What's happening
This bill allows Kurt Nolan to receive pension credit for previous police service jobs.
Why it matters
This bill directly affects the retirement benefits of a specific police officer in Ballston Spa (Saratoga County), setting a precedent for individual pension credit legislation in New York.
If enacted, it shifts the financial responsibility for the past service credit—amounting to a one-time cost of $202,000—from the local municipality to the state, impacting statewide pension funding.
The bill allows recognition of prior law enforcement service that otherwise would not count toward full police pension benefits, potentially influencing future cases where police officers seek retroactive credit for diverse public safety roles.
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Who cares
Kurt Nolan
The primary beneficiary, as this bill directly grants him retirement service credit for prior employment periods, increasing his pension eligibility and benefits.
State of New York (Taxpayers)
Responsible for the one-time $202,000 payment to cover the past service cost, making the state fiscally accountable for the added benefit.
New York State and Local Police and Fire Retirement System (NYSLPFRS)
Administrators of the retirement benefits, tasked with implementing the service credit and adjusting records and benefits accordingly.
Other Public Safety Employees/Unions
May take interest as a precedent for similar cases where service credit for non-continuous or overlapping public safety employment is sought.
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Grant Police Pension Credit
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Sponsors
No co-sponsors yet.
History
- Substituted by S9982A
- Ordered to third reading rules cal.601
- Rules report cal.601
- Reported
- Reported referred to rules
- Reference changed to ways and means
- Print number 11068a
- Amend and recommit to governmental employees
- Referred to governmental employees
Companion bill
The same bill in the other chamber. A bill becomes law when one version passes both houses and the governor signs it, so either number can carry it.
Grant Retirement Credit to Officer
Passed Assembly · Sponsor James Tedisco
Full text
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STATE OF NEW YORK
11068--A
IN ASSEMBLY
April 24, 2026
Introduced by M. of A. WALSH -- read once and referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
AN ACT in relation to authorizing Kurt Nolan to receive certain credit under sections 384-d and 384-e of the retirement and social security law
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Kurt Nolan, currently a part-time police officer with the village of Ballston Spa police department and member of the New York state and local police and fire retirement system covered by section 384-d of the retirement and social security law, who from October, 2010 through March, 2016 was employed as a university police inspector with the New York state university police, and who from March, 2016 through May, 2021 was employed as a university police officer with the New York state university police, for reasons not ascribable to his own negligence, was not granted service credit under sections 384-d and 384-e of the retirement and social security law for his periods of employment with the New York state university police, shall be granted such service credit under sections 384-d and 384-e of the retirement and social security law and shall be entitled to the full rights and benefits associated with coverage under such sections, provided a request to that effect is filed with the state comptroller within one year from the effective date of this act.
§ 2. All past service costs incurred in implementing the provisions of this act shall be borne by the state of New York.
§ 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
This bill would grant service credit in sections 384-d and 384-e of
the retirement and social security law (RSSL) to Kurt Nolan, a Tier 5
member of the New York State and Local Police and Fire Retirement System
(NYSLPFRS) currently employed by the village of Ballston Spa. Credit
would be granted for the period of October 2010 through May 2021 while
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
LBD15292-06-6
the member was employed as a university police inspector and a universi-
ty police officer, covered under Article 15 and section 383-d, respec-
tively.
This bill will not increase the village of Ballston Spa's annual
contributions.
Insofar as this bill affects NYSLPFRS, there will be an immediate past
service cost of $200,000 borne by the state of New York as a one-time
payment. This cost assumes that payment will be made on March 1, 2027.
Summary of relevant resources:
Membership data as of March 31, 2025 was used to measure the impact of
the bill, the same data used in the Actuarial Valuations dated April 1,
2025. Distributions and other statistics can be found in the 2025 Report
of the Actuary and the 2025 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report. The
actuarial assumptions and methods used are described in the 2025 Annual
Report to the Comptroller on Actuarial Assumptions, and the Codes, Rules
and Regulations of the State of New York: Audit and Control. The fair
value of assets and GASB disclosures can be found in the 2025 Financial
Statements and Supplementary Information.
Assumptions, demographics, and other considerations may have been
modified to better reflect specific provisions of any proposed benefit
change(s).
This fiscal note does not constitute a legal opinion on the viability
of the bill, nor is it intended to serve as a substitute for the profes-
sional judgment of an attorney.
This estimate, dated May 29, 2026, and intended for use only during
the 2026 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note Number 2026-234. As Chief
Actuary of the New York State and Local Retirement System (NYSLRS), I,
Aaron Schottin Young, hereby certify that this analysis complies with
applicable Actuarial Standards of Practice as well as the Code of
Professional Conduct and Qualification Standards for Actuaries Issuing
Statements of Actuarial Opinion of the American Academy of Actuaries, of
which I am a member. I am a member of NYSLRS but do not believe it
impairs my objectivity.
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