Bill Text: NY S06374 | 2011-2012 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Authorizes Gustin L. Reichbach to obtain service credit for his service as a judge with the United Nations administration mission in Kosovo.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-05-15 - SUBSTITUTED BY A9168 [S06374 Detail]

Download: New_York-2011-S06374-Introduced.html

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                           S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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           S. 6374                                                  A. 9168
                             S E N A T E - A S S E M B L Y
                                   February 1, 2012
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       IN  SENATE  --  Introduced  by Sen. MONTGOMERY -- read twice and ordered
         printed, and when printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Civil
         Service and Pensions
       IN  ASSEMBLY -- Introduced by M. of A. MILLMAN -- read once and referred
         to the Committee on Governmental Employees
       AN ACT in relation to allowing Gustin L.  Reichbach  to  obtain  service
         credit  for  his  service  as a judge with the United Nations adminis-
         tration mission in Kosovo
         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  Gustin  L.  Reichbach,  currently  serving  as  a justice of the supreme
    3  court, second judicial district, and an active tier 4 member of the  New
    4  York  state and local employees' retirement system, shall be eligible to
    5  receive additional service credit for any time not already  credited  in
    6  such  system  for the period from September 1, 2003 through February 27,
    7  2004, during which period he rendered service as a judge with the United
    8  Nations administration mission in Kosovo. The additional service  credit
    9  granted,  when added to the service already credited, shall not exceed a
   10  total of one year of credit for all service rendered in the fiscal  year
   11  ending  March 31, 2004. Such additional credit shall be obtained only if
   12  on or before December 31, 2012, Gustin  L.  Reichbach  files  a  written
   13  request for such service credit with the administrative head of the said
   14  retirement  system.  All costs necessary to finance the granting of this
   15  service credit shall be borne by the state of New York.
   16    S 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
         FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, section 50:
         This bill would grant additional service credit to  Gustin  L.  Reich-
       bach,  a  justice  of the supreme court, for service rendered as a judge
       with the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal in Kosovo from September  1,
       2003 through February 27, 2004.
         If  this bill is enacted, there will be an immediate past service cost
       of approximately $13,500, which would be borne by the State of New  York
        EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                             [ ] is old law to be omitted.
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       S. 6374                             2                            A. 9168
       as  a  one-time  payment.  This estimate is based on the assumption that
       payment will be made on March 1, 2013.
         Summary of relevant resources:
         Data:  March  31,  2011  Actuarial Year End File with distributions of
       membership and other statistics displayed in  the  2011  Report  of  the
       Actuary and 2011 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report.
         Assumptions  and  Methods:  2010  and  2011 Annual Report to the Comp-
       troller on Actuarial Assumptions, Codes Rules  and  Regulations  of  the
       State of New York: Audit and Control.
         Market  Assets and GASB Disclosures: March 31, 2011 New York State and
       Local Retirement System Financial Statements and Supplementary  Informa-
       tion.
         Valuations  of Benefit Liabilities and Actuarial Assets: summarized in
       the 2011 Actuarial Valuations report.
         I am a member of the American Academy of Actuaries and meet the Quali-
       fication Standards to render the actuarial opinion contained herein.
         This estimate, dated January 27,  2012,  and  intended  for  use  only
       during  the  2012  Legislative  Session,  is  Fiscal  Note  No. 2012-77,
       prepared by the Actuary for the New  York  State  and  Local  Employees'
       Retirement System.