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Senate Bill S10452

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes Nigel Barnett to receive certain retirement service credit in the New York state and local police and fire retirement system

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2025-S10452 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:
Retirement

2025-S10452 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes Nigel Barnett to receive certain retirement service credit in the New York state and local police and fire retirement system for service as a correction officer with the county of Dutchess.

2025-S10452 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10452
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2026
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. HARCKHAM -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
 
 AN ACT authorizing Nigel Barnett to receive certain  retirement  service
   credit  in  the  New  York  state and local police and fire retirement
   system
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,
 Nigel  Barnett,  a  former member of the New York State and local police
 and fire retirement system, who was employed with the division of  state
 police from May 3, 2006 through September 16, 2025, and who was a member
 of  the  New  York  state  and  local employees' retirement system while
 employed as a correction officer with the county of Dutchess,  state  of
 New York, from November 18, 2002 until May 3, 2006, which service is not
 deemed to be police service for purposes of the New York state and local
 police  and  fire  retirement  system  pursuant  to section 381-b of the
 retirement and social security law, shall be granted retirement  service
 credit  pursuant  to section 381-b of the retirement and social security
 law for such employment as a  correction  officer  with  the  county  of
 Dutchess,  state  of  New  York as if such service was rendered with the
 division of state police beginning on May 3, 2006, and  shall  have  his
 retirement  benefit  recalculated,  if  within one year of the effective
 date of this act, his estate representative or the superintendent  shall
 file a written request to that effect with the state comptroller.
   §  2.  In  the  event  the beneficiary is required to make an election
 prior to the enactment of this legislation, the pension reserve shall be
 awarded minus any death benefit previously paid to said beneficiary.
   § 3. All past service costs associated with the implementation of this
 act shall be borne by the state of New York.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
 

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14567-02-6

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