2023 New York Laws › RSS - Retirement and Social Security › Article 14 - Coordinated-Escalator Retirement Plan › 517-C - Loans to Members of Certain Retirement Systems.

§  517-c.  Loans  to members of certain retirement systems. a. For the
  purposes of this section, the term "retirement board" or  "board"  shall
  mean  the  head  of  the  retirement  system  as  defined in subdivision
  thirteen of section five hundred one of this article.
b. 1. A member of the New York state and local  employees'  retirement
  system,  the New York state and local police and fire retirement system,
  the New York city employees' retirement system, the New York city  board
  of  education retirement system or the New York city police pension fund
  in active service who has credit for at least one year of member service
  may borrow, no more than once during each twelve month period, an amount
  not exceeding seventy-five  percent  of  the  total  contributions  made
  pursuant  to  section  five hundred seventeen of this article (including
  interest credited at the rate set forth in subdivision c of such section
  five hundred seventeen  compounded  annually)  and  not  less  than  one
  thousand dollars, provided, however, that the provisions of this section
  shall  not  apply  to  a  New  York city uniformed correction/sanitation
  revised plan member or an investigator revised plan member.
2. A member of the New York  state  and  local  employees'  retirement
  system  who  first  joins  such  system  on  or after January first, two
  thousand eighteen, or a member of the New York city police pension  fund
  who  first  joins  such  system  on or after January first, two thousand
  eighteen in active service who has credit  for  at  least  one  year  of
  member  service  may  borrow, no more than once during each twelve month
  period, an amount, not less than one thousand dollars  and  which  would
  not  cause  the  balance  owed  pursuant  to this section, including any
  amounts borrowed then outstanding, to exceed (i) fifty  percent  of  the
  member's  total  contributions  made  pursuant  to  section five hundred
  seventeen of this article (including interest credited at the  rate  set
  forth in subdivision c of such section five hundred seventeen compounded
  annually); or (ii) fifty thousand dollars, whichever is less.
c. An amount so borrowed, together with interest on any unpaid balance
  thereof,  shall  be  repaid in equal installments which shall be made by
  the borrower directly to the retirement board or through regular payroll
  deduction. Such installments shall be in such amount as  the  retirement
  board  shall approve; however, they shall be at least (a) two percent of
  the member's contract salary, and (b) sufficient  to  repay  the  amount
  borrowed,  together  with  interest  on unpaid balances thereof within a
  period not in excess of five  years.  In  the  event  of  default,  such
  retirement  board  shall be authorized to collect such payments due from
  the employer of such member through payroll deduction  and  such  member
  shall  forfeit  all  future  entitlement  to  borrow from the retirement
  system until the unpaid balance of the loan outstanding at the  time  of
  default  is  fully  paid. Such retirement board, at any time, may accept
  payments on account of any loan in addition to  the  installments  fixed
  for  repayment  thereof.  All  payments of principal and interest at the
  lower of the rates set forth in either subdivision  c  of  section  five
  hundred  seventeen of this article or subdivision d of this section made
  by the member shall be credited to his or her account  as  principal  or
  interest.  Any  additional interest paid by the member shall be credited
  to the appropriate fund of the retirement system.
d. The rate of interest payable  upon  loans  made  pursuant  to  this
  section  shall:  (1)  for  members  of  the  New  York  state  and local
  employees' retirement system, be one percent  less  than  the  valuation
  rate of interest adopted for such system, however, in no event shall the
  rate  be  less  than the rate set forth in subdivision c of section five
  hundred seventeen of this article; (2) for members of the New York  city
  employees'  retirement  system,  be  one  percent  less than the regular
  interest rate established  pursuant  to  paragraph  (c)  of  subdivision

