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NY Ret & SS L § 16-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws RSS - Retirement and Social Security Article 2 - New York State Employees' Retirement System Title 2 - Establishment, Management, Supervision and Financing 16-A - Amortization of Amounts Outstanding.

§ 16-a. Amortization of amounts outstanding. a. On or before September   first, nineteen hundred eighty-six, on the basis of the annual actuarial   valuation  and  appraisal  procedure  provided  for in this article, the   comptroller shall determine the annual amounts that,  had  this  section   not  been  enacted, would have been required to be paid into the pension   accumulation fund and the New York state  public  employees  group  life   insurance  plan,  as appropriate, from the general fund of the state for   all obligations of the state to the  retirement  system  not  discharged   prior  to  such  date, for state fiscal years ending March thirty-first,   nineteen hundred eighty-five and March  thirty-first,  nineteen  hundred   eighty-six  and  amounts for the state's contribution for the retirement   incentive program that would, had this section not been enacted, be  due   to be paid into the pension accumulation fund during fiscal years ending   March    thirty-first,   nineteen   hundred   eighty-seven   and   March   thirty-first, nineteen hundred eighty-eight. Such amounts shall  include   interest, as defined in section sixteen of this article through the last   day  of February, nineteen hundred eighty-seven. The sum of such amounts   shall be called the "amount to be amortized".b. The  amount  to  be  amortized  shall  be  paid  into  the  pension   accumulation  fund  and  the  New York state public employees group life   insurance plan, as appropriate, according to a schedule of equal  annual   installments  during any years remaining in the amortization period. The   "amortization period" shall be seventeen years. The first payment  shall   be made March first, nineteen hundred eighty-seven.c.  The  amount  of  the  annual  payment to be made in any subsequent   fiscal year shall be the amount that would be required to pay  in  full,   in  equal  annual  installments  over  the remainder of the amortization   period, any unpaid balance of the amount to be amortized and interest on   such unpaid balance computed at eight percent per annum.d. On or before October fifteenth of nineteen hundred  eighty-six  and   each  succeeding  year  during  the amortization period, the comptroller   shall file with the director of the budget an estimate of the amount  of   the  annual  payment required to be made pursuant to this section in the   state fiscal year beginning the first day of April next succeeding  such   October fifteenth.e.  An  item  of  appropriation sufficient to provide for such payment   shall be included in the next annual budget  bill  for  the  support  of   government  presented  to  the  legislature  for passage. The amounts so   appropriated shall be paid from the  general  fund  of  the  state  upon   warrant  of  the  comptroller  on  March first of each state fiscal year   during the amortization period.
NY Ret & SS L § 16-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws RSS - Retirement and Social Security Article 2 - New York State Employees' Retirement System Title 2 - Establishment, Management, Supervision and Financing 16-B - Notice of Change.

§  16-b.  Notice  of  change.  (1) The comptroller, on or before the fifteenth day of October of each year, shall submit to the  director  of the  division  of  the  budget  and  the  chairmen of the senate finance committee and the assembly ways and means committee  written  notice  of any  proposed material change in the annual actuarial valuation provided for in this article or any  other  material  change,  other  than  those provided  by  legislation  or  resolution,  affecting the state's or any other participating employer's estimated or actual  obligations  to  the pension  accumulation fund and the New York state public employees group life insurance plan for the succeeding fiscal year.  (2) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,  for  fiscal years  commencing  April  first,  nineteen  hundred  eighty-eight, April first, nineteen hundred eighty-nine and April  first,  nineteen  hundred ninety  the actuarial value of assets shall be calculated using the five year smoothing method that was used for the fiscal year commencing April first, nineteen hundred eighty-seven which method has been determined to be actuarially sound.
NY Ret & SS L § 18 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RSS - Retirement and Social Security Article 2 - New York State Employees' Retirement System Title 2 - Establishment, Management, Supervision and Financing 18 - Guaranty.

