New York A 8085: Relates to authorizing service credit in an optional twenty year retirement plan for state university police, regional state park police and detective attorney general investigator service

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A08085 Summary:

BILL NOA08085A

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SAME ASSAME AS S07363-A

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SPONSORGriffin

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §384-e, R & SS L

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Relates to authorizing state university police, regional state park police and detective investigators for the office of the attorney general to receive additional service credit in an optional twenty year retirement plan.

Go to top A08085 Actions:

BILL NOA08085A

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04/24/2025referred to governmental employees

01/07/2026referred to governmental employees

04/15/2026amend and recommit to governmental employees

04/15/2026print number 8085a

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8085--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 24, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. GRIFFIN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Governmental Employees -- recommitted to the Committee on
 Governmental Employees in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2 --
 committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and
 recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
 authorizing certain persons in an optional twenty year retirement plan
 to receive credit for previous service as a state university police
 officer, a regional state park police officer or a detective investi-
 gator for the office of the attorney general

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

 1 Section 1. Section 384-e of the retirement and social security law is
 2 amended by adding three new subdivisions d, e and f to read as follows:
 3 d. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, upon
 4 completion of twenty years of service, and upon retirement, each such
 5 member who was previously credited with service credit in the New York
 6 state and local employees' retirement system or the New York state and
 7 local police and fire retirement system as an officer appointed by the
 8 state university pursuant to paragraph l of subdivision two of section
 9 three hundred fifty-five of the education law and who has successfully
 10 completed a course of law enforcement training as provided in such
 11 section of the education law may receive for each such year of previous
 12 service, up to a total of no greater than five years of previous
 13 service, additional pension equal to one-sixtieth of such member's final
 14 average salary.
 15 To obtain such credit a member shall pay such retirement system, for
 16 deposit in the fund used to accumulate employer contributions, a sum
 17 equal to the product of the number of years of service being claimed
 18 and three percent of such member's compensation earned during the twelve

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09707-04-6

 A. 8085--A 2

 1 months of credited service immediately preceding the date that the
 2 member made application for credit pursuant to this section.
 3 e. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, upon
 4 completion of twenty years of service, and upon retirement, each such
 5 member who was previously credited with service credit in the New York
 6 state and local employees' retirement system or the New York state and
 7 local police and fire retirement system as an officer or member of the
 8 regional state park police department may receive for each such year of
 9 previous service, up to a total of no greater than five years of previ-
 10 ous service, additional pension equal to one-sixtieth of such member's
 11 final average salary.
 12 To obtain such credit a member shall pay such retirement system, for
 13 deposit in the fund used to accumulate employer contributions, a sum
 14 equal to the product of the number of years of service being claimed
 15 and three percent of such member's compensation earned during the twelve
 16 months of credited service immediately preceding the date that the
 17 member made application for credit pursuant to this section.
 18 f. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the cont