New York S 10302: Authorizes Breanne M. Smith to receive a refund of certain accumulated contributions paid to the New York state and local employees' retirement system

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S10302 Summary:

BILL NOS10302 

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SAME ASSAME AS A08735-A

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SPONSORHARCKHAM

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Authorizes Breanne M. Smith to receive a refund of certain accumulated contributions paid to the New York state and local employees' retirement system.

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BILL NOS10302 

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05/12/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

06/03/2026COMMITTEE DISCHARGED AND COMMITTED TO RULES

06/03/2026ORDERED TO THIRD READING CAL.1681

06/03/2026PASSED SENATE

06/03/2026DELIVERED TO ASSEMBLY

06/04/2026referred to governmental employees

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 10302

 IN SENATE

 May 12, 2026
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
 printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions

 AN ACT authorizing Breanne M. Smith to receive a refund of certain accu-
 mulated contributions paid to the New York state and local employees'
 retirement system

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

 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision b of section
 2 902 of the retirement and social security law, Breanne M. Smith, a Tier
 3 4 member of the New York state and local employees' retirement system,
 4 who was formerly a Tier 4 member of the New York city employee retire-
 5 ment system with six years and five months of service credit who then
 6 paid contributions as a Tier 6 member of the New York state and local
 7 employees' retirement system employee employed at the Putnam County
 8 district attorney's office during the period of January, 2016 through
 9 March 8, 2023 and initiated a tier reinstatement on July 12, 2019, shall
 10 be entitled to a refund of the accumulated contributions paid to the New
 11 York state and local employees' retirement system for the period in
 12 which the tier reinstatement was not initiated and a cessation date was
 13 not established, if an application is filed within one year of the
 14 effective date of this act.
 15 § 2. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, none
 16 of the provisions of this act shall be subject to section 25 of the
 17 retirement and social security law.
 18 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
 This bill would authorize the return of member contributions paid by
 Breanne Smith between January 13, 2016 and July 12, 2019. Breanne Smith
 is a current member of the New York State and Local Employees' Retire-
 ment System (NYSLERS) employed by Putnam county.
 There will be an immediate past service cost of $17,800 shared by all
 participating employers in NYSLERS and spread over future billing
 cycles.
 This bill will not increase Putnam county's annual contributions.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11148-05-6

 S. 10302 2

 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 assumptions and methods used are described in the 2025 Annual
 Report to the Comptroller on Actuarial Assumptions, and the Codes, Rules
 and Regulations of the State of New York: Audit and Control. The fair
 value of assets and GASB disclosures can be found in the 2025 Financial
 Statements and Supplementary Information.
 Assumptions, demographics, and other considerations may have been
 modified to better reflect specific provisions of any proposed benefit
 change(s).
 This fiscal note does not constitute a legal opinion on the viability
 of the bill, nor is it intended to serve as a substitute for the profes-
 sional judgment of an attorney.
 This estimate, dated February 23, 2026, and intended for use only
 during the 2026 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note Number 2026-117. As
 Chief Actuary of