Bill > A06279

This bill authorizes Duane A. Palma, a deputy sheriff currently employed by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, to receive full retirement service credit in the optional twenty-year retirement plan for his prior service as a correction officer at the Monroe County Sheriff's Office Jail Bureau, retroactive to February 22, 1999. The bill requires Monroe County to elect to assume the additional cost of this service within one year by filing a resolution with the state comptroller, and Palma must file a request to be covered under the specific retirement plan sections (552 and 553 of the Retirement and Social Security Law) within eighteen months of the act's effective date. All past service costs associated with implementing this act will be borne by Monroe County and can be amortized over a five-year period. The fiscal note indicates that if the bill is enacted during the 2025 Legislative Session, there will be an immediate past service cost of approximately $160,000 for Monroe County, which could be paid as a one-time payment or spread out over five years at approximately $35,900 annually. The bill takes effect immediately and is specifically designed to provide retroactive retirement credit for Palma's earlier work as a correction officer.

Budget and Finance, Labor and Employment

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A6279