NY Educ L § 390 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 1 - General Provisions Article 8-B - State University Optional Retirement Program 390 - Definitions.

§ 390. Definitions. Wherever used in this article:1.  The  term  "board"  means  the  board  of  trustees  of  the state   university of New York.2. The term "state university" means the state university of New  York   and  the  term  "community  college"  means  a  college  established and   operated under article one hundred twenty-six of this chapter.3. The term "eligible employees" means those  employees  in  positions   requiring the performance of educational functions in teacher education,   agriculture,  home  economics,  forestry,  ceramics, liberal and applied   arts and  sciences,  engineering,  technical  skills,  crafts,  business   education,   labor   and   industrial  relations,  medicine,  dentistry,   veterinary medicine, pharmacy, nursing, law,  public  affairs,  maritime   officer  training,  academic  administration,  library  service, student   activities, student personnel service and other professions required  to   carry  on  the  work  of the state university and the colleges, schools,   institutes, research centers, facilities and institutions comprising  it   and  of  the community colleges. Such positions in the state university,   including those at the state colleges of  agriculture,  home  economics,   veterinary  medicine  or  industrial  and  labor  relations,  the  state   agricultural experiment station at Geneva, or any other  institution  or   agency  under  the  management  and  control  of  Cornell  university as   representative of the board, and at the state college of ceramics  under   the management and control of Alfred university as the representative of   the  board,  and such positions in the community colleges shall be those   certified to  the  board  by  the  chancellor  of  state  university  as   requiring  the  performance  of  such  functions.  No person receiving a   benefit by reason of his  retirement  from  any  retirement  or  pension   system  of  New York state or any political subdivision thereof shall be   eligible to elect the optional retirement program.3-a. Beginning July first, two thousand thirteen, the  term  "eligible   employees"  shall  also mean any person excluded from or not encompassed   within a negotiating unit within the meaning of article fourteen of  the   civil  service  law who would otherwise be entitled to receive a benefit   under the retirement and  social  security  law  or  the  education  law   initially  hired  on  or  after  July  first, two thousand thirteen with   estimated annual wages of seventy-five thousand per  annum  or  greater.   Such  estimate of annual wages to determine eligibility for the purposes   of this subdivision shall be provided by the employer. For the  purposes   of  this  subdivision,  a  newly  hired  state  employee whose immediate   preceding employment was with another department, division, or agency of   the state shall not be deemed to be an eligible employee.4. The term "optional retirement program" means the retirement program   established pursuant to this article.5. The term "electing employee" shall mean any eligible  employee  who   exercises  his  election  pursuant  to  this  article  to come under the   optional retirement program.6. The term "salary" means all amounts paid by or  for  the  state  as   compensation  for  services  rendered  by an eligible employee holding a   position with the state university or by or for a community  college  as   compensation  for  services  rendered  by an eligible employee holding a   position at such college.7. The term "insurer" shall mean  a  life  insurance  corporation,  or   other   corporation   subject   to   department  of  financial  services   supervision.8. The term "electing employer" means a community college which elects   to offer the optional retirement program as herein provided.8-a. Beginning July first, two thousand thirteen, the  term  "electing   employer"  shall  also  mean any public employer within the state of New    York that employs one or more employees who have elected to  participate   in the optional retirement program established pursuant to this article.9.  The  term  "local  sponsor"  means  any city, county, intermediate   school district, or school district approved by the board, sponsoring or   participating in the establishment or operation of a community college.