§  18.  Guaranty.    a.  The latest employers of the different members   shall be obligated for:1. Regular interest charges payable, and special interest, if any, and2.  The  creation  and  maintenance  of  reserves   in   the   pension   accumulation fund, and3. The maintenance of annuity reserves and pension reserves, and4.  The  payment  of  all  pensions, annuities, retirement allowances,   refunds and any other benefits, and5. The expenses of the retirement system,   as provided for or granted under the provisions of this article. In  the   case  of  employer  contributions  required to be made for prior service   allowed  pursuant  to  paragraph  three  of  subdivision  b  of  section   forty-one  of this article, the provisions of such paragraph three shall   govern.b. Except as otherwise provided pursuant to this article, all  income,   interest  and dividends derived from deposits and investments authorized   by this article shall be used for the payment of such obligations.
NY Ret & SS L § 19 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RSS - Retirement and Social Security Article 2 - New York State Employees' Retirement System Title 2 - Establishment, Management, Supervision and Financing 19 - Filing of Documents With the Retirement System.

§  19.  Filing  of  documents  with  the retirement system. Whenever a   statute requires that a document be filed with the state comptroller, as   administrative head of the New York state employees' retirement  system,   within  a  prescribed  period  of  time or by a specified date, and such   document has been mailed to the comptroller or the retirement system  by   United  States  Postal Service certified mail, return receipt requested,   the  document  shall  be  deemed  filed  on   the   date   of   mailing.   Notwithstanding this provision, no document shall be deemed filed on the   date  of mailing unless it is actually received by the retirement system   as a result of such mailing.
NY Ret & SS L § 20 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RSS - Retirement and Social Security Article 2 - New York State Employees' Retirement System Title 3 - Funds of the System; Members' Contributions and Employers' Contributions 20 - The Funds of the Retirement System.

§  20. The funds of the retirement system.  The funds hereby continued   are the annuity savings fund, the  annuity  reserve  fund,  the  pension   accumulation fund and the pension reserve fund.
NY Ret & SS L § 22 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RSS - Retirement and Social Security Article 2 - New York State Employees' Retirement System Title 3 - Funds of the System; Members' Contributions and Employers' Contributions 22 - Members' Contributions and Their Use; Annuity Reserve Fund.

§  22. Members' contributions and their use; annuity reserve fund.  a.   The annuity reserve fund shall be the fund from which shall be paid  all   annuities  and  all  benefits  in lieu of annuities, payable pursuant to   this article.b. Upon retirement, a  member's  accumulated  contributions  shall  be   transferred  from  the annuity savings fund to the annuity reserve fund.   They shall then be used to provide an annuity, the amount of which shall   be the actuarial equivalent of such  accumulated  contributions  on  the   basis  of  regular  interest  and  the tables adopted by the comptroller   pursuant to this article.c. The comptroller from time to time shall transfer from  the  pension   accumulation  fund  to  the  annuity  reserve  fund, such amounts as are   necessary under this article.d. If a member, retired for  any  reason,  returns  to  active  public   service and again becomes a member of the retirement system, his annuity   reserve  shall  be  transferred  from  the  annuity  reserve fund to the   annuity savings fund.
NY Ret & SS L § 24 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RSS - Retirement and Social Security Article 2 - New York State Employees' Retirement System Title 3 - Funds of the System; Members' Contributions and Employers' Contributions 24 - Employers' Contributions and Their Use; Pension Reserve Fund.

