Assembly Bill A8878

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Extends the waiver of approval and income limitations on to retired law enforcement officers employed as school resource officers in school districts and board of cooperative educational services

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Current Bill Status - In Assembly Committee

  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-A8878 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Governmental Employees
Law Section:
Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §211, R & SS L

2025-A8878 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Extends the waiver of approval and income limitations on to retired law enforcement officers employed as school resource officers in school districts and board of cooperative educational services.

2025-A8878 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8878
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 9, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. McDONALD -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Governmental Employees
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
   extending the waiver of approval and income limitations on to  retired
   law  enforcement  officers  employed  as  school  resource officers in
   school districts and  board  of  cooperative  educational services
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision 9 of section 211 of the retirement and social
 security law, as added by section 1 of part HH of chapter 56 of the laws
 of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   9. Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  this  section,  sections  two
 hundred  twelve  and  four  hundred one of this chapter and section five
 hundred three of the education law and any other law, regulation,  rule,
 local  law,  or  charter  to  the  contrary,  a retired person, OR A LAW
 ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AS DEFINED BY SECTION  TWO  HUNDRED  NINE-V  OF  THE
 GENERAL MUNICIPAL LAW, ASSIGNED BY ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AS DEFINED
 IN  SUBDIVISION  EIGHT OF SECTION EIGHTY-SIX OF THE PUBLIC OFFICERS LAW,
 may be employed and earn compensation in a position or positions in  the
 service  of  a  school  district  or  a board of cooperative educational
 services in the state without any effect on [his or her] THEIR status as
 retired and without suspension or  diminution  of  [his  or  her]  THEIR
 retirement  allowance and without prior approval pursuant to subdivision
 two of this section. Earnings received as a result of  employment  in  a
 school  district  or  a board of cooperative educational services in the
 state shall not be applied to a  retired  person's  OR  LAW  ENFORCEMENT
 OFFICER'S  earnings when calculating the earnings limitations imposed by
 subdivisions one and two of section two hundred twelve of this article.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately; provided,  however,  that
 the  amendments  to  subdivision  9 of section 211 of the retirement and
 social security law made by section one of this act shall not affect the
 repeal of such subdivision and shall be deemed repealed therewith.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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