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This bill allows retired state police officers to work as local police officers without losing retirement benefits or facing earnings limits.
Why it matters
Addresses staffing challenges for local police departments. by making it easier to hire experienced, retired state police officers, potentially improving public safety and law enforcement expertise in local communities.
Encourages workforce flexibility and retention of institutional knowledge. by allowing retired state police officers to re-enter law enforcement roles without financial penalty, preserving valuable training and experience within the broader policing system.
Reduces administrative barriers. for both retirees and local agencies by clarifying that such employment does not count as returning to a former employer and by exempting these roles from post-retirement earnings limits, streamlining the hiring process and financial planning for both parties.
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- Referred to civil service and pensions
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STATE OF NEW YORK
1881
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN SENATE
January 17, 2019
Introduced by Sen. O'MARA -- 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 allowing retired state police officers to serve as police officers for local police departments without diminution of retirement benefits
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subparagraph 7 of paragraph (a) of subdivision 2 of section 211 of the retirement and social security law, as amended by chapter 840 of the laws of 1983, is amended and a new subparagraph 8 is added to read as follows:
(7) the chief administrator of the courts if such person is to be employed in a judicial or nonjudicial position in the unified court system[.]; or
(8) the superintendent of state police, if such person is a former state police officer to be employed as a police officer for a local police department.
§ 2. Section 211 of the retirement and social security law is amended by adding a new subdivision 9 to read as follows:
9. For purposes of paragraph (b) of subdivision one of this section, a retired person who served as a police officer for the division of state police is not in service of a former employer if such retired person is serving as a local police officer after retirement from the state police.
§ 3. Section 212 of the retirement and social security law is amended by adding a new subdivision 4 to read as follows:
4. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivisions one and two of this section, the superintendent of state police may determine, pursuant to section two hundred eleven of this article, that such earnings limitations shall not apply to a retired state police officer employed by a local police department as a police officer.
§ 4. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD06683-01-9
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Title of bill
An act to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to allowing retired state police officers to serve as police officers for local police departments without diminution of retirement benefits
Purpose or general idea of bill
To allow retired state police officers to serve in local police depart- ments without incurring earnings limitations or reduction in retirement benefits.
Summary of specific provisions
Retirement and social security law Sec. 211 is amended to allow retired state police officers to serve a local police department after retire- ment from the state police without incurring earnings limitations or a reduction of benefits.
Justification
This legislation recognizes that retired state police officers, who are highly trained law enforcement officers and who over the course of their careers obtain a wealth of knowledge and experience, should be able to serve in a local police department after retiring from state service without loss of earned benefits. This would allow local police depart- ments to add seasoned police officers to assist in local law enforce- ment.
Prior legislative history
2018 - S.8950
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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