New York S 4436: Provides equal retirement benefits for certain persons who have been appointed to certain titles in the department of corrections and community supervision

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S04436 Summary:

BILL NOS04436A

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SAME ASNo Same As

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SPONSORGALLIVAN

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Amd §600, R & SS L

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Provides equal retirement benefits for persons who have been appointed to the title of correction lieutenant, correction captain, deputy assistant superintendent and superintendent in the department of corrections and community supervision.

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BILL NOS04436A

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02/05/2025REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

01/07/2026REFERRED TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

02/05/2026AMEND AND RECOMMIT TO CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

02/05/2026PRINT NUMBER 4436A

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 STATE OF NEW YORK
 ________________________________________________________________________

 4436--A

 2025-2026 Regular Sessions

 IN SENATE

 February 5, 2025
 ___________

 Introduced by Sen. GALLIVAN -- 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 to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
 providing equal retirement benefits for persons who have been
 appointed to the title of correction lieutenant, correction captain,
 deputy assistant superintendent or superintendent in the department of
 corrections and community supervision

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

 1 Section 1. Clause (ii) of subparagraph (b) of paragraph 2 of subdivi-
 2 sion a of section 600 of the retirement and social security law, as
 3 amended by section 149 of subpart B of part C of chapter 62 of the laws
 4 of 2011, is amended and two new clauses (iii) and (iv) are added to read
 5 as follows:
 6 (ii) a person who serves in the title of superintendent as of April
 7 first, two thousand six, who has had at least seven years of service
 8 credited toward the retirement plan established pursuant to this article
 9 while employed by the department of corrections and community super-
 10 vision and who elects the retirement plan established pursuant to this
 11 article on or before September thirtieth, two thousand six. Such
 12 election shall be in writing, shall be duly executed and filed with the
 13 comptroller and shall be irrevocable as long as such person is in the
 14 title of superintendent[.]; or
 15 (iii) a person who is appointed to the title of correction lieutenant,
 16 correction captain, deputy assistant superintendent or superintendent in
 17 institutions under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections and
 18 community supervision and who elects the retirement plan established

 EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
 [ ] is old law to be omitted.
 LBD02513-03-6

 S. 4436--A 2

 1 pursuant to this article within ninety days of appointment. Such
 2 election shall be in writing, shall be duly executed and filed with the
 3 comptroller and shall be irrevocable as long as such person is in the
 4 title of correction lieutenant, correction captain, deputy assistant
 5 superintendent or superintendent; or
 6 (iv) a person who serves in the title of correction lieutenant,
 7 correction captain, deputy assistant superintendent or superintendent on
 8 the effective date of this clause and who elects the retirement plan
 9 established pursuant to this article within ninety days of the effective
 10 date of this clause. Such election shall be in writing, shall be duly
 11 executed and filed with the comptroller and shall be irrevocable as long
 12 as such person is in the title of correction lieutenant, correction
 13 captain, deputy assistant superintendent or superintendent.
 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
 This bill would allow certain correction lieutenants, captains, and
 superintendents under the jurisdiction of the department of corrections
 and community supervision of New York state to elect to switch from a
 ser