New York S 3608: Provides an optional twenty-five year retirement plan for 911 operators

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S03608 Summary:

BILL NOS03608A

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SAME ASSAME AS A06450-A

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SPONSORHELMING

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COSPNSRO'MARA, ORTT, RYAN C

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MLTSPNSR

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Add §89-z, amd §§445, 603 & 604, R & SS L

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Provides an optional twenty-five year retirement plan for county 911 operators throughout the state.

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BILL NOS03608A

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01/29/2025REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

02/13/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

02/13/2026PRINT NUMBER 3608A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 3608--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 January 29, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sens. HELMING, ORTT, C. RYAN -- read twice and ordered
 printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil
 Service and Pensions -- recommitted to the Committee on Civil Service
 and Pensions in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 -- 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
 the retirement of county 911 operators

 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 section 89-z to read as follows:
 3 § 89-z. Optional twenty-five year retirement plan for county police
 4 communications operators, police communications operator supervisors,
 5 assistant bureau directors (police 911 communications) and bureau direc-
 6 tors (police 911 communications). a. Any member who is a county police
 7 communications operator, police communications operator supervisor,
 8 assistant bureau director (police 911 communications) or bureau director
 9 (police 911 communications) in an electing county, shall be eligible to
 10 retire pursuant to the provisions of this section. Such eligibility
 11 shall be an alternative to the eligibility provisions available under
 12 any other plan of this article to which such member is subject. The
 13 comptroller shall have the authority to include positions herein that
 14 comprehend the same duties and responsibilities, but are named differ-
 15 ently.
 16 b. Such member shall be entitled to retire upon the completion of
 17 twenty-five years of total creditable service by filing an application
 18 therefor in the manner provided for in section seventy of this article.
 19 c. Upon completion of twenty-five years of such service and upon
 20 retirement, each such member shall receive a pension which, together
 21 with an annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of such member's

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD01079-07-6

 S. 3608--A 2

 1 accumulated contributions at the time of retirement and an additional
 2 pension which is the actuarial equivalent of the reserved-for-in-
 3 creased-take-home-pay to which such member may then be entitled shall be
 4 sufficient to provide such member with a retirement allowance equal to
 5 one-half of their final average salary.
 6 d. As used in this section "creditable service" shall include any and
 7 all services performed as a county police communications operator,
 8 police communications operator supervisor, assistant bureau director
 9 (police 911 communications) and bureau director (police 911 communi-
 10 cations).
 11 e. Credit for service as a member or officer of the state police or as
 12 a paid firefighter, police officer or officer of any organized fire
 13 department or police force or department of any county, city, village,
 14 town, fire district or police district, or as a criminal investigator in
 15 the office of a district attorney, or as a probation assistant in a
 16 county probation department, shall also be deemed to be creditable
 17 service and shall be included in computing years of total service for
 18 retirement pursuant to this section.
 19 f. The chief executive officer in each county shall certify to the
 20 comptroller, pe