New York S 6688: Relates to establishing the New York state early voting fund

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S06688 Summary:

BILL NOS06688A

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORSKOUFIS

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COSPNSRRYAN C, SCARCELLA-SPANTON

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 14-C §§561 - 564, R & SS L

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Relates to providing county correction officers with a special optional twenty year retirement plan.

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BILL NOS06688A

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03/19/2025REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

02/25/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

02/25/2026PRINT NUMBER 6688A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6688--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 19, 2025
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 Introduced by Sens. SKOUFIS, C. RYAN -- read twice and ordered printed,
 and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and
 Pensions -- recommitted to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
 in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
 amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said commit-
 tee

 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
 providing county correction officers with a special optional twenty
 year retirement plan

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

 1 Section 1. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding
 2 a new article 14-C to read as follows:
 3 ARTICLE 14-C
 4 OPTIONAL RETIREMENT PLAN FOR COUNTY CORRECTION OFFICERS OR DEPUTY
 5 SHERIFFS PERFORMING AS CORRECTION OFFICERS
 6 Section 561. Definitions.
 7 562. Optional twenty year retirement plan for certain members
 8 whose employer elects to provide same.
 9 563. Additional pension benefit for members of optional twenty
 10 year retirement plan.
 11 564. Consistent provisions.
 12 § 561. Definitions. For purposes of this article:
 13 (a) "Member" shall mean a person who is employed as a county
 14 correction officer or a deputy sheriff who is engaged directly in
 15 correction officer duties that aggregate fifty per centum of their
 16 service by a county which elects by resolution or local law, duly
 17 adopted, to provide the benefits as authorized by this article.
 18 (b) "Retirement system" shall mean the New York state and local
 19 employees' retirement system.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD00692-04-6

 S. 6688--A 2

 1 (c) "Creditable service" shall include any and all services performed
 2 as a sheriff, undersheriff or deputy sheriff, or correction officer.
 3 Credit for service as a member or officer of the state police or as a
 4 paid firefighter, police officer or officer of any organized fire
 5 department or police force or department of any county, city, village,
 6 town, fire district or police district, shall also be deemed to be cred-
 7 itable service and shall be included in computing years of total service
 8 for retirement pursuant to this section, provided such service was
 9 performed by the member while contributing to the retirement system
 10 pursuant to the provisions of this article or article eight of this
 11 chapter.
 12 § 562. Optional twenty year retirement plan for certain members whose
 13 employer elects to provide same. (a) Any member of the retirement system
 14 may elect to become a member pursuant to the provisions of this section
 15 within one year after they become a member, if their employer has
 16 elected to make the benefits provided by this section available to
 17 members, or within one year after their employer elects to make the
 18 benefits provided by this section available to its members.
 19 (b) Elections made pursuant to this section shall be in writing and
 20 shall be duly acknowledged and filed with the comptroller. Any member
 21 who files such an election pursuant to this section may withdraw it
 22 after it has been filed for at least a year. Such withdrawal shall be by
 23 written notice duly acknowledged and filed with the comptroller.
 24 (c) A member participating on the basis of this section at the time of
 25 retireme