§  24.  Employers'  contributions and their use; pension reserve fund.   a. The pension reserve fund shall be the fund from which shall  be  paid   all  pensions  and  all  other benefits, except ordinary death benefits,   payable wholly out of contributions made  to  the  pension  accumulation   fund pursuant to this article.b.  When  a pension or a pension-providing-for-increased-take-home-pay   becomes payable to or on account  of  any  member,  the  amount  of  the   reserve  computed  by the actuary to be necessary to provide the pension   and the pension-providing-for-increased-take-home-pay, if  any,  payable   out  of  the  pension  reserve  fund shall be transferred to the pension   reserve fund from the pension accumlation fund.c. The comptroller shall transfer from the pension  accumulation  fund   to  the  pension  reserve  fund,  from time to time, such amounts as are   necessary under this article.d. The amount of regular interest to be credited to the monies held in   the pension reserve fund shall be determined after  the  close  of  each   fiscal year. Such amount thereupon shall be transferred from the pension   accumulation fund to the pension reserve fund.e.  If  a  member,  retired  for  any reason, returns to active public   service and again becomes a member of the retirement system, his pension   reserve shall be transferred  from  the  pension  reserve  fund  to  the   pension accumulation fund.f.  If  the  pension  of  a beneficiary is reduced for any reason, the   amount of such reduction shall be transferred from the  pension  reserve   fund  to  the  pension  accumulation  fund  during that period that such   reduction is in effect.
NY Ret & SS L § 25 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RSS - Retirement and Social Security Article 2 - New York State Employees' Retirement System Title 3 - Funds of the System; Members' Contributions and Employers' Contributions 25 - Appropriations in Retirement Bills.

§  25.  Appropriations  in  retirement  bills.  The state shall make a   payment to the retirement system in an amount equal to the value of  the   benefits  associated  with  prior  service  upon the enactment of a bill   which enacts or amends any provision of law  relating  to  a  retirement   system  or  plan  of  the  state  of New York or of any of its political   subdivisions. The state may amortize  such  payment  over  a  five  year   period  at a rate of interest to be determined by the retirement system.   Such bill shall contain  an  itemized  appropriation  from  the  state's   general  fund  beginning  for  the  fiscal  year in which such amendment   becomes effective and which shall not be used  for  any  other  purpose,   sufficient  to disburse a minimum of the first of five such amortization   payments plus the present value of the benefits provided to employees of   the state or its political subdivisions by  the  bill  for  the  current   fiscal  year.  The  state  shall  continue  to  pay  for the cost of the   benefits as provided  by  the  bill  to  the  state  and  its  political   subdivisions  on  an  ongoing basis. Such appropriation from the state's   general fund shall only  be  required  when  a  bill  is  enacted  on  a   statewide  basis.  In  addition,  such  appropriation  from  the state's   general fund shall not be required  when  the  benefits  provided  by  a   particular  bill  must  be  elected  by  a participating employer, local   government, or school district.
NY Ret & SS L § 31-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws RSS - Retirement and Social Security Article 2 - New York State Employees' Retirement System Title 4 - Participation in System by Political Subdivisions and Other Organizations 31-A - Participation by School District Public Libraries.

§  31-a.  Participation  by  school  district public libraries.   a. A   school district public library, by resolution  legally  adopted  by  its   board  of  trustees, may elect to become a participating employer in the   retirement system, separate  and  distinct  from  the  school  district.   Acceptance  of  the  school  district  public library as a participating   employer  in  the  retirement  system  shall  be  mandatory   with   the   comptroller.b.  The  officers and employees of such library shall be credited with   such periods of prior service as shall be certified by the  library  for   service  rendered  to  it,  or  its predecessor, or the state, or in any   other capacity approved by such library and the comptroller. Service for   such library after the date on which it commences to participate in  the   retirement  system  shall be considered as member service. An officer or   employee of such library who, as of the  date  he  is  so  approved  for   membership  in the retirement system, is already a member thereof, shall   not have his total credit reduced by such approval. Any reserve held  on   account of any such officer or employee in the pension accumulation fund   shall  be  used as an offset against the deficiency contribution payable   thereafter by such library on account of such officer  or  employee  for   any prior service credit and any such previous credit.
NY Ret & SS L § 31-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws RSS - Retirement and Social Security Article 2 - New York State Employees' Retirement System Title 4 - Participation in System by Political Subdivisions and Other Organizations 31-B - Participation by the Upper Hudson Library System.

