New York S 1521: Allows retired state police officers to serve as police officers for local police departments without diminution of retirement benefits

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S01521 Summary:

BILL NOS01521 

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SAME ASSAME AS A06447

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SPONSORO'MARA

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§211 & 212, R & SS L

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Allows retired state police officers to serve as police officers for local police departments without diminution of retirement benefits; empowers the superintendent of state police to approve such service.

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BILL NOS01521 

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01/10/2025REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 1521

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 10, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. O'MARA -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions

 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
 allowing retired state police officers to serve as police officers for
 local police departments without diminution of retirement benefits

 The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-
 bly, do enact as follows:

 1 Section 1. Subparagraph 7 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section
 2 211 of the retirement and social security law, as amended by chapter 840
 3 of the laws of 1983, is amended and a new subparagraph 8 is added to
 4 read as follows:
 5 (7) the chief administrator of the courts if such person is to be
 6 employed in a judicial or nonjudicial position in the unified court
 7 system[.]; or
 8 (8) the superintendent of state police, if such person is a former
 9 state police officer to be employed as a police officer for a local
 10 police department.
 11 § 2. Subparagraph 2 of paragraph (b) of subdivision 2 of section 211
 12 of the retirement and social security law, as amended by chapter 640 of
 13 the laws of 2008, is amended to read as follows:
 14 (2) that [he or she] such retired person will earn more than one thou-
 15 sand dollars in one year, including compensation earned in such position
 16 under other provisions of this article that there are not readily avail-
 17 able for recruitment persons qualified to perform the duties of such
 18 position; and [(4);]
 19 § 3. Section 211 of the retirement and social security law is amended
 20 by adding a new subdivision 10 to read as follows:
 21 10. For purposes of paragraph (b) of subdivision one of this section,
 22 a retired person who served as a police officer for the division of
 23 state police is not in service of a former employer if such retired

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04381-01-5

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 1 person is serving as a local police officer after retirement from the
 2 state police.
 3 § 4. Section 212 of the retirement and social security law is amended
 4 by adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
 5 4. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions one and two of this
 6 section, the superintendent of state police may determine, pursuant to
 7 section two hundred eleven of this article, that such earnings limita-
 8 tions shall not apply to a retired state police officer employed by a
 9 local police department as a police officer.
 10 § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.

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