BILL NUMBER: S7750
SPONSOR: MAYER
 
TITLE OF BILL:
An act to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
the calculation of past service credit for members in the title of depu-
ty sheriff transferring between the New York state and local employees'
retirement system to the New York state and local police and fire
retirement system
 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 amends Section 43 of the retirement and social security law to
permit deputy sheriffs that transfer from the State and Local Retirement
System to the Police and Fire Retirement System, to keep the eligible
service credit accrued while they were a deputy sheriff and permits
former deputy sheriffs that subsequently transfer back in the opposite
direction to keep the eligible service credit accrued while they were
State and local police officers.
Section 2 amends Section 343 of the retirement and social security law
to permit deputy sheriffs that transfer from the State and Local Retire-
ment System to the Police and Fire Retirement System, to keep the eligi-
ble service credit accrued while they were a deputy sheriff and permits
former deputy sheriffs that subsequently transfer back in the opposite
direction to keep the eligible service credit accrued while they were
State and local police officers.
Section 3 sets forth the effective date.
 
JUSTIFICATION:
Under current law, firefighters and police officers, members or officers
of the New York State Police and members of the military may all trans-
fer service credits to the Police and Fire Retirement System as estab-
lished by Section 384-e of the Retirement and Social Security Law from
the New York State and Local Employee Retirement System. Deputy sher-
iffs may not. This legislation would allow deputy sheriffs to retain a
maximum of ten years of their service credits, if they transfer from the
New York State and Local Employees Retirement System to the Police and
Fire Retirement System,if they have served for at least one year in
their employment. Police officers and deputy sheriffs should receive
retirement benefits for previously earned pension service credit,
regardless of whether the prior service was rendered as a police officer
or deputy sheriff.
 
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
S5289B/A5231B (2023-24): Passed Senate
S9115/A7216 (2021-22): Referred to Civil Service and Pensions
S2094/A5062 (2019-20): Referred to Civil Service and Pensions in 2020;
Referred to Finance in 2019
S8789/A10726 (2017-18): Advanced to Third Reading
 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
See fiscal note.
 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
Sixty days after it shall have become a law.

Statutes affected:
S7750: 43 retirement and social security law, 343 retirement and social security law