Bill > S07384

This bill authorizes the Onondaga County Sheriff's Department to offer a special optional twenty-year retirement plan to six specific deputy sheriffs (Brittany E. Dorn, Noah C. Hunt, Daniel D. Lorenzini, Gordon J. Lopez, Tre C. Fesinger, and Christopher L. Van Dusen) who previously missed the opportunity to enroll. The bill allows these deputies to participate in the optional retirement plan under section 552 of the retirement and social security law, despite having missed the original enrollment deadline, provided their failure to enroll was not due to their own negligence. The county can elect to make this option available by filing a resolution with the state comptroller within 180 days of the law's enactment, and the individual deputies will have one year to file their request to be covered. The bill stipulates that all past service costs associated with implementing this provision will be borne by Onondaga County, with an estimated immediate past service cost of approximately $382,000 and an anticipated increase of about $39,000 in annual contributions. The legislation takes effect immediately and is specifically tailored to provide these six deputy sheriffs with an opportunity to access the twenty-year retirement plan they would have otherwise missed.

Budget and Finance, Labor and Employment

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S7384