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A08610 Summary:

BILL NOA08610A
 
SAME ASSAME AS S08208-A
 
SPONSORWieder
 
COSPNSR
 
MLTSPNSR
 
 
Authorizes the county of Rockland to offer an optional twenty year retirement plan to Matthew Donovan, a deputy sheriff employed by such county.
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A08610 Actions:

BILL NOA08610A
 
05/22/2025referred to governmental employees
06/06/2025amend and recommit to governmental employees
06/06/2025print number 8610a
06/15/2025reference changed to ways and means
06/16/2025reported referred to rules
06/16/2025reported
06/16/2025rules report cal.841
06/16/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.841
06/16/2025substituted by s8208a
 S08208 AMEND=A WEBER
 05/21/2025REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS
 06/02/2025AMEND (T) AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS
 06/02/2025PRINT NUMBER 8208A
 06/11/2025COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES
 06/11/2025ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1857
 06/11/2025HOME RULE REQUEST
 06/11/2025PASSED SENATE
 06/11/2025DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY
 06/11/2025referred to governmental employees
 06/16/2025substituted for a8610a
 06/16/2025ordered to third reading rules cal.841
 06/16/2025home rule request
 06/16/2025passed assembly
 06/16/2025returned to senate
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A08610 Memo:

NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY
MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION
submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
 
BILL NUMBER: A8610A
 
SPONSOR: Wieder
  TITLE OF BILL: An act in relation to authorizing the county of Rockland to offer an optional twenty year retirement plan to Matthew Donovan, a deputy sher- iff employed by such county   PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:: This bill would allow the county of Rockland to offer an optional twen- ty-year retirement plan to Matthew Donovan.   SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:: Section one authorizes the county of Rockland to offer an optional twen- ty-year retirement plan, under article 14-B of the retirement and social security law, to Matthew Donovan, a deputy sheriff employed by such county with a start date of August 1, 2020, who was not enrolled in the plan due to no fault of his own. The county may opt in by filing a resolution and certification with the state comptroller. Section two specifies that all costs associated with this provision shall be borne by the county of Rockland and may be amortized over a five-year period. Section three is the effective date.   JUSTIFICATION:: In August 2020, Matthew Donovan began employment as a deputy sheriff for the Rockland County Sheriff's Office. Although eligible for the 553B twenty-year retirement plan under article 14-B of the retirement and social security law, he was not enrolled due to an administrative over- sight. This bill allows the county of Rockland to retroactively correct this error and provide Mr. Donovan with the retirement plan he was eligible for at the time of hire.   PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:: New Bill   FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:: See fiscal note.   EFFECTIVE DATE:: This act shall take effect immediately.
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A08610 Text:



 
                STATE OF NEW YORK
        ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                         8610--A
 
                               2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                   IN ASSEMBLY
 
                                      May 22, 2025
                                       ___________
 
        Introduced by M. of A. WIEDER -- read once and referred to the Committee
          on  Governmental  Employees  --  committee  discharged,  bill amended,
          ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
 
        AN ACT in relation to authorizing the county of  Rockland  to  offer  an
          optional  twenty  year  retirement  plan  to Matthew Donovan, a deputy
          sheriff 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 Rockland, 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 deputy sheriffs employed by such
     6  county, is hereby authorized to make participation in such  plan  avail-
     7  able  to  Matthew  Donovan,  a  deputy sheriff employed by the county of
     8  Rockland with a start date of August 1, 2020, who, through no  fault  of
     9  his  own,  was  not enrolled to participate in such optional twenty year
    10  plan contained in article 14-B of the  retirement  and  social  security
    11  law.  The county of Rockland may so elect by filing with the state comp-
    12  troller, on or before 180 days after this act shall have become a law, a
    13  resolution  of  its governing body together with certification that such
    14  deputy sheriff did not bar themself from participation in the retirement
    15  plan as a result of their own negligence. Thereafter, such deputy  sher-
    16  iff  may  individually elect to be covered by the provisions of sections
    17  552 and 553 of the retirement and social security law, and  the  retire-
    18  ment  system  shall  credit service from August 1, 2020 to present under
    19  sections 552 and 553 of the retirement and  social  security  law.  Such
    20  member  may  effectuate by filing an election with the retirement system
    21  within one year of the effective date of this act.
 
         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD11974-06-5

        A. 8610--A                          2
 
     1    § 2. All employer past service costs associated with implementing  the
     2  provisions  of this act shall be borne by the county of Rockland and may
     3  be amortized over a five-year period.
     4    § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
          FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
          This  bill  would  allow  Matthew Donovan, a current member of the New
        York State and Local Employees' Retirement System employed as  a  deputy
        sheriff by Rockland County and covered under the 25-year retirement plan
        of  Section  89-p  of  the Retirement and Social Security Law (RSSL), to
        elect to be covered under the 20-year plan of Section  552  and  Section
        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 $14,000 in the
        annual contributions of Rockland County for the fiscal year ending March
        31, 2026. In future years this cost will vary as the billing  rates  and
        salary of Matthew Donovan change.
          In addition to the annual contributions discussed above, there will be
        an  immediate  past service cost of approximately $174,000 which will be
        borne by Rockland County as a one-time payment.  This  estimate  assumes
        that payment will be made on February 1, 2026. If Rockland County elects
        to  amortize  this  cost  over  a  5-year period, the cost for each year
        including interest would be $38,800.
          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 May 19, 2025, and intended for  use  only  during
        the  2025  Legislative  Session,  is  Fiscal Note No. 2025-177. As Chief
        Actuary of the New York State and  Local  Retirement  System,  I,  Aaron
        Schottin Young, hereby certify that this analysis complies with applica-
        ble  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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