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A06911 Summary:

BILL NOA06911B

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SAME ASSAME AS S05754-B

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SPONSORDeStefano

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COSPNSRAngelino, Beephan, Brown E, Durso, McDonough, Brabenec, Kassay

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §§604, 603 & 445, add §89-z, R & SS L

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Authorizes an optional twenty-five year retirement plan for fire marshals I and supervisors of such title in Suffolk county.

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BILL NOA06911B

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03/18/2025referred to governmental employees

01/07/2026referred to governmental employees

01/08/2026amend and recommit to governmental employees

01/08/2026print number 6911a

04/20/2026amend and recommit to governmental employees

04/20/2026print number 6911b

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
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 6911--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 March 18, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. DeSTEFANO, ANGELINO, BEEPHAN, E. BROWN, DURSO,
 McDONOUGH, BRABENEC, KASSAY -- read once and referred to the Committee
 on Governmental Employees -- committee discharged, bill amended,
 ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee --
 again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered reprinted
 as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
 an optional twenty-five year retirement plan for chief fire marshals,
 assistant chief fire marshals, fire marshals II, and fire marshals I
 in Suffolk county

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

 1 Section 1. Section 604 of the retirement and social security law is
 2 amended by adding a new subdivision x to read as follows:
 3 x. The early service retirement benefit for a member who is employed
 4 by the county of Suffolk or a participating employer that is a town or
 5 village in the county of Suffolk that makes the election provided for in
 6 subdivision j of section eighty-nine-z of this chapter as a chief fire
 7 marshal, assistant chief fire marshal, fire marshal II or fire marshal I
 8 as defined in section eighty-nine-z of this chapter shall be a pension
 9 equal to one-fiftieth of final average salary times years of credited
 10 service at the completion of twenty-five years of service as a chief
 11 fire marshal, assistant chief fire marshal, fire marshal II, or fire
 12 marshal I in the county of Suffolk or a participating employer that is a
 13 town or village in the county of Suffolk but not exceeding one-half of
 14 such member's final average salary; for service beyond twenty-five years
 15 the benefits shall increase by one-sixtieth of final average salary for
 16 each year of additional service credit provided, however, that the total
 17 allowance payable pursuant to this section shall not exceed three-
 18 fourths of such member's final average salary.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02740-09-6

 A. 6911--B 2

 1 § 2. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 89-z to read as follows:
 3 § 89-z. Retirement of members employed as a chief fire marshal,
 4 assistant chief fire marshal, fire marshal II or fire marshal I in the
 5 county of Suffolk or a participating employer that is a town or village
 6 in the county of Suffolk. a. Any member employed on or before the enact-
 7 ment of this section as a chief fire marshal, assistant chief fire
 8 marshal, fire marshal II or fire marshal I upon an election by the coun-
 9 ty of Suffolk or a participating employer that is a town or village in
 10 the county of Suffolk shall be eligible to retire pursuant to the
 11 provisions of this section. Such eligibility shall be an alternative to
 12 the eligibility provisions available under any other plan of this arti-
 13 cle to which such member is subject.
 14 b. Such member shall be entitled to retire upon the completion of
 15 twenty-five years of total creditable service by filing an application
 16 therefor in the manner provided for in section seventy of this article.
 17 c. Upon completion of twenty-five ye