current
 Tier 6 member employed by the New York state thruway authority, by

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09373-06-6

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 changing their date of membership to September 11, 1986, their date of
 first employment with the state university of New York (SUNY) at
 Buffalo.
 There will be no refund of member contributions.
 We estimate that annual contributions will increase $11,000 for the
 New York state thruway authority beginning FYE 2027. Annual costs will
 vary as the billing rates and salary of Christine Fernandez change.
 In addition, there will be an immediate past service cost of $29,400,
 borne by the state of New York as a one-time payment. This cost assumes
 that payment will be made on March 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 Fi