NY State Senate Bill 2025-S6688

Senate Bill S6688

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to providing county correction officers with a special optional twenty year retirement plan

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Civil Service And Pensions Committee

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2025-S6688 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:: Senate Civil Service And Pensions
Law Section:: Retirement and Social Security Law
Laws Affected:: Add Art 14-C §§561 - 564, R & SS L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:: 2015-2016: S4001
2017-2018: S1850, S7134
2019-2020: S8030
2021-2022: S1879
2023-2024: S5883

2025-S6688 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to providing county correction officers with a special optional twenty year retirement plan.

2025-S6688 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

                                 
BILL NUMBER: S6688

SPONSOR: SKOUFIS
 
TITLE OF BILL:

An act to amend the retirement and social security law, in relation to
providing county correction officers with a special optional twenty year
retirement plan

 
PURPOSE:

This bill will allow county correction officers and deputy sheriffs
engaged in correction officer duties to become covered by the provisions
of a special 20-year retirement plan, which will benefit one-half of the
final average salary upon retirement if the employing county elects to
provide such benefits.

 
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:

Section 1: Amends the Retirement and Social Security Law by adding a new
Article 14-C (Optional Retirement Plan for County Correction Officers or
Deputy Sheriffs Performing as Correction Officers).ligible county

correction officers and deputy sheriffs engaged in correctional duties
for at least fifty percent of their service may opt into a twenty-year
retirement plan if their employer elects to provide it. Members may
retire after completing twenty years of creditable service or upon
reaching age sixty-two, receiving a pension based on a fraction of their
final average salary.  Additional benefits include pension contributions
the employer covers, military service credit, and the option for members
to withdraw from the plan after a year. Employers must formally adopt a
resolution to provide these benefits, and any higher benefits available
under other provisions of the law will take precedence. The amendment
also ensures that participation does not alter existing contribution
requirements under Articles 11, 14, or 15 of the law.

Section 2: Counties adopting the benefits under this act may amortize
any required past service payments over a five or ten-year period, at
their discretion.

Section: Sets Effective Date

 
JUSTIFICATION:

County correction officers and deputy sheriffs performing correctional
duties operate in some of the most dangerous and high-stress environ-
ments. They are responsible for managing overcrowded inmate populations
and working in close quarters with individuals convicted of serious
crimes, including murder, child exploitation, sexual assault, drug traf-
ficking, and gang-related violence. Additionally, with the closure of
mental health institutions, correctional facilities now house individ-
uals with severe mental illnesses who pose risks to both themselves and
the officers charged with their supervision. These professionals remain
in constant vigilance, prepared for sudden inmate attacks or uprisings
that could result in serious injury or death. The psychological and
physical toll of these conditions contributes to a reduced life expect-
ancy, increased rates of depression, substance abuse, and, in some
cases, suicide.


Despite undergoing rigorous academy training and holding peace officer
status, correction officers and deputy sheriff jailors receive inferior
pension benefits compared to law enforcement personnel who face similar-
ly hazardous and demanding responsibilities. This legislation addresses
this disparity, ensuring these dedicated public servants receive fair
and equitable retirement benefits.

 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:

Senate

2015: Referred to Civil Service and Pensions

2016: S4001B, Passed Senate

2017: S1850, Vetoed Memo 172

2020: S8030, Referred to Civil Service and Pensions

2021: S1879A, Referred to Civil Service and Pensions

2022: S1879A, Amended and Recommitted to Civil Service and Pensions

2023: S5883A, Referred to Civil Service and Pensions

2024: S5883A, Amended and Recommitted to Civil Service and Pensions

Assembly

2015: A6612B, Passed Assembly

2016: A6612B, Amend, and Recommitted to Governmental Employees

2017: A6277, Reported referred to rules

2020: No Assembly Same-As

2021: No Assembly Same-As

2022: No Assembly Same-As

2023: No Assembly Same-As

2024: No Assembly Same-As

 
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

See Fiscal Note.

 
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.

