New York A 8123: Authorizes Brian Studley, a police officer employed by the New York state university police department at SUNY Fredonia, to participate in the New York state and local police and fire retirement system

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A08123 Summary:

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Authorizes Brian Studley, a police officer employed by the New York state university police department at SUNY Fredonia, to transition his pension from the New York state and local employees' retirement system to the New York state and local police and fire retirement system.

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05/01/2025referred to governmental employees

01/07/2026referred to governmental employees

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8123

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN ASSEMBLY

 May 1, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by M. of A. MOLITOR -- read once and referred to the Commit-
 tee on Governmental Employees

 AN ACT authorizing Brian Studley, a police officer employed by the New
 York state university police department at SUNY Fredonia, to partic-
 ipate in the New York state and local police and fire retirement
 system

 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 Brian Studley, who is currently employed with the New York state univer-
 3 sity police department at SUNY Fredonia and who is currently a member of
 4 the New York state and local employees' retirement system, who through
 5 no fault of his own did not become a member of the New York state and
 6 local police and fire retirement system on December 19, 2015 when
 7 provided the opportunity to transition to such retirement system, pursu-
 8 ant to chapter 561 of the laws of 2015, shall be deemed to have been a
 9 member of the New York state and local police and fire retirement system
 10 on such date, provided that an application is filed with the head of the
 11 New York state and local police and fire retirement system together with
 12 a certification that Brian Studley is not barred from participation in
 13 such retirement plan as the result of his own negligence, within one
 14 year from the effective date of this act.
 15 § 2. No employee contributions made to the New York state and local
 16 employees' retirement system by any state university police officer who
 17 elects to transfer pursuant to this act shall be returned to such offi-
 18 cer. Such employee contributions shall be used to offset any past
 19 service costs incurred by operation of the provisions of this act.
 20 § 3. All past services costs associated with the implementation of
 21 this act shall be borne by the state of New York.
 22 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
 FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD09330-02-5

 A. 8123 2

 This bill would deem Brian Studley, a State University police officer
 currently employed by the State University of New York at Fredonia, to
 have become a member of the New York State and Local Police and Fire
 Retirement System, covered under the provisions of section 383-d of the
 Retirement and Social Security Law (RSSL), effective December 19, 2015.
 Brian Studley is currently a member of the New York State and Local
 Employees' Retirement System and is covered under the provisions of
 Article 15 of the RSSL.
 If this bill is enacted during the 2025 Legislative Session, we antic-
 ipate that there will be an increase of approximately $18,000 in the
 annual contributions of the State of New York for the fiscal year ending
 March 31, 2026. In future years this cost will vary as the billing rates
 and salary of Brian Studley change.
 In addition to the annual contributions discussed above, there will be
 an immediate past service cost of approximately $76,200 which will be
 borne by the State of New York as a one-time payment. This estimate
 assumes that payment will be made on March 1, 2026.
 Summary of relevant resources:
 Membership data as of March 31, 2024 was used in measuring the impact
 of the proposed change, the same data used in the April 1, 2024 actuari-
 al