Authorizes Kevin Burns to receive certain service credit under a twenty year retirement plan

2025 Regular Session Introduced by Donna Lupardo

Authorizes Kevin Burns to receive additional service credit under a twenty-year retirement plan, affecting his eligibility and benefits.

REFERRED TO GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES

Overview

Bill Number: A 7978

Title: Authorizes Kevin Burns to receive certain service credit under a twenty year retirement plan

Status: Referred to Governmental Employees

Introduced: April 16, 2025

Sponsor (primary): Donna Lupardo

This bill appears to authorize a named individual, Kevin Burns, to receive certain service credit under a twenty-year retirement plan. The text of the bill is not provided here, so the specific type, amount, and mechanics of the approved service credit are not known from the available information.

What the bill would do (as suggested by the title)

Create or authorize an adjustment to the retirement calculation for Kevin Burns by providing him with additional service credit.

The service credit would be recognized within a retirement plan described as a “twenty year retirement plan.” This implies that the credited years would count toward eligibility, benefit calculation, or both, under that plan.

The bill would effectively make a one-person exception or adjustment to the plan’s normal rules, specifically for Kevin Burns.

Note: Without the bill text, the exact nature of the service credit (e.g., type of service, how many years, academic vs. civilian service, clarification of eligibility) cannot be confirmed.

Who would be affected

Primary beneficiary: Kevin Burns (the individual named in the bill).

Retirement system / plan administration: The agency or pension fund administering the twenty-year retirement plan would implement the credit if the bill becomes law.

Potential indirect effects on:

Pension liabilities or funded status, depending on the amount of credited service.
Administrative processes for approving and recording service credits.

Procedural and timeline aspects

Introduced date: April 16, 2025.

Current stage: Referred to the Committee on Governmental Employees, indicating it will be reviewed, potentially amended, and subject to committee votes before any floor consideration.

Next steps in the process: Committee hearings and votes, potential floor vote, and, if approved, passage by both legislative houses and signature by the executive (as applicable) to become law. Any effective date or retroactivity would be specified in the bill text.

Fiscal and policy considerations (general

Granting service credit to a single identified individual can affect retirement benefit computations and, depending on plan rules, may have fiscal implications for the pension fund.

Questions likely to be addressed in committee: the type and duration of service credit, the date from which credit would apply, any repayment or funding mechanism, and how this aligns with existing policy on granting service credit.

Key questions to track (once full text is available)

What specific service credit is being authorized (type, duration, and basis for credit)?

How would the credited years affect Kevin Burns’s retirement eligibility and benefit calculation?

Is there a sunset provision or expiration for this authorization?

What is the anticipated fiscal impact on the retirement system?

Are there similar precedents or policy justifications for granting a single-individual service credit?

This summary is based on the bill's title and metadata. The exact provisions, amounts, and effective dates will be clear only with the full bill text.

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