§  31-b.  Participation  by  the Upper Hudson Library System.   a. The   Upper Hudson Library System may, by resolution adopted by its  board  of   trustees  and  approved  by the comptroller, elect to participate in the   retirement system. Acceptance of its employees  for  membership  in  the   retirement  system  shall  be  optional  with the comptroller, who shall   determine the amounts of contribution payable by  such  system  and  its   employees,  shall  resolve  questions  of  credit for prior service, and   shall in all other respects assure that such employees  share  the  same   rights,  obligations  and  benefits  as  other members of the retirement   system.b. The officers and employees of such system shall  be  credited  with   such  periods  of prior service as shall be certified by such system for   service rendered to it, or the state, or in any other capacity  approved   by  such  system  and the comptroller. Service for such system after the   date on which it commences to participate in the retirement system shall   be considered as member service. An officer or employee of  such  system   who,  as  of  the  date  he  or she is so approved for membership in the   retirement system, is already a member thereof, shall not  have  his  or   her  total  credit reduced by such approval. Any reserve held on account   of any such officer or employee in the pension accumulation  fund  shall   be  used  as  an  offset  against  the  deficiency  contribution payable   thereafter by such system on account of such officer or employee for any   prior service credit and any such previous credit.
NY Ret & SS L § 31-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws RSS - Retirement and Social Security Article 2 - New York State Employees' Retirement System Title 4 - Participation in System by Political Subdivisions and Other Organizations 31-C - Participation by the Metropolitan Reference and Research Library Agency.

§  31-c.  Participation  by  the  Metropolitan  Reference and Research   Library Agency.   a. The Metropolitan  Reference  and  Research  Library   Agency  may, by resolution adopted by its board of trustees and approved   by the comptroller, elect  to  participate  in  the  retirement  system.   Acceptance  of  its  employees  for  membership in the retirement system   shall be optional with the comptroller, who shall determine the  amounts   of  contribution payable by such agency and its employees, shall resolve   questions of credit for prior service, and shall in all  other  respects   assure  that  such  employees  share  the  same  rights, obligations and   benefits as other members of the retirement system.b. The officers and employees of such agency shall  be  credited  with   such  periods  of prior service as shall be certified by such agency for   service rendered to it, or the state, or in any other capacity  approved   by  such  agency  and the comptroller. Service for such agency after the   date on which it commences to participate in the retirement system shall   be considered as member service. An officer or employee of  such  agency   who,  as  of  the  date  he  or she is so approved for membership in the   retirement system, is already a member thereof, shall not  have  his  or   her  total  credit reduced by such approval. Any reserve held on account   of any such officer or employee in the pension accumulation  fund  shall   be  used  as  an  offset  against  the  deficiency  contribution payable   thereafter by such agency on account of such officer or employee for any   prior service credit and any such previous credit.
NY Ret & SS L § 31-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws RSS - Retirement and Social Security Article 2 - New York State Employees' Retirement System Title 4 - Participation in System by Political Subdivisions and Other Organizations 31-D - Participation by the Pioneer Library System.

§  31-d.  Participation by the Pioneer Library System.  a. The Pioneer   Library System may, by resolution adopted by its board of  trustees  and   approved  by  the  comptroller,  elect  to participate in the retirement   system. Acceptance of its employees for  membership  in  the  retirement   system  shall  be optional with the comptroller, who shall determine the   amounts of contribution payable by such system and its employees,  shall   resolve  questions  of  credit for prior service, and shall in all other   respects assure that such employees share the same  rights,  obligations   and benefits as other members of the retirement system.b.  The  officers  and employees of such system shall be credited with   such periods of prior service as shall be certified by such  system  for   service  rendered to it, or the state, or in any other capacity approved   by such system and the comptroller.  Service for such system  after  the   date on which it commences to participate in the retirement system shall   be  considered  as member service. An officer or employee of such system   who, as of the date he or she is  so  approved  for  membership  in  the   retirement  system,  is  already a member thereof, shall not have his or   her total credit reduced by such approval. Any reserve held  on  account   of  any  such officer or employee in the pension accumulation fund shall   be used  as  an  offset  against  the  deficiency  contribution  payable   thereafter by such system on account of such officer or employee for any   prior service credit and any such previous credit.
NY Ret & SS L § 31-E (2021)
2021 New York Laws RSS - Retirement and Social Security Article 2 - New York State Employees' Retirement System Title 4 - Participation in System by Political Subdivisions and Other Organizations 31-E - Participation by the Keuka Lake Watershed Improvement Cooperative.

