New York S 10230: Authorizes the county of Erie to offer an optional twenty year retirement plan to certain deputy sheriffs employed by such county

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S10230 Summary:

BILL NOS10230 

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SAME ASSAME AS A10550

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SPONSORGALLIVAN

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Authorizes the county of Erie to offer an optional twenty year retirement plan to Nicholas Cervoni, Thomas Makin, and Sarah Murphy, deputy sheriffs employed by such county.

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BILL NOS10230 

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05/07/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10230

 IN SENATE

 May 7, 2026
 ___________

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

 AN ACT to authorize the county of Erie to offer an optional twenty year
 retirement plan to certain deputy sheriffs employed by such county

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

 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
 2 the county of Erie, a participating employer in the New York state and
 3 local employees' retirement system, which previously elected to offer
 4 the optional twenty year retirement plan established pursuant to
 5 sections 552 and 553 of the retirement and social security law, to depu-
 6 ty sheriffs employed by such county, is hereby authorized to make
 7 participation in such plan available to Nicholas Cervoni, Thomas Makin,
 8 and Sarah Murphy, deputy sheriffs employed by the county of Erie, who,
 9 for reasons not ascribable to their own negligence failed to make timely
 10 application to participate in such twenty year retirement plan. The
 11 county of Erie may so elect by filing with the state comptroller within
 12 three months of the effective date of this act, a resolution of the Erie
 13 county legislature together with certification that such deputy sheriffs
 14 did not bar themselves from participation in such retirement plan as a
 15 result of their own negligence. Thereafter, such deputy sheriffs may
 16 elect to be covered by the provisions of sections 552 and 553 of the
 17 retirement and social security law, and shall be entitled to the full
 18 rights and benefits associated with coverage under such sections, by
 19 filing a request to that effect with the state comptroller on or before
 20 June 30, 2027.
 21 § 2. All past service costs associated with implementing the
 22 provisions of this act shall be borne by the county of Erie.
 23 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
 This bill will allow Erie county to elect to reopen the provisions of
 section 552 together with section 553 of the retirement and social secu-
 rity law (RSSL) for deputy sheriffs Nicholas Cervoni, Thomas Makin, and
 Sarah Murphy.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD14281-02-6

 S. 10230 2

 We estimate that Erie county's annual contributions will increase
 $37,000 beginning FYE 2027. Annual costs will vary but are expected to
 average 11.5% of salary.
 In addition, there will be an immediate past service cost of $295,000
 borne by the county of Erie as a one-time payment. This cost assumes
 that payment will be made on February 1, 2027.
 Summary of relevant resources:
 Membership data as of March 31, 2025 was used to measure the impact of
 the bill, the same data used in the Actuarial Valuations dated April 1,
 2025. Distributions and other statistics can be found in the 2025 Report
 of the Actuary and the 2025 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report. The
 actuarial assumptions and methods used are described in the 2025 Annual
 Report to the Comptroller on Actuarial Assumptions, and the Codes, Rules
 and Regulations of the State of New York: Audit and Control. The fair
 value of assets and GASB disclosures can be found in the 2025 Financial
 Statements and Supplementary Information.
 Assumptions, demographics, and other considerations may have been
 modified to better reflect specific provisions of any proposed benefit
 change(s).
 This fiscal note does not constitute a legal opinion on th