NY A09702

Allows participating employers in the New York state and local police and fire retirement system to offer the optional twenty year retirement plan for police officers and firefighters on a non-contributory basis.

Members participating in the non-contributory plan are not entitled to receive refunds of any previous contributions made to the contributory twenty year retirement plan.

Demands for this non-contributory benefit in collective bargaining negotiations are exempt from Civil Service Law restrictions on bargaining scope and interest arbitration provisions.