§   31-e.  Participation  by  the  Keuka  Lake  watershed  improvement   cooperative. a. The Keuka Lake  watershed  improvement  cooperative,  by   resolution  legally  adopted  by  its  board  of directors, may elect to   become a participating employer in the retirement system.  Acceptance of   the Keuka Lake watershed  improvement  cooperative  as  a  participating   employer   in   the   retirement  system  shall  be  optional  with  the   comptroller.b. The officers and employees of such cooperative  shall  be  credited   with  such  periods  of  prior  service  as  shall  be  certified by the   cooperative for service rendered to  it,  or  its  predecessor,  or  the   state,  or  in  any  other capacity approved by such cooperative and the   comptroller. Service for such cooperative after the  date  on  which  it   commences to participate in the retirement system shall be considered as   member  service.  An  officer or employee of such cooperative who, as of   the date he is so approved for membership in the retirement  system,  is   already  a  member  thereof,  shall not have his total credit reduced by   such approval. Any reserve held  on  account  of  any  such  officer  or   employee  in  the  pension  accumulation fund shall be used as an offset   against  the  deficiency  contribution  payable   thereafter   by   such   cooperative on account of such officer or employee for any prior service   credit and any such previous credit.
NY Ret & SS L § 31-F (2021)
2021 New York Laws RSS - Retirement and Social Security Article 2 - New York State Employees' Retirement System Title 4 - Participation in System by Political Subdivisions and Other Organizations 31-F - Participation by the Henry Viscardi School.

* §  31-f.  Participation  by  the Henry Viscardi school. a. The Henry   Viscardi school may, by resolution adopted by its board of trustees  and   approved  by  the  comptroller,  elect  to participate in the retirement   system. Acceptance of its employees for  membership  in  the  retirement   system  shall  be optional with the comptroller, who shall determine the   amounts of contribution payable by  such  employer  and  its  employees,   shall  resolve  questions  of credit for prior service, and shall in all   other respects  assure  that  such  employees  share  the  same  rights,   obligations and benefits as other members of the retirement system.b.  The officers and employees of such employer shall be credited with   such periods of prior service as shall be certified by such employer for   service rendered to it, or the state, or in any other capacity  approved   by  such  employer  and the comptroller. Service for such employer after   the date on which it commences to participate in the  retirement  system   shall  be  considered  as member service. An officer or employee of such   employer who, as of the date he or she is so approved for membership  in   the  retirement  system, is already a member thereof, shall not have his   or her total credit reduced  by  such  approval.  Any  reserve  held  on   account of any such officer or employee in the pension accumulation fund   shall  be  used as an offset against the deficiency contribution payable   thereafter by such employer on account of such officer or  employee  for   any prior service credit and any such previous credit.c.  Notwithstanding  the  election  by  the  Henry  Viscardi School to   participate in the retirement system, employees of  such  employer,  who   are  employed  by  the  employer  prior  to  the  effective date of this   section, shall have the option to continue participation in the employer   sponsored retirement plan. Provided, however, an employee, who exercises   the  option  to  continue  participation  in  the   employer   sponsored   retirement  plan, shall not be entitled to be a member of the retirement   system. Such election shall be irrevocable.* NB There are 2 § 31-f's