New York Senate Bill S09627 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9627  IN SENATE May 16, 2024 ___________ Introduced by Sen. COMRIE -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions AN ACT granting retroactive tier IV status in the New York state and local employees' retirement system to Calvin Rice 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 Calvin Rice, who was employed as a chaplain with the South Beach Psychi- 3 atric Center with a start date of September 6, 1990, and who is current- 4 ly a member of the New York state and local employees' retirement 5 system, who through no fault of his own did not become a member of the 6 New York state and local employees' retirement system on September 6, 7 1990 when first employed by the South Beach Psychiatric Center shall be 8 deemed to have been a member of the New York state and local employees' 9 retirement system on such date he commenced his employment and shall be 10 granted Tier IV status, provided that an application is filed with the 11 head of the New York state and local employees' retirement system within 12 one year from the effective date of this act. Upon the granting of such 13 retroactive membership, Calvin Rice shall not be granted a refund of any 14 employee contributions made by him to the New York state and local 15 employees' retirement system. 16 § 2. All past services costs associated with the implementation of 17 this act shall be borne by the South Beach Psychiatric Center. 18 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11737-01-3