2025-S6688 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   6688
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                              March 19, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen. SKOUFIS -- 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
   providing  county  correction  officers with a special optional twenty
   year retirement plan

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The retirement and social security law is amended by adding
 a new article 14-C to read as follows:
                               ARTICLE 14-C
     OPTIONAL RETIREMENT PLAN FOR COUNTY CORRECTION OFFICERS OR DEPUTY
                SHERIFFS PERFORMING AS CORRECTION OFFICERS
 SECTION 561. DEFINITIONS.
         562. OPTIONAL  TWENTY  YEAR  RETIREMENT PLAN FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS
                WHOSE EMPLOYER ELECTS TO PROVIDE SAME.
         563. ADDITIONAL PENSION BENEFIT FOR MEMBERS OF  OPTIONAL  TWENTY
                YEAR RETIREMENT PLAN.
         564. CONSISTENT PROVISIONS.
   § 561. DEFINITIONS. FOR PURPOSES OF THIS ARTICLE:
   (A)  "MEMBER"  SHALL  MEAN  A  PERSON  WHO  IS  EMPLOYED  AS  A COUNTY
 CORRECTION OFFICER OR A  DEPUTY  SHERIFF  WHO  IS  ENGAGED  DIRECTLY  IN
 CORRECTION  OFFICER  DUTIES  THAT  AGGREGATE  FIFTY  PER CENTUM OF THEIR
 SERVICE BY A COUNTY WHICH  ELECTS  BY  RESOLUTION  OR  LOCAL  LAW,  DULY
 ADOPTED, TO PROVIDE THE BENEFITS AS AUTHORIZED BY THIS ARTICLE.
   (B)  "RETIREMENT  SYSTEM"  SHALL  MEAN  THE  NEW  YORK STATE AND LOCAL
 EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
   (C) "CREDITABLE SERVICE" SHALL INCLUDE ANY AND ALL SERVICES  PERFORMED
 AS  A  SHERIFF,  UNDERSHERIFF  OR DEPUTY SHERIFF, OR CORRECTION OFFICER.
 CREDIT FOR SERVICE AS A MEMBER OR OFFICER OF THE STATE POLICE  OR  AS  A
 PAID  FIREFIGHTER,  POLICE  OFFICER  OR  OFFICER  OF  ANY ORGANIZED FIRE
 DEPARTMENT OR POLICE FORCE OR DEPARTMENT OF ANY COUNTY,  CITY,  VILLAGE,
 TOWN, FIRE DISTRICT OR POLICE DISTRICT, SHALL ALSO BE DEEMED TO BE CRED-
 ITABLE SERVICE AND SHALL BE INCLUDED IN COMPUTING YEARS OF TOTAL SERVICE
 FOR  RETIREMENT  PURSUANT  TO  THIS  SECTION,  PROVIDED SUCH SERVICE WAS

  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD00692-03-5
 S. 6688                             2
 
