New York S 7196: Authorizes Sgt. Bethany Kidd to receive certain service credit under a twenty year retirement plan

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S07196 Summary:

BILL NOS07196A

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SAME ASSAME AS A07386-A

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SPONSORO'MARA

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Authorizes Sgt. Bethany Kidd to receive certain service credit under a twenty year retirement plan for service with the Seneca Falls Police Department.

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BILL NOS07196A

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04/03/2025REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

02/25/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

02/25/2026PRINT NUMBER 7196A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 7196--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 April 3, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. O'MARA -- 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 commit-
 tee

 AN ACT in relation to authorizing Sgt. Bethany Kidd to receive certain
 service credit under a twenty year retirement plan

 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 Sergeant Bethany Kidd, a member of the New York state and local police
 3 and fire retirement system, who was appointed as a police officer with
 4 the Seneca Falls Police Department, in the town of Seneca Falls, county
 5 of Seneca, on February 4, 2014, and who, through no fault of her own,
 6 was enrolled to participate in the retirement plan contained in section
 7 375-i of the retirement and social security law, shall be given full
 8 credit in the special twenty year retirement plan contained in section
 9 384-d of the retirement and social security law for such service upon
 10 the election of the town of Seneca Falls to assume the additional cost
 11 of such service. The town of Seneca Falls may so elect by filing with
 12 the state comptroller within 180 days of the effective date of this act,
 13 a resolution of its legislative body, together with certification that
 14 such police officer did not bar herself from participation in such
 15 retirement plan as a result of her own negligence. Thereafter, such
 16 officer may elect to be covered by the provisions of section 384-d of
 17 the retirement and social security law, and shall be entitled to the
 18 full rights and benefits associated with coverage under such section, by
 19 filing a request to such effect with the state comptroller within one
 20 year of the effective date of this act.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD04872-03-6

 S. 7196--A 2

 1 § 2. All past service costs associated with implementing the
 2 provisions of this act shall be borne by the town of Seneca Falls, in
 3 the county of Seneca, and may be amortized over a ten year period.
 4 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
 This bill would allow the town of Seneca Falls to reopen the
 provisions of section 384-d of the retirement and social security law
 for police officer Bethany Kidd.
 We estimate that the town of Seneca Falls' annual contributions will
 increase $16,000 beginning FYE 2027. Annual costs will vary as the bill-
 ing rates and salary of Bethany Kidd change.
 In addition, there will be an immediate past service cost of $256,000
 borne by the town of Seneca Falls as a one-time payment. This cost
 assumes that payment will be made on February 1, 2027. If the town of
 Seneca Falls elects to amortize this cost over 10 years, the cost for
 each year will be $32,700.
 Summary of relevant resources:
 Membership data as of March 31, 2025 was used to measure the impact of
 the bill, the same data used in the Actuarial Valuations dated April 1,
 2025. Distributions and other statistics can be found in the 2025 Report
 of the Actuary and the 2025 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report. The
 actuarial assump