New York A 7827: Relates to obtaining military credit for members of the New York state and local police and fire retirement system, the New York city police pension fund, and the New York city fire pension fund

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A07827 Summary:

BILL NOA07827B

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SAME ASSAME AS S07114-B

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SPONSORPheffer Amato

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COSPNSRLunsford, Santabarbara, Buttenschon

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §1000, R & SS L

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Relates to obtaining military credit for members of the New York state and local police and fire retirement system, the New York city police pension fund, and the New York city fire pension fund; provides that the calculation for military credit shall be equal to the product of the number of years of military service being claimed and three percent of such member's compensation earned during the twelve months of credited service.

Go to top A07827 Actions:

BILL NOA07827B

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04/11/2025referred to governmental employees

01/07/2026referred to governmental employees

05/06/2026amend (t) and recommit to governmental employees

05/06/2026print number 7827a

05/14/2026amend and recommit to governmental employees

05/14/2026print number 7827b

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7827--B

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 April 11, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. PHEFFER AMATO, LUNSFORD, SANTABARBARA, BUTTENS-
 CHON -- read once and referred to the Committee 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 commit-
 tee -- again reported from said committee with amendments, ordered
 reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

 AN ACT to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
 obtaining military service credit for members of the New York state
 and local police and fire retirement system, the New York city police
 pension fund, and the New York city fire pension fund

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision 9 of section 1000 of the retirement and social
 2 security law, as amended by chapter 41 of the laws of 2016, is amended
 3 to read as follows:
 4 9. (a) Anything to the contrary in subdivision three of this section
 5 notwithstanding, to obtain such credit, a member who first joins a
 6 public retirement system of the state on or after April first, two thou-
 7 sand twelve shall pay such retirement system, for deposit in the fund
 8 used to accumulate employer contributions, a sum equal to the product of
 9 the number of years of military service being claimed and six percent of
 10 such member's compensation earned during the twelve months of credited
 11 service immediately preceding the date that the member made application
 12 for credit pursuant to this section.
 13 (b) Beginning with applications received by members of the New York
 14 state and local police and fire retirement system, the New York city
 15 police pension fund, and the New York city fire pension fund on and
 16 after April first, two thousand twenty-seven, for members who first
 17 become members of the New York state and local police and fire retire-
 18 ment system, the New York city police pension fund, and the New York

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08377-09-6

 A. 7827--B 2

 1 city fire pension fund on or after April first, two thousand twelve, the
 2 sum required in paragraph (a) of this subdivision shall be equal to the
 3 product of the number of years of military service being claimed and
 4 three percent of such member's compensation earned during the twelve
 5 months of credited service immediately preceding the date the member
 6 made application pursuant to this section.
 7 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
 This bill would decrease the payment required of Tier 6 members of the
 New York State and Local Police and Fire Retirement System (NYSLPFRS)
 when purchasing military service credit pursuant to Section 1000 of the
 retirement and social security law. For applications received on or
 after April 1, 2027, Tier 6