 PERFORMED BY THE MEMBER WHILE  CONTRIBUTING  TO  THE  RETIREMENT  SYSTEM
 PURSUANT  TO  THE  PROVISIONS  OF  THIS ARTICLE OR ARTICLE EIGHT OF THIS
 CHAPTER.
   §  562. OPTIONAL TWENTY YEAR RETIREMENT PLAN FOR CERTAIN MEMBERS WHOSE
 EMPLOYER ELECTS TO PROVIDE SAME. (A) ANY MEMBER OF THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM
 MAY ELECT TO BECOME A MEMBER PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THIS  SECTION
 WITHIN  ONE  YEAR  AFTER  THEY  BECOME  A  MEMBER, IF THEIR EMPLOYER HAS
 ELECTED TO MAKE THE BENEFITS  PROVIDED  BY  THIS  SECTION  AVAILABLE  TO
 MEMBERS,  OR  WITHIN  ONE  YEAR  AFTER THEIR EMPLOYER ELECTS TO MAKE THE
 BENEFITS PROVIDED BY THIS SECTION AVAILABLE TO ITS MEMBERS.
   (B) ELECTIONS MADE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL BE  IN  WRITING  AND
 SHALL  BE  DULY  ACKNOWLEDGED AND FILED WITH THE COMPTROLLER. ANY MEMBER
 WHO FILES SUCH AN ELECTION PURSUANT TO  THIS  SECTION  MAY  WITHDRAW  IT
 AFTER IT HAS BEEN FILED FOR AT LEAST A YEAR. SUCH WITHDRAWAL SHALL BE BY
 WRITTEN NOTICE DULY ACKNOWLEDGED AND FILED WITH THE COMPTROLLER.
   (C) A MEMBER PARTICIPATING ON THE BASIS OF THIS SECTION AT THE TIME OF
 RETIREMENT  SHALL  BE  ENTITLED TO RETIRE AFTER THE COMPLETION OF TWENTY
 YEARS OF TOTAL CREDITABLE SERVICE OR UPON THE ATTAINMENT OF  AGE  SIXTY-
 TWO,  BY  FILING  AN  APPLICATION  THEREFOR  IN A MANNER SIMILAR TO THAT
 PROVIDED IN THIS CHAPTER.
   (I) UPON COMPLETION OF TWENTY YEARS OF SUCH SERVICE AND  UPON  RETIRE-
 MENT,  EACH  SUCH  MEMBER  SHALL RECEIVE A PENSION SUFFICIENT TO PROVIDE
 THEM WITH A RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE EQUAL TO ONE-FORTIETH  OF  THEIR  FINAL
 AVERAGE SALARY FOR EACH YEAR OF TOTAL CREDITABLE SERVICES FOR WHICH THEY
 ARE  OTHERWISE  ENTITLED  BUT NOT EXCEEDING IN THE AGGREGATE ONE-HALF OF
 THEIR FINAL AVERAGE SALARY.
   (II) UPON ATTAINMENT OF AGE  SIXTY-TWO  AND  UPON  RETIREMENT  WITHOUT
 COMPLETION  OF  TWENTY  YEARS  OF  SUCH  SERVICE, EACH SUCH MEMBER SHALL
 RECEIVE A PENSION SUFFICIENT TO PROVIDE THEM WITH A RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE
 EQUAL TO ONE-FORTIETH OF THEIR FINAL AVERAGE SALARY  FOR  EACH  YEAR  OF
 CREDITABLE SERVICE. EVERY SUCH MEMBER SHALL ALSO BE ENTITLED TO AN ADDI-
 TIONAL  PENSION  EQUAL  TO  THE PENSION FOR ANY OTHER CREDITABLE SERVICE
 RENDERED AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR IN THIS CHAPTER.  THIS LATTER PENSION
 SHALL NOT INCREASE THE TOTAL ALLOWANCE TO MORE THAN  ONE-HALF  OF  THEIR
 FINAL AVERAGE SALARY.
   (D)  THE  INCREASED  PENSIONS  TO  SUCH  MEMBERS,  AS PROVIDED BY THIS
 SECTION, SHALL BE PAID FROM ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY THE PARTIC-
 IPATING EMPLOYER ON ACCOUNT OF SUCH MEMBERS. THE ACTUARY OF THE  RETIRE-
 MENT  SYSTEM SHALL COMPUTE THE ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTION REQUIRED FOR EACH
 MEMBER WHO ELECTS TO RECEIVE THE SPECIAL BENEFITS  PROVIDED  UNDER  THIS
 SECTION. SUCH ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS SHALL BE COMPUTED ON THE BASIS OF
 CONTRIBUTIONS  DURING  THE PROSPECTIVE SERVICE OF SUCH MEMBER WHICH WILL
 COVER THE LIABILITY OF THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM FOR  SUCH  EXTRA  PENSIONS.
 UPON APPROVAL OF THE COMPTROLLER, SUCH ADDITIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS SHALL BE
 CERTIFIED  BY  THEM  TO  THE  CHIEF  FISCAL OFFICER OR THE PARTICIPATING
 EMPLOYER. THE AMOUNT THEREOF SHALL BE INCLUDED IN THE  ANNUAL  APPROPRI-
 ATION  OF  THE  PARTICIPATING EMPLOYER. SUCH AMOUNT SHALL BE PAID ON THE
 WARRANT OF THE CHIEF FISCAL OFFICER OF THE PARTICIPATING EMPLOYER TO THE
 PENSION ACCUMULATION FUND OF THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM.
   (E) IN COMPUTING THE TWENTY YEARS OF COMPLETED SERVICE  OF  A  MEMBER,
 FULL  CREDIT  SHALL BE GIVEN FOR MILITARY SERVICE AS DEFINED IN SUBDIVI-
 SIONS TWENTY-NINE-A AND THIRTY OF SECTION  THREE  HUNDRED  TWO  OF  THIS
 CHAPTER.
   (F)  EVERY  MEMBER PARTICIPATING ON THE BASIS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE
 SEPARATED FROM THE SERVICE ON THE LAST DAY OF THE  CALENDAR  MONTH  NEXT
 SUCCEEDING  THE  CALENDAR  MONTH  IN  WHICH  THEY  ATTAIN AGE SIXTY-TWO,
 S. 6688                             3
 
 PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT SUCH A MEMBER WHO ATTAINED THE AGE OF  SIXTY-TWO
 BEFORE  THEIR  EMPLOYER  ELECTED  TO  MAKE THE BENEFITS PROVIDED BY THIS
 SECTION AVAILABLE TO THEM, OR WHO ATTAINS THE AGE  OF  SIXTY-TWO  WITHIN
 ONE  MONTH  AFTER  THEIR  EMPLOYER  MAKES SUCH BENEFITS AVAILABLE, TO BE
 ELIGIBLE FOR A PENSION COMPUTED IN ACCORDANCE  WITH  THE  PROVISIONS  OF
 THIS  SECTION,  SHALL  BE SEPARATED FROM THE SERVICE WITHIN THREE MONTHS
 AFTER THEIR EMPLOYER MAKES SUCH BENEFITS AVAILABLE.
   (G) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION SHALL BE CONTROLLING  NOTWITHSTAND-
 ING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS ARTICLE TO THE CONTRARY.
   (H)  THE  BENEFITS  OF  THIS  SECTION SHALL BE AVAILABLE ONLY TO THOSE
 MEMBERS WHOSE EMPLOYER ELECTS TO PROVIDE SUCH  BENEFITS  BY  ADOPTING  A
 RESOLUTION OR LOCAL LAW TO SUCH EFFECT AND FILING A CERTIFIED COPY THER-
 EOF WITH THE COMPTROLLER.
   (I)  THE  BENEFITS  PROVIDED  BY  THIS  SECTION  SHALL BE PAYABLE TO A
 MEMBER, UNLESS AT THE DATE OF RETIREMENT SUCH MEMBER WOULD OTHERWISE  BE
 ENTITLED TO A GREATER BENEFIT UNDER OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS CHAPTER HAD
 THEY  WITHDRAWN  FROM THIS SECTION, IN WHICH EVENT SUCH GREATER BENEFITS
 SHALL BE PAYABLE.
   § 563. ADDITIONAL PENSION BENEFIT FOR MEMBERS OF OPTIONAL TWENTY  YEAR
 RETIREMENT  PLAN.  (A)  A  PARTICIPATING  EMPLOYER WHICH HAS ELECTED, OR
 WHICH ELECTS TO PROVIDE THE BENEFITS OF THE OPTIONAL TWENTY YEAR RETIRE-
 MENT PLAN FOR ITS EMPLOYEES AS SPECIFIED IN THIS ARTICLE  MAY  ELECT  TO
 MAKE  CONTRIBUTIONS  FOR  THE PURPOSE OF PROVIDING AN ADDITIONAL PENSION
 PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION FOR MEMBERS IN ITS EMPLOY WHO ARE ENTITLED TO A
 PENSION PURSUANT TO SECTION FIVE  HUNDRED  SIXTY-TWO  OF  THIS  ARTICLE.
 EVERY MEMBER EMPLOYED BY AN EMPLOYER WHICH HAS ELECTED THE PROVISIONS OF
 SECTION  FIVE  HUNDRED  SIXTY-TWO  OF  THIS ARTICLE AND THIS SECTION MAY
 ELECT TO BE COVERED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION BY FILING WITH THE
 COMPTROLLER, A DULY EXECUTED AND ACKNOWLEDGED FORM PREPARED BY THE COMP-
 TROLLER FOR THAT PURPOSE.
   (B) UPON RETIREMENT, EACH SUCH MEMBER SHALL RECEIVE, FOR EACH YEAR  OF
 SERVICE  IN EXCESS OF TWENTY, AN ADDITIONAL PENSION WHICH SHALL BE EQUAL
 TO ONE-SIXTIETH OF THEIR FINAL AVERAGE SALARY; PROVIDED,  HOWEVER,  THAT
 THE  TOTAL  ALLOWANCE  PAYABLE PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION SHALL NOT EXCEED
 THREE-QUARTERS OF SUCH MEMBER'S FINAL AVERAGE SALARY.
   § 564. CONSISTENT PROVISIONS. NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS ARTICLE  SHALL
 BE  CONSTRUED  TO  OTHERWISE AFFECT THE APPLICABILITY OF ARTICLE ELEVEN,
 FOURTEEN OR FIFTEEN OF THIS CHAPTER. ANY OTHER PROVISIONS OF THIS  CHAP-
 TER  RELATING  TO  MANDATORY CONTRIBUTION TO THE RETIREMENT SYSTEM BASED
 UPON A MEMBER'S DATE OF MEMBERSHIP IN SUCH SYSTEM SHALL NOT BE DEEMED TO
 BE AFFECTED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ARTICLE, AND ANY MEMBER WHO ON THE
 EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS ARTICLE IS NOT REQUIRED TO CONTRIBUTE  SHALL  NOT
 BE  REQUIRED  TO MAKE ANY CONTRIBUTIONS AS A RESULT OF THIS SECTION. FOR
 THOSE MEMBERS REQUIRED TO CONTRIBUTE  TO  THE  RETIREMENT  SYSTEM,  SUCH
 CONTRIBUTION  SHALL  BE TREATED IN THE SAME MANNER AS SPECIFIED FOR SUCH
 MEMBERS IN ARTICLE FOURTEEN OR FIFTEEN OF THIS CHAPTER.
   § 2. Any past service payments required of a county as a result of the
 adoption of the benefits permitted by this act may be amortized  over  a
 five or ten-year period at the option of such county.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
   FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50:
   This bill would add Article 14-C to the Retirement and Social Security
 Law,  creating  county  electable  twenty-year plans covering any county
 correction officers and deputy sheriffs engaged directly  in  correction
 officer duties that aggregate at least fifty percent of their service. A
 county  may elect to provide a retirement benefit equal to fifty percent
 S. 6688                             4
 
