New York S 9549: Authorizes the commissioner of transportation to issue a permit exempting certain signs that appear on the Seaway Trail

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S09549 Summary:

BILL NOS09549 

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SAME ASSAME AS A10554

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SPONSORCOONEY

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §381-b, R & SS L

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Authorizes a member to obtain up to three years of service credit for prior paid police service within the United States with an accredited police agency outside of the state of New York; requires a member to have at least five years of credited service to be eligible to receive such credit.

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BILL NOS09549 

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03/24/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 9549

 IN SENATE

 March 24, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. COONEY -- 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
 prior police service with an accredited police agency outside of the
 state of New York

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision c of section 381-b of the retirement and social
 2 security law is amended by adding a new paragraph 3 to read as follows:
 3 (3) (i) Prior police service with an accredited police agency outside
 4 of the state of New York. A member, upon application to the retirement
 5 system, may obtain a total of up to three years of service credit for
 6 prior police service performed as a paid police officer within the
 7 United States but outside of the state, provided such service was
 8 performed with an accredited police agency. To obtain such credit, a
 9 member shall pay the retirement system, for deposit in the fund used to
 10 accumulate employer contributions, a sum equal to the product of the
 11 number of years being claimed and the applicable contribution rate of
 12 such member's current tier status earned during the twelve months of
 13 credited service immediately preceding the date that the member made
 14 application for credit pursuant to this paragraph. To be eligible to
 15 receive prior service credit under this paragraph, a member shall make
 16 application prior to the effective date of such member's retirement.
 17 (ii) A member shall have at least five years of credited service (not
 18 including service granted hereunder) to be eligible to receive credit
 19 under this paragraph.
 20 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
 21 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
 22 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
 23 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
 24 completed on or before such effective date.
 FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
 This bill would allow any State Trooper to purchase up to three years
 of service credit in the New York State and Local Police and Fire

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD03268-02-6

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 Retirement System for paid employment as a police officer with an
 "accredited police agency" in another state.
 Except for military service credit, current law only allows for cred-
 iting prior service for periods of paid employment with a participating
 employer in a New York State public retirement system.
 We estimate that the past service cost will average 32 percent of the
 member's annual salary for each year of additional service that is cred-
 ited. This cost will be reduced by member contributions, estimated to be
 0 percent for Tier 2, 3 percent for Tier 5, and 6 percent for Tier 6
 members. All remaining costs will be billed to the state of New York
 annually, based on those benefiting from this provision.
 Further, we anticipate significant administrative costs to implement
 the provisions of this legislation.
 The number of current and future members who could be affected by this
 legislation cannot be readily determined.
 Summary of relevant resources:
 Membership data as of March 31, 2025 was used to measure the impact of
 the