  twelve  of  section 13-101 of the administrative code of the city of New
  York for such system, however, in no event shall the rate be  less  than
  the rate set forth in subdivision c of section five hundred seventeen of
  this  article;  (3)  for members of the New York city board of education
  retirement system, be one percent less than the  regular  interest  rate
  established   pursuant   to   subparagraph  four  of  paragraph  (b)  of
  subdivision sixteen of section twenty-five hundred seventy-five  of  the
  education  law  for  such system, however, in no event shall the rate be
  less than the rate set forth in subdivision c of  section  five  hundred
  seventeen  of  this  article;  and  (4) for members of the New York city
  police pension fund, be the regular interest rate  established  pursuant
  to  subdivision  b of section 13-638.2 of the administrative code of the
  city of New York for such system, however, in no event shall the rate be
  less than the rate set forth in subdivision c of  section  five  hundred
  seventeen  of  this  article. Whenever there is a change in the interest
  rate, it shall be applicable to loans made  or  renegotiated  after  the
  date of such change in the interest rate.
e.  A  service charge payable upon loans made pursuant to this section
  shall be set by the retirement board in an amount  sufficient  to  cover
  the  cost  to  the  retirement  system  of administering the loans. Such
  charge shall be paid to the retirement system when the loan is  made  or
  in  equal  installments  over  the  period  the loan is outstanding. The
  amount of the service charge shall be credited to the  fund  from  which
  administrative expenses are paid.
f.  Each  loan  made pursuant to this section shall be insured against
  the death of the member in an amount equal to the  amount  of  the  loan
  outstanding at any given time; with the exception that until thirty days
  have  elapsed  after  the  making thereof, no part of the loans shall be
  insured. Such insurance  shall  be  provided  by  the  retirement  board
  through  the retirement system. Upon the death of the member, the amount
  of insurance so payable shall be credited to his  or  her  account.  The
  premium  payable  by  the  member for such insurance shall be set by the
  retirement board at a rate not to  exceed  one  percent  of  the  amount
  loaned.
Such  premium shall be prorated to July first next, or such other date
  fixed by the retirement board as is appropriate, and shall  be  paid  to
  the retirement system in equal installments over the period of the loan.
  Thereafter, a premium not to exceed one percent per annum of the present
  value  of  the  outstanding  loan  as  of  July  first,  or  such  other
  appropriate date, shall be paid in the same manner each succeeding  year
  until such loan is repaid or the member is retired.
The  retirement  board  shall,  at least annually, review such premium
  rate, and may, in its discretion, increase or reduce the premium, modify
  the terms or conditions of coverage, or  discontinue  the  insurance  of
  loans.    In  no event shall this subdivision impose any obligation upon
  the retirement board to continue to insure loans  of  members  upon  the
  terms  and  conditions  herein  provided  or  upon  any  other  terms or
  conditions.
g. Such a retirement board is authorized  to  establish  such  special
  funds  as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of subdivisions e
  and f of this section.
h. Whenever a member of such a retirement system, for whom a  loan  is
  outstanding,  becomes entitled to the return of his or her contributions
  because of withdrawal from such system or because of death,  the  amount
  of  any  loan  outstanding  on  such date, including accrued interest as
  provided in subdivision d of this section, shall be construed to already
  have been returned to such member and the  refund  of  contributions  to
  which  he  shall  then  be  entitled  shall  be  the  net amount of such

  contributions together with interest thereon pursuant to  subdivision  c
  of section five hundred seventeen of this article.
i.  Notwithstanding  the provisions of section five hundred sixteen of
  this article, whenever a member of such a retirement system, for whom  a
  loan  is  outstanding, retires, the retirement allowance payable without
  optional modification shall be  reduced  by  a  life  annuity  which  is
  actuarially  equivalent  to  the  amount  of  the  outstanding loan (all
  outstanding loans  shall  continue  to  accrue  interest  charges  until
  retirement),  such  life annuity being calculated utilizing the interest
  rate on thirty year United States treasury bonds as of January first  of
  the  calendar year of the effective date of retirement and the mortality
  tables for options available under section five hundred fourteen of this
  article. A retiree of the New York city  employees'  retirement  system,
  board  of  education  retirement system of the city of New York, the New
  York state and local employees' retirement system, or the New York  city
  police  pension  fund  whose  benefit  has been so reduced may repay the
  outstanding balance of the loan at any time. Benefits payable after  the
  repayment  of  the  loan shall not be subject to the actuarial reduction
  required by this subdivision.
j. Such a retirement board is  authorized  to  adopt  such  rules  and
  regulations  as it finds to be necessary in administering the provisions
  of this section.
k. Such a retirement board shall discharge any evidence of a loan to a
  member pursuant to this section upon the satisfaction of the  obligation
  of the member thereunder.
l. The retirement board shall have no right to bring suit in any court
  against any member to enforce the amount due under this section, and the
  retirement  system's  sole  remedy  upon death, retirement or withdrawal
  shall be to offset the amount outstanding including  interest  from  the
  member's account or other benefits payable to or on behalf of the member
  as provided in this section.