Authorizes the village of Port Chester to offer an optional twenty-year retirement plan to Michael Sprague, a police officer employed by such village since January 7, 2013.
Summary
This bill authorizes the Village of Port Chester to extend an optional twenty-year retirement plan under section 384-d of the Retirement and Social Security Law to a specific police officer, Michael Sprague. The bill states that Mr. Sprague, who was appointed on January 7, 2013, failed through no fault of his own to file a timely application for the special plan and was instead placed in the general retirement plan. If the village elects to assume the additional cost, he may receive full credit under the special twenty-year plan and file with the State Comptroller within one year of the act’s effective date.
The measure is narrowly tailored to one employee and one municipality, and it operates as a retroactive correction to a missed retirement-plan filing. It also requires the Village of Port Chester to bear all employer past service costs, which may be amortized over ten years. The bill takes effect immediately.
Impact
The bill would create a special exception to the normal retirement enrollment rules in the Retirement and Social Security Law by reopening section 384-d for one named police officer. It would shift Mr. Sprague’s service from the general retirement plan to the enhanced twenty-year police retirement plan, provided the village agrees to pay the associated costs. The fiscal note estimates increased annual employer contributions for Port Chester and a one-time past service cost, with the option to amortize that cost over ten years.
Sentiment
The available voting record shows strong and unanimous support throughout the legislative process. The bill passed the Assembly committee stages, the Assembly floor, and the Senate floor without any recorded dissenting votes. That pattern suggests the measure was viewed as a routine, noncontroversial corrective retirement bill rather than a broader policy change.
Contention
There is little visible contention in the record, likely because the bill is limited to a single individual and requires the local employer to pay the full cost. The main practical issue is fiscal responsibility: Port Chester must decide whether to assume the additional pension liability and past service cost in order to grant the enhanced retirement benefit. No committee transcript objections or floor opposition are provided, and the unanimous votes indicate no significant legislative disagreement.
Same As
Authorizes the village of Port Chester to offer an optional twenty-year retirement plan to Michael Sprague, a police officer employed by such village since January 7, 2013.
Authorizes the village of Port Chester to offer an optional twenty-year retirement plan to Michael Sprague, a police officer employed by such village since January 7, 2013.
Authorizes the village of Trumansburg to offer an optional twenty-year retirement plan to Daniel H. Austic under section 384-d of the retirement and social security law.
Authorizes the village of Trumansburg to offer an optional twenty-year retirement plan to Daniel H. Austic under section 384-d of the retirement and social security law.
Authorizes the village of Trumansburg to offer an optional twenty-year retirement plan to Mackenzie M. Covert under section 384-d of the retirement and social security law.
Authorizes the village of Trumansburg to offer an optional twenty-year retirement plan to Kevin R. Noterfonzo under section 384-d of the retirement and social security law.
Authorizes the village of Trumansburg to offer an optional twenty-year retirement plan to Mackenzie M. Covert under section 384-d of the retirement and social security law.
Authorizes the village of Trumansburg to offer an optional twenty-year retirement plan to Kevin R. Noterfonzo under section 384-d of the retirement and social security law.
Authorizes Melissa Baker to receive certain service credit under a twenty year retirement plan for service with the village of Blasdell Police Department.