 of final average salary (FAS) after twenty years of  service.  A  county
 may  further  elect  to  provide for additional sixtieths for service in
 excess of twenty years. The retirement benefit is not to  exceed  seven-
 ty-five percent of FAS.
   Any member who elects to become covered under this new Article 14-C is
 expected  to  retain all disability and death benefits under their prior
 plan coverage.
   Creditable service will include all service rendered as  a  correction
 officer, sheriff, deputy sheriff or undersheriff, a member or officer of
 the State Police, a paid firefighter, a police officer, or an officer of
 any organized fire department or police force.
   If  this  bill  is  enacted during the 2025 Legislative Session, there
 will be an increase in the annual contributions of any  electing  county
 for  the  fiscal  year  ending  March  31,  2026, as approximated in the
 following table. In future years these costs will vary  as  the  billing
 rates of the affected members change.
 Current Plan               Article 14-C 20-Year     Article 14-C 20-Year
                                                     with sixtieths
 Articles 14 or 15                        10.3%                     11.8%
 89* 25-Year                              5.7%                      7.2%
 County Law Enforcement
 Article 14-B 20-Year                     4.3%                      5.8%
 Article 14-B 20-Year                     2.5%                      4.0%
 with sixtieths
   In addition to the annual contributions discussed above, there will be
 an  immediate  past  service  cost  that  will  depend upon the affected
 members' service, salary, tier, current retirement plan and new  retire-
 ment plan.  An exact cost will be determined based on a roster of eligi-
 ble members to be provided by the electing county. The past service cost
 may  be  amortized over a five-year or ten-year period, at the option of
 the electing county.
   Further, we anticipate additional administrative  costs  to  implement
 the provisions of this legislation.
   Summary of relevant resources:
   Membership  data as of March 31, 2024 was used in measuring the impact
 of the proposed change, the same data used in the April 1, 2024 actuari-
 al valuation. Distributions and other statistics can  be  found  in  the
 2024  Report  of the Actuary and the 2024 Annual Comprehensive Financial
 Report.  The actuarial assumptions and methods used are described in the
 2024 Annual Report to the Comptroller on Actuarial Assumptions, and  the
 Codes,  Rules  and  Regulations  of  the  State  of  New York: Audit and
 Control. The Market Assets and GASB Disclosures are found in  the  March
 31, 2024 New York State and Local Retirement System Financial Statements
 and Supplementary Information.
   This  fiscal note does not constitute a legal opinion on the viability
 of the proposed change nor is it intended to serve as a  substitute  for
 the professional judgment of an attorney.
   This  estimate, dated March 19, 2025, and intended for use only during
 the 2025 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note No. 2025-14. As Chief Actu-
 ary of the New York State and Local Retirement System, I, Aaron Schottin
 Young, hereby certify that this analysis complies with applicable  Actu-
 arial  Standards of Practice as well as the Code of Professional Conduct
 and Qualification Standards for Actuaries Issuing Statements of Actuari-
 al Opinion of the American Academy of Actuaries, of which I am a member.

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