New York S 6989: Establishes alternative twenty and twenty-five year plans for certain officers of state law enforcement

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S06989 Summary:

BILL NOS06989 

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SAME ASSAME AS A06718-A

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SPONSORJACKSON

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §383-e, R & SS L

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Establishes alternative twenty and twenty-five year plans for every non-seasonally appointed sworn member or officer of the division of law enforcement in the department of environmental conservation, a forest ranger in the service of the department of environmental conservation, which shall mean a person who serves on a full-time basis in the title of forest ranger I, forest ranger II, forest ranger III, assistant superintendent of forest fire control, or any successor titles or new titles in the forest ranger title series in the department of environmental conservation, a police officer in the department of environmental conservation, the regional state park police, and university of police officers whose date of membership is prior to January first, two thousand ten.

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BILL NOS06989 

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03/27/2025REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

04/29/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 6989

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 27, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. JACKSON -- 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
 establishing alternative twenty and twenty-five year plans for certain
 officers of state law enforcement

 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 two new sections 383-e and 383-f to read as follows:
 3 § 383-e. Retirement of officers of state law enforcement; twenty year
 4 retirement plan. a. Membership. Every non-seasonally appointed sworn
 5 member or officer of the division of law enforcement in the department
 6 of environmental conservation, a forest ranger in the service of the
 7 department of environmental conservation, which shall mean a person who
 8 serves on a full-time basis in the title of forest ranger I, forest
 9 ranger II, forest ranger III, assistant superintendent of forest fire
 10 control, superintendent of forest fire control or any successor titles
 11 or new titles in the forest ranger title series in the department of
 12 environmental conservation, a police officer in the department of envi-
 13 ronmental conservation, the regional state park police, and university
 14 police officers who enter or re-enter service in any such title whose
 15 date of membership is on or after January ninth, two thousand ten in
 16 such service on or before one year prior to the effective date of this
 17 section may elect to be covered by the provisions of this section by
 18 filing an election therefor with the comptroller. To be effective, such
 19 election must be duly executed and acknowledged on a form prepared by
 20 the comptroller for that purpose.
 21 b. Retirement allowance. A member, covered by the provisions of this
 22 section at the time of retirement, shall be entitled to retire upon
 23 completion of twenty years of total creditable service in such titles,
 24 and shall retire upon the attainment of the mandatory retirement age

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08868-05-5

 S. 6989 2

 1 prescribed by this section, by filing an application therefor in a
 2 manner similar to that provided in section three hundred seventy of this
 3 article.
 4 1. Upon completion of twenty years of such service and upon retire-
 5 ment, each such member shall receive a pension which, together with an
 6 annuity for such years of service as provided in paragraph four of this
 7 subdivision, shall be sufficient to provide such member with a retire-
 8 ment allowance of one-half of such member's final average salary.
 9 2. Upon completion of more than twenty years of such service and upon
 10 re