NY Ret & SS L § 603 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RSS - Retirement and Social Security Article 15 - Coordinated Retirement Plan 603 - Eligibility for Service Retirement Benefits; Age and Service Requirements.

§  603.  Eligibility  for service retirement benefits; age and service requirements.  * a. The service retirement benefit specified in  section six  hundred  four  of this article shall be payable to members who have met the minimum service requirements upon retirement and  attainment  of age  sixty-two,  other  than  members who are eligible for early service retirement pursuant to subdivision c of section six  hundred  four-b  of this  article,  subdivision  c  of  section  six  hundred four-c of this article, subdivision d of section six hundred four-d  of  this  article, subdivision c of section six hundred four-e of this article, subdivision c  of  section  six  hundred  four-f  of  this article, subdivision c of section six hundred four-g of this article, subdivision c of section six hundred four-h of this article or subdivision c of section  six  hundred four-i  of  this  article,  provided,  however,  a member of a teachers' retirement system or the New York state and local employees'  retirement system  who  first  joins such system before January first, two thousand ten or a member who is  a  uniformed  court  officer  or  peace  officer employed  by  the unified court system who first becomes a member of the New York state and  local  employees'  retirement  system  before  April first,  two  thousand  twelve may retire without reduction of his or her retirement benefit upon attainment of at least fifty-five years  of  age and  completion  of  thirty or more years of service, provided, however, that a uniformed court officer or peace officer employed by the  unified court  system who first becomes a member of the New York state and local employees' retirement system on or after January first, two thousand ten and retires without reduction of his  or  her  retirement  benefit  upon attainment  of at least fifty-five years of age and completion of thirty or more years of service pursuant to this section shall be  required  to make  the  member contributions required by subdivision f of section six hundred  thirteen  of  this  article  for  all  years  of  credited  and creditable  service,  provided further that the the preceding provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to a  New  York  city  revised  plan member.   * NB Effective until ch. 682/2003 expires   * a.  The  service retirement benefit specified in section six hundred four of this article shall be  payable  to  members  who  have  met  the minimum  service  requirements  upon  retirement  and  attainment of age sixty-two, other  than  members  who  are  eligible  for  early  service retirement  pursuant  to  subdivision c of section six hundred four-b of this article, subdivision c  of  section  six  hundred  four-c  of  this article,  subdivision  d  of section six hundred four-d of this article, subdivision c of section six hundred four-e of this article, subdivision c of section six hundred  four-f  of  this  article,  subdivision  c  of section six hundred four-g of this article, subdivision c of section six hundred  four-h  of this article or subdivision c of section six hundred four-i of this article provided,  however,  a  member  who  is  a  peace officer  employed by the unified court system or a member of a teachers' retirement system or the New York state and local employees'  retirement system  may  retire  without  reduction of his or her retirement benefit upon attainment of at least fifty-five years of age  and  completion  of thirty or more years of service.   * NB Effective when ch. 682/2003 expires   a-1.  For  members  who  first  become a member of a public retirement system of the state on or after April first, two  thousand  twelve,  the service retirement benefit specified in section six hundred four of this article  shall  be  payable  to members who have met the minimum service requirements upon retirement and have attained age sixty-three.   * b. The service retirement benefit specified in section  six  hundred four  of this article shall be payable to members with twenty-five years  of creditable  service,  without  regard  to  age,  who  are  correction officers  of  the Westchester county correction department as defined in section eighty-nine-e of this chapter if: (i) such members have met  the minimum  service requirements upon retirement, and (ii) in the case of a member subject to the provisions of article fourteen  of  this  chapter, such  member  files  an  election therefor which provides that he or she will be subject to the provisions of this article and  to  none  of  the provisions  of  such  article  fourteen.  Such  election, which shall be irrevocable, shall be in writing, duly executed and shall be filed  with the  comptroller  on  or  before December thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety. For the purposes  of  this  subdivision,  the  term  "creditable service"  shall  have  the  meaning  as  so  defined  in  both  sections eighty-nine-e and six hundred one of this chapter.   * NB There are 2 sb b's   * b. