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Senate Bill S8006A

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Authorizes the county of Dutchess to offer an optional twenty-five year retirement plan to certain deputy sheriffs employed by such county

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2025-S8006 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10164
Current Committee:
Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:
Retirement

2025-S8006 - Summary

Authorizes the county of Dutchess to offer an optional twenty-five year retirement plan to certain deputy sheriffs employed by such county.

2025-S8006 - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8006 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8006
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 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 in relation to authorizing the county of  Dutchess  to  offer  an
   optional  twenty-five  year retirement plan to certain deputy sheriffs
   employed by such county

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the
 county of Dutchess, a participating employer in the New York  state  and
 local  retirement  system  that  elected  to  make  the twenty-five year
 retirement plan provided in section 551 of  the  retirement  and  social
 security  law  available  to  deputy  sheriffs employed by the county of
 Dutchess is hereby authorized to make such  plan  available  to  certain
 deputy sheriffs who, for reasons not ascribable to their own negligence,
 failed  to  make a timely application to participate in such twenty-five
 year retirement plan. Such employees are Arthur Hart with a  start  date
 of  November 30, 1998, Stephen J Reverri Jr. with a start date of May 7,
 2001, Robert M Freer II with a start date of November 5,  2001,  Phillip
 Lemere  with  a start date of December 3, 2001, Corey Ritch with a start
 date of February 7, 2004, Dawn Bonds with a start date  of  February  9,
 2004,  Brian Wilber with a start date of October 12, 2004, Joel R Petrus
 with a start date of July 11, 2005, Stephen Slattery with a  start  date
 of  July  11, 2005, Dominick Marcello with a start date of September 23,
 2006, Ryan Griffin with a start date of May 7, 2007, Adam Harris with  a
 start  date  of May 7, 2007, Kate Capalbo with a start date of April 11,
 2009, Jared T Griffin with a start date of May 9,  2009,  Jeffrey  Cohen
 with  a  start date of March 31, 2012, Adrienne Licari with a start date
 of July 2, 2012, William Butler with a start  date  of  April  1,  2013,
 Christopher Sheridan with a start date of October 21, 2013, Paul Digiov-
 anni with a start date of April 28, 2014, Justin Hogan with a start date
 of  June 8, 2015, James Flanagan with a start date of February 29, 2016,
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11927-04-5
              

2025-S8006A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10164
Current Committee:
Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:
Retirement

2025-S8006A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Authorizes the county of Dutchess to offer an optional twenty-five year retirement plan to certain deputy sheriffs employed by such county.

2025-S8006A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S8006A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  8006--A
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               May 15, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions
   -- recommitted to the Committee  on  Civil  Service  and  Pensions  in
   accordance  with  Senate  Rule 6, sec. 8 -- committee discharged, bill
   amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said  commit-
   tee
 
 AN  ACT  in  relation  to authorizing the county of Dutchess to offer an
   optional twenty-five year retirement plan to certain  deputy  sheriffs
   employed by such county
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the  contrary,  the
 county  of  Dutchess, a participating employer in the New York state and
 local retirement system  that  elected  to  make  the  twenty-five  year
 retirement  plan  provided  in  section 551 of the retirement and social
 security law available to deputy sheriffs  employed  by  the  county  of
 Dutchess  is  hereby  authorized  to make such plan available to certain
 deputy sheriffs who, for reasons not ascribable to their own negligence,
 failed to make a timely application to participate in  such  twenty-five
 year  retirement  plan. Such employees are Arthur Hart with a start date
 of November 30, 1998, Stephen J Reverri Jr. with a start date of May  7,
 2001,  Robert  M Freer II with a start date of November 5, 2001, Phillip
 Lemere with a start date of December 3, 2001, Corey Ritch with  a  start
 date  of  February  7, 2004, Dawn Bonds with a start date of February 9,
 2004, Brian Wilber with a start date of October 12, 2004, Joel R  Petrus
 with  a  start date of July 11, 2005, Stephen Slattery with a start date
 of July 11, 2005, Dominick Marcello with a start date of  September  23,
 2006,  Ryan Griffin with a start date of May 7, 2007, Adam Harris with a
 start date of May 7, 2007, Kate Capalbo with a start date of  April  11,
 2009,  Jared  T  Griffin with a start date of May 9, 2009, Jeffrey Cohen
 with a start date of March 31, 2012, Adrienne Licari with a  start  date
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11927-07-6
              

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