New York S 8154: Makes certain benefits available to members of the Dutchess county sheriff's department

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S08154 Summary:

BILL NOS08154 

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORJACKSON

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COSPNSR

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MLTSPNSR

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Amd §89-p, add §561, R & SS L

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Makes certain benefits available to members of the Dutchess county sheriff's department upon the election to offer such benefits by Dutchess county.

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BILL NOS08154 

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05/15/2025REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 8154

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 May 15, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. JACKSON -- 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
 making certain benefits available to members of the Dutchess county
 sheriff's department; and providing for the repeal of certain
 provisions upon the expiration thereof

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

 1 Section 1. Subdivision k of section 89-p of the retirement and social
 2 security law is relettered subdivision l and a new subdivision k is
 3 added to read as follows:
 4 k. (1) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, Dutchess
 5 county may elect to make available to the members described in subdivi-
 6 sions a and d of this section the twenty-year retirement plan provided
 7 by section five hundred sixty-one of this chapter; provided that Dutch-
 8 ess county shall pay the cost attributable therefor.
 9 (2) The benefits provided by this subdivision shall be available only
 10 to those members defined in paragraph one of this subdivision upon the
 11 adoption of a resolution specifically stating that Dutchess county
 12 elects to offer the benefit provided by section five hundred sixty-one
 13 of this chapter, as authorized by this subdivision and filing a certi-
 14 fied copy thereof with the comptroller. Such resolution may also contain
 15 an election that any past service cost be paid over either a five-year
 16 or ten-year period. Such resolution shall be accompanied by the affida-
 17 vit of the chief executive officer of Dutchess county that such county
 18 has received an estimate from the retirement system of the cost of the
 19 benefit provided by section five hundred sixty-one of this chapter.
 20 (3) Such resolution shall apply to all members defined in paragraph
 21 one of this subdivision, except those already subject to a retirement
 22 plan which permits immediate retirement with a benefit upon a specified
 23 period of service of twenty years or less without regard to age.

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD11926-03-5

 S. 8154 2

 1 § 2. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding a new
 2 section 561 to read as follows:
 3 § 561. Optional retirement plan for Dutchess county deputy sheriffs.
 4 a. A member of the retirement system employed by Dutchess county may
 5 elect to become a member pursuant to the provisions of this section
 6 within one year after such member becomes a member, if Dutchess county
 7 has elected to make the benefits provided herein available to members,
 8 or within one year after Dutchess county elects to make the benefits
 9 provided herein available to its members.
 10 b. Elections made pursuant to this section shall be in writing and
 11 shall be duly acknowledged and filed with the comptroller. Any member
 12 who files such an election pursuant to this section may withdraw it
 13 after it has been filed for at least one year. Such withdrawal shall be
 14 by written notice duly acknowledged and filed with the comptroller.
 15 c. A member participating on the basis of this section at the time of
 16 retirement, shall be entitled to retire after the completion of twenty
 17 years of total creditable service or upon the attainment of age sixty-
 18 two, by filing an application therefor in a manner similar to that
 19 provided in this chapter.
 20 1.