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A06300 Summary:

BILL NOA06300
 
SAME ASSAME AS S06692
 
SPONSORBronson
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
 
Authorizes the county of Monroe to offer an optional twenty year retirement plan to Carl J. Zimmerman, a deputy sheriff employed by the county of Monroe.
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A06300 Actions:

BILL NOA06300
 
03/03/2025referred to governmental employees
05/19/2025reported referred to ways and means
06/06/2025reported referred to rules
06/09/2025reported
06/09/2025rules report cal.509
06/09/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.509
06/09/2025home rule request
06/09/2025passed assembly
06/09/2025delivered to senate
06/09/2025REFERRED TO RULES
06/11/2025SUBSTITUTED FOR S6692
06/11/20253RD READING CAL.1826
06/11/2025HOME RULE REQUEST
06/11/2025PASSED SENATE
06/11/2025RETURNED TO ASSEMBLY
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A06300 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A6300
 
SPONSOR: Bronson
  TITLE OF BILL: An act to authorize the county of Monroe to offer an optional twenty year retirement plan to Carl J. Zimmerman, a sergeant employed by such county   PURPOSE: The purpose of this bill is to allow the county of Monroe to offer an optional twenty-year retirement plan to Carl J. Zimmerman.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS: Section one authorizes Monroe County to make participation in the optional twenty-year retirement plan as established by section 552 and 553 of the retirement and social security law. Section two specifies that all costs associated with this act shall be borne by Monroe County. Section three sets the effective date.   JUSTIFICATION: Sargent Carl J. Zimmerman began when he was hired into the jail on Octo- ber 29, 1990. On May 25, 1998 he was transferred to the Road Patrol Division. For reasons not ascribable to his own negligence, he should have been placed into Article 14B Section 553, but retirement was never transferred over from the jail retirement. It was not until much later that he understood that he was still in the jail retirement. At that time, he was told it was not possible to switch over to his correct retirement system. Sargent Zimmerman was denied credit time for his service. This bill allows Sargent Zimmerman the option to join this retirement plan to rectify this error.   LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: 2024: A10626 - Referred to Governmental Employees   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS: If this bill is enacted during the 2025 Legislative Session, we antic- ipate that there will be an increase of approximately $13,000 in the annual contributions of Monroe County for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2026. In future years this cost will vary as the billing rates and salary of Carl J. Zimmerman change. In addition to the annual contrib- utions discussed above, there will be an immediate past service cost of approximately $120,000 which will be borne by Monroe County as a one- time payment. This estimate assumes that payment will be made on Febru- ary 1, 2026. If Monroe County elects to amortize this cost over a five- year period, the cost for each year including interest would be $26,800.   EFFECTIVE DATE: This act shall take effect immediately.
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A06300 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                          6300
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      March 3, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced  by M. of A. BRONSON -- read once and referred to the Commit-
          tee on Governmental Employees
 
        AN ACT to authorize the county of Monroe to  offer  an  optional  twenty
          year retirement plan to Carl J. Zimmerman, a sergeant employed by such
          county
 
          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  the county of Monroe, a participating employer in  the  New  York  state
     3  employees'  retirement  system,  which has elected to offer the optional
     4  twenty year retirement plan, established pursuant to article 14-B of the
     5  retirement and social security law, to sergeants employed by such  coun-
     6  ty, is hereby authorized to make participation in such plan available to
     7  Carl  J.  Zimmerman,  a sergeant employed by the county of Monroe with a
     8  start date of October 29, 1990, who, for reasons not ascribable  to  his
     9  own  negligence,  failed  to make a timely application to participate in
    10  such optional twenty year plan contained in article 14-B of the  retire-
    11  ment  and  social  security  law.  The  county of Monroe may so elect by
    12  filing with the state comptroller, on or before 180 days after this  act
    13  shall  have  become  a  law, a resolution of its governing body together
    14  with certification that such sergeant did not bar themself from  partic-
    15  ipation  in  the  retirement  plan  as a result of their own negligence.
    16  Thereafter, such sergeant may individually elect to be  covered  by  the
    17  provisions of sections 552 and 553 of the retirement and social security
    18  law,  and  the  retirement  system shall credit service from October 29,
    19  1990 to present under sections 552 and 553 of the retirement and  social
    20  security  law. Such member may effectuate by filing an election with the
    21  retirement system within one year of the effective date of this act.
    22    § 2. All employer past service costs associated with implementing  the
    23  provisions of this act shall be borne by the county of Monroe and may be
    24  amortized over a five-year period.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD03623-02-5

        A. 6300                             2
 
     1    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
          FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
          This  bill  would allow Carl J. Zimmerman, a current member of the New
        York State and Local Employees' Retirement System employed as a sergeant
        by Monroe County and covered under the 25-year retirement plan of  §89-p
        of the Retirement and Social Security Law (RSSL), to elect to be covered
        under the 20-year plan of §552 and §553 of the RSSL.
          If this bill is enacted during the 2025 Legislative Session, we antic-
        ipate  that  there  will  be an increase of approximately $13,000 in the
        annual contributions of Monroe County for the fiscal year  ending  March
        31,  2026.  In future years this cost will vary as the billing rates and
        salary of Carl J. Zimmerman change.
          In addition to the annual contributions discussed above, there will be
        an immediate past service cost of approximately $120,000 which  will  be
        borne by Monroe County as a one-time payment. This estimate assumes that
        payment  will  be  made  on February 1, 2026. If Monroe County elects to
        amortize this cost over a five-year  period,  the  cost  for  each  year
        including interest would be $26,800.
          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 viability
        of the proposed change nor is it intended to serve as a  substitute  for
        the professional judgment of an attorney.
          This  estimate,  dated  February  19,  2025, and intended for use only
        during the 2025 Legislative Session, is  Fiscal  Note  No.  2025-59.  As
        Chief  Actuary  of  the  New  York State and Local Retirement System, I,
        Aaron Schottin Young, hereby certify that this  analysis  complies  with
        applicable  Actuarial  Standards  of  Practice  as  well  as the Code of
        Professional Conduct and Qualification Standards for  Actuaries  Issuing
        Statements of Actuarial Opinion of the American Academy of Actuaries, of
        which I am a member.
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