Senate Bill S10407

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10407
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2026
                                ___________
 
 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
   providing  for  prior  service  credit for county fire marshals in the
   county of Nassau
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1. Subdivision e of section 89-w of the retirement and social
 security law, as amended by chapter 476 of the laws of 2018, is  amended
 to read as follows:
   e. Credit for service as a member or officer of the state police or as
 a  paid  firefighter,  police  officer  or officer of any organized fire
 department or police force or department of any county,  city,  village,
 town,  fire  district  or police district, AS A  FOREST RANGER I, FOREST
 RANGER II, FOREST RANGER III, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT  OF  FOREST  FIRE
 CONTROL,  OR  ANY  SUCCESSOR  TITLES  OR NEW TITLES IN THE FOREST RANGER
 TITLE SERIES IN THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION,  AS  A
 POLICE  OFFICER  IN  THE  DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, AS A
 PARK POLICE OFFICER TRAINEE, PARK POLICE OFFICE, SERGEANT  PARK  POLICE,
 LIEUTENANT  PARK  POLICE,  MAJOR PARK POLICE, OR ANY SUCCESSOR TITLES OR
 NEW TITLES IN THE PARK POLICE TITLE  SERIES  IN  THE  OFFICE  OF  PARKS,
 RECREATION  AND  HISTORIC  PRESERVATION OR OTHER STATE PARK AUTHORITY OR
 COMMISSION, AS A MEMBER OF THE CAPITAL POLICE FORCE  IN  THE  OFFICE  OF
 GENERAL  SERVICES,  AS  A  FIRE  PROTECTION  SPECIALIST  TRAINEE 2, FIRE
 PROTECTION SPECIALIST TRAINEE 1,  FIRE  PROTECTION  SPECIALIST  1,  FIRE
 PROTECTION  SPECIALIST 2, FIRE PROTECTION SPECIALIST 3, OR ANY SUCCESSOR
 TITLES OR NEW TITLES IN THE FIRE PROTECTION SPECIALIST TITLE  SERIES  OF
 THE  DIVISION OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES, AS AN AIRPORT
 FIREFIGHTER APPRENTICE, AIRPORT FIREFIGHTER I, AIRPORT  FIREFIGHTER  II,
 AIRPORT  FIREFIGHTER  III OR TRAINING AND SAFETY OFFICER IN THE DIVISION
 OF MILITARY AND NAVAL AFFAIRS, AS A UNIFORMED  COURT  OFFICER  OR  PEACE
 OFFICER  EMPLOYED BY THE UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM, or as a criminal investi-
 gator in the office of a district attorney shall also be  deemed  to  be
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14624-02-6
              

 S. 10407                            2
 
 creditable  service  and  shall  be included in computing years of total
 service for retirement pursuant to this section.
   § 2. Section 89-w of the retirement and social security law is amended
 by adding a new subdivision e-1 to read as follows:
   E-1.  CREDIT FOR PAID SERVICE AS AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TECHNI-
 CIAN, PARAMEDIC OR IN ANOTHER TITLE WHERE THE MEMBER PERFORMS  EMERGENCY
 MEDICAL  SERVICES  FOR ANY COUNTY, CITY, VILLAGE, TOWN, FIRE DISTRICT OR
 POLICE DISTRICT, AND PAID SERVICE AS A PUBLIC SAFETY  DISPATCHER,  EMER-
 GENCY RESPONDER, EMERGENCY OPERATOR, EMERGENCY COMPLAINT OPERATOR, EMER-
 GENCY  SERVICES DISPATCHER OR IN ANOTHER TITLE WHERE THE MEMBER PERFORMS
 EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION SERVICES FOR ANY COUNTY,  CITY,  VILLAGE,  TOWN,
 FIRE  DISTRICT  OR POLICE DISTRICT SHALL ALSO BE DEEMED TO BE CREDITABLE
 SERVICE AND SHALL BE INCLUDED IN COMPUTING YEARS OF  TOTAL  SERVICE  FOR
 RETIREMENT PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
   § 3.   All   past  service  costs  associated  with  implementing  the
 provisions of this act shall be borne by the county of Nassau and may be
 amortized over ten years.
   § 4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,  none
 of  the  provisions  of  this  act shall be subject to the appropriation
 requirement of section 25 of the retirement and social security law.
   § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.