Senate Bill S4599

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Grants certain county fire marshals, supervising fire marshals, fire marshals, assistant fire marshals, assistant chief fire marshals or chief fire marshals pension benefits for service beyond twenty-five years

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Finance Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2025-S4599 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5868
Current Committee:
Senate Finance
Law Section:
Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §604, R & SS L
Versions Introduced in 2023-2024 Legislative Session:
S7196, A8827

2025-S4599 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Grants Nassau county fire marshals, supervising fire marshals, fire marshals, assistant fire marshals, assistant chief fire marshals or chief fire marshals pension benefits for service rendered beyond twenty-five years.

2025-S4599 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S4599 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   4599
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 10, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sens. JACKSON, MARTINEZ, MARTINS, PALUMBO, RHOADS -- 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
   granting certain county fire marshals, supervising fire marshals, fire
   marshals, assistant fire marshals, assistant chief  fire  marshals  or
   chief fire marshals pension benefits for service rendered beyond twen-
   ty-five years
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision t of section 604 of the retirement  and  social
 security  law,  as  amended by section 7 of part II of chapter 55 of the
 laws of 2023, is amended to read as follows:
   t. The early service retirement benefit for a member who  is  employed
 in  the  county  of  Nassau  as  a county fire marshal, supervising fire
 marshal, fire marshal, assistant  fire  marshal,  assistant  chief  fire
 marshal,  chief  fire  marshal  or  division supervising fire marshal as
 defined in section eighty-nine-w of this  chapter  shall  be  a  pension
 equal  to  one-fiftieth  of final average salary times years of credited
 service at the completion of twenty-five years of service as such county
 fire marshal, supervising fire marshal,  fire  marshal,  assistant  fire
 marshal,  assistant  chief  fire marshal, chief fire marshal or division
 supervising fire marshal, but not exceeding one-half  of  [his  or  her]
 SUCH MEMBER'S final average salary, FOR SERVICE BEYOND TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
 AND  FOR  NON-FIRE  MARSHAL  COUNTY  SERVICE THE BENEFIT IS INCREASED BY
 ONE-SIXTIETH OF FINAL AVERAGE SALARY FOR EACH YEAR OF ADDITIONAL SERVICE
 CREDIT.
   §  2.  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.

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD01330-02-5
 S. 4599                             2
              

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