New York S 7021: Establishes a retirement service credit for volunteer fire or emergency service

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S07021 Summary:

BILL NOS07021 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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COSPNSRBORRELLO, CANZONERI-FITZPATRICK, GALLIVAN, HARCKHAM, HELMING, JACKSON, MARTINEZ, MARTINS, MATTERA,
 MAY, MURRAY, OBERACKER, O'MARA, PALUMBO, RHOADS, ROLISON, SKOUFIS, STEC, TEDISCO, WEBB, WEBER, WEIK

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MLTSPNSR

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Add Art 20-A §1050, R & SS L

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Establishes a retirement service credit for volunteer fire or emergency service.

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BILL NOS07021 

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03/28/2025REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

05/20/2025REPORTED AND COMMITTED TO FINANCE

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7021

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 March 28, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. C. RYAN, BORRELLO, HELMING, JACKSON, MARTINEZ, MATT-
 ERA, MAY, MURRAY, OBERACKER, PALUMBO, RHOADS, ROLISON, SKOUFIS, STEC,
 TEDISCO, WEBB, WEBER -- 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
 establishing a retirement service credit for volunteer fire or emer-
 gency service

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

 1 Section 1. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding
 2 a new article 20-A to read as follows:

 3 ARTICLE 20-A
 4 CREDIT FOR NEW YORK STATE VOLUNTEER FIRE OR EMERGENCY SERVICE

 5 Section 1050. New York state volunteer fire or emergency service credit.
 6 § 1050. New York state volunteer fire or emergency service credit. 1.
 7 For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the follow-
 8 ing meanings:
 9 (a) "Public retirement system of the state" shall have the same mean-
 10 ing as such term is defined pursuant to subdivision twenty-three of
 11 section five hundred one of this chapter.
 12 (b) "Member" shall mean a member of a public retirement system of the
 13 state.
 14 2. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, a member shall be eligible
 15 for credit for volunteer fire or emergency service as provided pursuant
 16 to this section.
 17 3. A member, upon application to a public retirement system of the
 18 state, may obtain one year of service credit for every five years of
 19 volunteer fire or emergency service provided in the state. A member
 20 shall be limited under this section to obtain not more than three years

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD08390-02-5

 S. 7021 2

 1 of service credit for a total of fifteen years of volunteer fire or
 2 emergency service provided. Proof of volunteer fire or emergency
 3 service shall be certified by the volunteer agency for which such member
 4 volunteered time.
 5 4. A member shall have at least five years of credited service, not
 6 including service granted hereunder, to be eligible to receive credit
 7 pursuant to this section.
 8 5. To obtain credit pursuant to this section, a member shall pay the
 9 appropriate retirement system, for deposit in the fund used to accumu-
 10 late employer contributions, a sum equal to the product of the number of
 11 years of volunteer fire or emergency service being credited and three
 12 percent of such member's compensation earned during the twelve months of
 13 credited service immediately preceding the date that such member made
 14 application for credit pursuant to this section. If permitted by rule or
 15 regulation of the applicable retirement system, a member may pay such
 16 member costs by payroll deduction for a period which shall not exceed
 17 the time period of volunteer fire or emergency service to be credited
 18 pursuant to this section. In the event such member leaves the employer
 19 payroll prior to completion of payment, such member shall forward all
 20 remaining required payments to the appropriate retirement system prior
 21 to the effective date of retirement. If the full amount of such member
 22 costs is not paid to the appropriate retirement system pri