Authorizes a member to obtain up to three years of service credit for prior paid police service within the United States with an accredited police agency outside of the state of New York; requires a member to have at least five years of credited service to be eligible to receive such credit.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9549
IN SENATE
March 24, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. COONEY -- 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
prior police service with an accredited police agency outside of the
state of New York
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision c of section 381-b of the retirement and social
2 security law is amended by adding a new paragraph 3 to read as follows:
3 (3) (i) Prior police service with an accredited police agency outside
4 of the state of New York. A member, upon application to the retirement
5 system, may obtain a total of up to three years of service credit for
6 prior police service performed as a paid police officer within the
7 United States but outside of the state, provided such service was
8 performed with an accredited police agency. To obtain such credit, a
9 member shall pay the retirement system, for deposit in the fund used to
10 accumulate employer contributions, a sum equal to the product of the
11 number of years being claimed and the applicable contribution rate of
12 such member's current tier status earned during the twelve months of
13 credited service immediately preceding the date that the member made
14 application for credit pursuant to this paragraph. To be eligible to
15 receive prior service credit under this paragraph, a member shall make
16 application prior to the effective date of such member's retirement.
17 (ii) A member shall have at least five years of credited service (not
18 including service granted hereunder) to be eligible to receive credit
19 under this paragraph.
20 § 2. This act shall take effect on the one hundred twentieth day after
21 it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amend-
22 ment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implemen-
23 tation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and
24 completed on or before such effective date.
FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
This bill would allow any State Trooper to purchase up to three years
of service credit in the New York State and Local Police and Fire
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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Retirement System for paid employment as a police officer with an
"accredited police agency" in another state.
Except for military service credit, current law only allows for cred-
iting prior service for periods of paid employment with a participating
employer in a New York State public retirement system.
We estimate that the past service cost will average 32 percent of the
member's annual salary for each year of additional service that is cred-
ited. This cost will be reduced by member contributions, estimated to be
0 percent for Tier 2, 3 percent for Tier 5, and 6 percent for Tier 6
members. All remaining costs will be billed to the state of New York
annually, based on those benefiting from this provision.
Further, we anticipate significant administrative costs to implement
the provisions of this legislation.
The number of current and future members who could be affected by this
legislation cannot be readily determined.
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 March 3, 2026, and intended for use only during
the 2026 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note Number 2026-134. As Chief
Actuary of the New York State and Local Retirement System (NYSLRS), I,
Aaron Schottin Young, hereby certify that this analysis complies with
applicable Actuarial Standards of Practice as well as the Code of
Professional Conduct and Qualification Standards for Actuaries Issuing
Statements of Actuarial Opinion of the American Academy of Actuaries, of
which I am a member. I am a member of NYSLRS but do not believe it
impairs my objectivity.
