Provides for prior service credit for county fire marshals in the county of Nassau

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Provides for prior service credit for county fire marshals in the county of Nassau

Provides for prior service credit for county fire marshals in the county of Nassau Provides for prior service credit for county fire marshals in the county of Nassau for service as a forest ranger I, forest ranger II, forest ranger III, assistant superintendent of forest fire control, or any successor titles or new titles in the forest ranger title series in the department of environmental conservation, as a police officer in the department of environmental conservation, as a park police officer trainee, park police office, sergeant park police, lieutenant park police, major park police, or any successor titles or new titles in the park police title series in the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation or other state park authority or commission, as a member of the capital police force in the office of general services, as a fire protection specialist trainee 2, fire protection specialist trainee 1, fire protection specialist 1, fire protection specialist 2, fire protection specialist 3, or any successor titles or new titles in the fire protection specialist title series of the division of homeland security and emergency services, as an airport firefighter apprentice, airport firefighter I, airport firefighter II, airport firefighter III or training and safety officer in the division of military and naval affairs, or as a uniformed court officer or peace officer employed by the unified court system.

What This Bill Does

• Provides for prior service credit for county fire marshals in the county of Nassau Provides for prior service credit for county fire marshals in the county of Nassau for service as a forest ranger I, forest ranger II, forest ranger III, assistant superintendent of forest fire control, or any successor titles or new titles in the forest ranger title series in the department of environmental conservation, as a police officer in the department of environmental conservation, as a park police officer trainee, park police office, sergeant park police, lieutenant park police, major park police, or any successor titles or new titles in the park police title series in the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation or other state park authority or commission, as a member of the capital police force in the office of general services, as a fire protection specialist trainee 2, fire protection specialist trainee 1, fire protection specialist 1, fire protection specialist 2, fire protection specialist 3, or any successor titles or new titles in the fire protection specialist title series of the division of homeland security and emergency services, as an airport firefighter apprentice, airport firefighter I, airport firefighter II, airport firefighter III or training and safety officer in the division of military and naval affairs, or as a uniformed court officer or peace officer employed by the unified court system.

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Official Summary Text

Provides for prior service credit for county fire marshals in the county of Nassau
Provides for prior service credit for county fire marshals in the county of Nassau for service as a forest ranger I, forest ranger II, forest ranger III, assistant superintendent of forest fire control, or any successor titles or new titles in the forest ranger title series in the department of environmental conservation, as a police officer in the department of environmental conservation, as a park police officer trainee, park police office, sergeant park police, lieutenant park police, major park police, or any successor titles or new titles in the park police title series in the office of parks, recreation and historic preservation or other state park authority or commission, as a member of the capital police force in the office of general services, as a fire protection specialist trainee 2, fire protection specialist trainee 1, fire protection specialist 1, fire protection specialist 2, fire protection specialist 3, or any successor titles or new titles in the fire protection specialist title series of the division of homeland security and emergency services, as an airport firefighter apprentice, airport firefighter I, airport firefighter II, airport firefighter III or training and safety officer in the division of military and naval affairs, or as a uniformed court officer or peace officer employed by the unified court system.

Current Bill Text

S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
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                                          10407

                                    I N  S E N A T E

                                      May 15, 2026
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen. JACKSON -- 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  for  prior  service  credit for county fire marshals in the
          county of Nassau

          THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
        BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

