S 9982: Authorizes Kurt Nolan to receive certain credit under sections 384-d and 384-e of the retirement and social security law for prior employment with the New York state university police.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9982  IN SENATE April 20, 2026 ___________ Introduced by Sen. TEDISCO -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Civil Service and Pensions AN ACT in relation to authorizing Kurt Nolan to receive certain credit under sections 384-d and 384-e of the retirement and social security law The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Kurt Nolan, 2 currently a part-time police officer with the village of Ballston Spa 3 police department and member of the New York state and local police and 4 fire retirement system covered by section 384-d of the retirement and 5 social security law, who from June, 2010 through October, 2010 was 6 employed as a deputy sheriff by the Saratoga county sheriff's office, 7 who from October, 2010 through March, 2016 was employed as a university 8 police inspector with the New York state university police, and who from 9 March, 2016 through May, 2021 was employed as a university police offi- 10 cer with the New York state university police, for reasons not ascriba- 11 ble to his own negligence, was not granted service credit under sections 12 384-d and 384-e of the retirement and social security law for his peri- 13 ods of employment with the Saratoga county sheriff's office and the New 14 York state university police, shall be granted such service credit under 15 sections 384-d and 384-e of the retirement and social security law and 16 shall be entitled to the full rights and benefits associated with cover- 17 age under such sections, provided a request to that effect is filed with 18 the state comptroller within one year from the effective date of this 19 act. 20 § 2. All past service costs incurred in implementing the provisions of 21 this act shall be borne by the state of New York. 22 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. FISCAL NOTE.--Pursuant to Legislative Law, Section 50: This bill would grant service credit in sections 384-d and 384-e of the retirement and social security law (RSSL) to Kurt Nolan, a Tier 5 member of the New York State and Local Police and Fire Retirement System (NYSLPFRS) currently employed by the village of Ballston Spa. Credit EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD15292-03-6 
 S. 9982 2 would be granted for the period of June 2010 through May 2021, while the member was employed as a deputy sheriff, a university police inspector, and a university police officer, covered under section 551, Article 15, and section 383-d, respectively. This bill will not increase the village of Ballston Spa's annual contributions. Insofar as this bill affects NYSLPFRS, there will be an immediate past service cost of $202,000 borne by the state of New York as a one-time payment. This cost assumes that payment will be made on March 1, 2027. Summary of relevant resources: Membership data as of March 31, 2025 was used to measure the impact of the bill, the same data used in the Actuarial Valuations dated April 1, 2025. Distributions and other statistics can be found in the 2025 Report of the Actuary and the 2025 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report. The actuarial assumptions and methods used are described in the 2025 Annual Report to the Comptroller on Actuarial Assumptions, and the Codes, Rules and Regulations of the State of New York: Audit and Control. The fair value of assets and GASB disclosures can be found in the 2025 Financial Statements and Supplementary Information. Assumptions, demographics, and other considerations may have been modified to better reflect specific provisions of any proposed benefit change(s). This fiscal note does not constitute a legal opinion on the viability of the bill, nor is it intended to serve as a substitute for the profes- sional judgment of an attorney. This estimate, dated April 15, 2026, and intended for use only during the 2026 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note Number 2026-169. As Chief Actuary of the New York State and Local Retirement System (NYSLRS), I, Aaron Schottin Young, hereby certify that this analysis complies with applicable Actuarial Standards of Practice as well as the Code of Professional Conduct and Qualification Standards for Actuaries Issuing Statements of Actuarial Opinion of the American Academy of Actuaries, of which I am a member. I am a member of NYSLRS but do not believe it impairs my objectivity.