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.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A11068A
SPONSOR: Walsh TITLE OF BILL:
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
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
Authorizes Kurt Nolan to receive credit under sections 384-d and 384-e
of the retirement and social security law for his time as an office with
the State University of New York, and the Village of Ballston Spa
SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS:
Section 1 provides that Kurt Nolan shall be granted service credit under
sections 384-d and 384-e of the retirement and social security law and
shall be entitled to the full rights and benefits associated with cover-
age under such sections. Section 2 requires the owed credits be paid by
the State of New York. Section 3 provides that the act takes effect
immediately.
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ORIGINAL AND AMENDED VERSION (IF APPLICABLE):
The individual is no longer seeking Sherriff's Department service credit
as proposed in the original bill.
JUSTIFICATION:
Mr. Nolan has served in a variety of different law enforcement roles at
different points in his career and despite his long time of service for
reasons not ascribable to his own negligence, was not granted service
credit under sections 384-d and 384-e of the retirement and social secu-
rity law for his periods of employment with the Saratoga County sher-
iff's office and the New 14 York state university police
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
New bill
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS:
Fiscal Note Attached
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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11068--A
IN ASSEMBLY
April 24, 2026
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Introduced by M. of A. WALSH -- read once and referred to the Committee
on Governmental Employees -- committee discharged, bill amended,
ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee
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 October, 2010 through March, 2016 was
6 employed as a university police inspector with the New York state
7 university police, and who from March, 2016 through May, 2021 was
8 employed as a university police officer with the New York state univer-
9 sity police, for reasons not ascribable to his own negligence, was not
10 granted service credit under sections 384-d and 384-e of the retirement
11 and social security law for his periods of employment with the New York
12 state university police, shall be granted such service credit under
13 sections 384-d and 384-e of the retirement and social security law and
14 shall be entitled to the full rights and benefits associated with cover-
15 age under such sections, provided a request to that effect is filed with
16 the state comptroller within one year from the effective date of this
17 act.
18 § 2. All past service costs incurred in implementing the provisions of
19 this act shall be borne by the state of New York.
20 § 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
would be granted for the period of October 2010 through May 2021 while
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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the member was employed as a university police inspector and a universi-
ty police officer, covered under Article 15 and section 383-d, respec-
tively.
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 $200,000 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 May 29, 2026, and intended for use only during
the 2026 Legislative Session, is Fiscal Note Number 2026-234. 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.