     1    Section  1. Subdivision e of section 89-w of the retirement and social
     2  security law, as amended by chapter 476 of the laws of 2018, is  amended
     3  to read as follows:
     4    e. Credit for service as a member or officer of the state police or as
     5  a  paid  firefighter,  police  officer  or officer of any organized fire
     6  department or police force or department of any county,  city,  village,
     7  town,  fire  district  or police district, AS A  FOREST RANGER I, FOREST
     8  RANGER II, FOREST RANGER III, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT  OF  FOREST  FIRE
     9  CONTROL,  OR  ANY  SUCCESSOR  TITLES  OR NEW TITLES IN THE FOREST RANGER
    10  TITLE SERIES IN THE  DEPARTMENT  OF  ENVIRONMENTAL  CONSERVATION,  AS  A
    11  POLICE  OFFICER  IN  THE  DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION, AS A
    12  PARK POLICE OFFICER TRAINEE, PARK POLICE OFFICE, SERGEANT  PARK  POLICE,
    13  LIEUTENANT  PARK  POLICE,  MAJOR PARK POLICE, OR ANY SUCCESSOR TITLES OR
    14  NEW TITLES IN THE PARK POLICE TITLE  SERIES  IN  THE  OFFICE  OF  PARKS,
    15  RECREATION  AND  HISTORIC  PRESERVATION OR OTHER STATE PARK AUTHORITY OR
    16  COMMISSION, AS A MEMBER OF THE CAPITAL POLICE FORCE  IN  THE  OFFICE  OF
    17  GENERAL  SERVICES,  AS  A  FIRE  PROTECTION  SPECIALIST  TRAINEE 2, FIRE
    18  PROTECTION SPECIALIST TRAINEE 1,  FIRE  PROTECTION  SPECIALIST  1,  FIRE
    19  PROTECTION  SPECIALIST 2, FIRE PROTECTION SPECIALIST 3, OR ANY SUCCESSOR
    20  TITLES OR NEW TITLES IN THE FIRE PROTECTION SPECIALIST TITLE  SERIES  OF
    21  THE  DIVISION OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND EMERGENCY SERVICES, AS AN AIRPORT
    22  FIREFIGHTER APPRENTICE, AIRPORT FIREFIGHTER I, AIRPORT  FIREFIGHTER  II,
    23  AIRPORT  FIREFIGHTER  III OR TRAINING AND SAFETY OFFICER IN THE DIVISION
    24  OF MILITARY AND NAVAL AFFAIRS, AS A UNIFORMED  COURT  OFFICER  OR  PEACE
    25  OFFICER  EMPLOYED BY THE UNIFIED COURT SYSTEM, or as a criminal investi-
    26  gator in the office of a district attorney shall also be  deemed  to  be

         EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD14624-02-6
        S. 10407                            2

     1  creditable  service  and  shall  be included in computing years of total
     2  service for retirement pursuant to this section.
     3    § 2. Section 89-w of the retirement and social security law is amended
     4  by adding a new subdivision e-1 to read as follows:
     5    E-1.  CREDIT FOR PAID SERVICE AS AN EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES TECHNI-
     6  CIAN, PARAMEDIC OR IN ANOTHER TITLE WHERE THE MEMBER PERFORMS  EMERGENCY
     7  MEDICAL  SERVICES  FOR ANY COUNTY, CITY, VILLAGE, TOWN, FIRE DISTRICT OR
     8  POLICE DISTRICT, AND PAID SERVICE AS A PUBLIC SAFETY  DISPATCHER,  EMER-
     9  GENCY RESPONDER, EMERGENCY OPERATOR, EMERGENCY COMPLAINT OPERATOR, EMER-
    10  GENCY  SERVICES DISPATCHER OR IN ANOTHER TITLE WHERE THE MEMBER PERFORMS
    11  EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION SERVICES FOR ANY COUNTY,  CITY,  VILLAGE,  TOWN,
    12  FIRE  DISTRICT  OR POLICE DISTRICT SHALL ALSO BE DEEMED TO BE CREDITABLE
    13  SERVICE AND SHALL BE INCLUDED IN COMPUTING YEARS OF  TOTAL  SERVICE  FOR
    14  RETIREMENT PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION.
    15    § 3.   All   past  service  costs  associated  with  implementing  the
    16  provisions of this act shall be borne by the county of Nassau and may be
    17  amortized over ten years.
    18    § 4. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary,  none
    19  of  the  provisions  of  this  act shall be subject to the appropriation
    20  requirement of section 25 of the retirement and social security law.
    21    § 5. This act shall take effect immediately.