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision a of this  section, a  member  of  the  New  York  city employees' retirement system, who is employed in the uniformed force of  the  New  York  city  department  of sanitation,  and  who  is  not  eligible  for  early  service retirement pursuant to subdivision c of section six hundred four-a of this article, shall be eligible to receive the service retirement benefit specified in section six hundred four of this article upon  attainment  of  at  least fifty-five  years  of  age and the completion of thirty or more years of service.   * NB There are 2 sb b's   c. The service retirement benefit specified  in  section  six  hundred four  of  this  article  shall be payable to members with twenty-five or more years of  creditable  service,  without  regard  to  age,  who  are employed in Suffolk county as a correction officer as defined in section eighty-nine-f  of this chapter if: (i) such members have met the minimum service requirements upon retirement, and (ii) in the case of  a  member subject  to  the  provisions  of  article fourteen of this chapter, such member files an election therefor which provides that he or she will  be subject  to the provisions of this article and to none of the provisions of such article fourteen. Such election,  which  shall  be  irrevocable, shall  be  in  writing,  duly  executed  and  shall  be  filed  with the comptroller on or before September first, nineteen  hundred  eighty-nine or within one year after entering into employment with Suffolk county as a  corrections  officer,  as  defined  in  section eighty-nine-f of this chapter, whichever is later. For the purposes of this  subdivision,  the term  "creditable  service" shall have the meaning as so defined in both sections eighty-nine-f and six hundred one of this chapter.   d. The service retirement benefit specified  in  section  six  hundred four  of this article shall be payable to members with twenty-five years of creditable service, without regard to age, who are employed in Nassau county as a correction officer, uniformed correction division personnel, sheriff,  undersheriff  or  deputy  sheriff,  as  defined   in   section eighty-nine-g of this chapter, if: (i) such members have met the minimum service  requirements  upon retirement, and (ii) in the case of a member subject to the provisions of article  fourteen  of  this  chapter,  such member  files an election therefor which provides that he or she will be subject to the provisions of this article and to none of the  provisions of  such  article  fourteen.  Such election, which shall be irrevocable, shall be  in  writing,  duly  executed  and  shall  be  filed  with  the comptroller on or before January first, nineteen hundred ninety-two. For the  purposes  of  this subdivision, the term "creditable service" shall have the meaning as so defined in both sections  eighty-nine-g  and  six hundred one of this chapter.    e.  The  service  retirement  benefit specified in section six hundred four of this article shall be payable to members with twenty-five  years of creditable service, without regard to age, who are employed in Albany county as a sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff, correction officer or identification  officer  as  defined  in  section  eighty-nine-h of this chapter if: (i) such members have met the minimum  service  requirements upon  retirement,  and  (ii)  in  the  case  of  a member subject to the provisions of article fourteen of this chapter,  such  member  files  an election  therefor  which provides that he or she will be subject to the provisions of this article and to none of the provisions of such article fourteen. Such  election,  which  shall  be  irrevocable,  shall  be  in writing,  duly  executed  and  shall be filed with the comptroller on or before December thirty-first, two thousand four.  For  the  purposes  of this  subdivision,  the term "creditable service" shall have the meaning as so defined in both sections eighty-nine-h and six hundred one of this chapter.   f. The service retirement benefit specified  in  section  six  hundred four  of this article shall be payable to members with twenty-five years of creditable service, without regard to age, who are  employed  in  St. Lawrence county as a sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff or correction officer as defined in section eighty-nine-i of this chapter if: (i) such members  have  met the minimum service requirements upon retirement, and (ii) in the case of a  member  subject  to  the  provisions  of  article fourteen  of  this chapter, such member files an election therefor which provides that he or she will  be  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this article  and  to  none  of the provisions of such article fourteen. Such election, which shall be irrevocable, shall be in writing, duly executed and  shall  be  filed  with  the  comptroller  on  or  before   December thirty-first,   nineteen  hundred  ninety.  For  the  purposes  of  this subdivision, the term "creditable service" shall have the meaning as  so defined  in  both  sections  eighty-nine-i  and  six hundred one of this chapter.   * g. The service retirement benefit specified in section  six  hundred four  of this article shall be payable to members with twenty-five years of creditable service, without  regard  to  age,  who  are  employed  in Orleans  county as a sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff or correction officer as defined in section eighty-nine-l of this chapter if: (i) such members have met the minimum service requirements upon  retirement,  and (ii)  in  the  case  of  a  member  subject to the provisions of article fourteen of this chapter, such member files an election  therefor  which provides  that  he  or  she  will  be  subject to the provisions of this article and to none of the provisions of  such  article  fourteen.  Such election, which shall be irrevocable, shall be in writing, duly executed and   shall  be  filed  with  the  comptroller  on  or  before  December thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-one,  or  within  one  year  after entering into employment with Orleans county as a sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff or correction officer as defined in section eighty-nine-l of  this  chapter.  For  the  purposes  of  this  subdivision,  the term "creditable service" shall have  the  meaning  as  so  defined  in  both sections eighty-nine-l and six hundred one of this chapter.   * NB There are 2 sb g's   * g.  The  service retirement benefit specified in section six hundred four of this article shall be payable to members with twenty-five  years of  creditable  service,  without  regard  to  age,  who are employed in Onondaga  county  as  a  deputy  sheriff-jail   division   competitively appointed or as a correction officer as defined in section eighty-nine-k of  this  chapter  if:  (i)  such  members  have met the minimum service requirements upon retirement, and (ii) in the case of a  member  subject  to the provisions of article fourteen of this chapter, such member files an  election  therefor  which provides that he or she will be subject to the provisions of this article and to none of  the  provisions  of  such article fourteen. Such election, which shall be irrevocable, shall be in writing,  duly  executed  and  shall be filed with the comptroller on or before December thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-one, or within one year after entering into employment with Onondaga  county  as  a  deputy sheriff-jail division competitively appointed or as a correction officer as defined in section eighty-nine-k of this chapter. For the purposes of this  subdivision,  the term "creditable service" shall have the meaning as so defined in both sections eighty-nine-k and six hundred one of this chapter.   * NB There are 2 sb g's   * h. The service retirement benefit specified in section  six  hundred four  of this article shall be payable to members with twenty-five years of creditable service, without  regard  to  age,  who  are  employed  in Jefferson   county   as  a  sheriff,  undersheriff,  deputy  sheriff  or correction officer as defined in section eighty-nine-j of  this  chapter if:  (i)  such  members  have  met the minimum service requirements upon retirement, and (ii) in the case of a member subject to  the  provisions of  article  fourteen  of  this  chapter,  such member files an election therefor which provides that he or she will be subject to the provisions of this article and to none of the provisions of such article  fourteen. Such  election,  which  shall  be irrevocable, shall be in writing, duly executed and shall be filed with the comptroller on or  before  December thirty-first,  nineteen  hundred  ninety-two,  or  within one year after entering  into  employment  with  Jefferson   county   as   a   sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff or correction officer as defined in section eighty-nine  of  this chapter. For the purposes of this subdivision, the term "creditable service" shall have the meaning as so defined  in  both sections eighty-nine-j and six hundred one of this chapter.   * NB There are 2 sb h's   * h.  1.  The  service  retirement  benefit  specified  in section six hundred  four  of  this  article  shall  be  payable  to  members   with twenty-five  years of creditable service, without regard to age, who are engaged directly in criminal law  enforcement  activities  and  who  are employed in the office of the district attorney of Westchester county as a  chief  criminal  investigator,  deputy  chief  criminal investigator, criminal  investigator,  senior  criminal   investigator,   confidential criminal  investigator,  assistant  criminal  investigator  or  criminal investigator/arson if: (i) such members have  met  the  minimum  service requirements  upon  retirement, and (ii) in the case of a member subject to the provisions of article fourteen of this chapter, such member files an election therefor which provides that he or she will  be  subject  to the  provisions of this article and to none of the provisions of article fourteen of this chapter. Such election,  which  shall  be  irrevocable, shall  be  in  writing,  duly  executed  and  shall  be  filed  with the comptroller  on  or  before  December  thirty-first,  nineteen   hundred ninety-one,  or  within one year after entering employment in the office of the district attorney of Westchester county  in  one  of  the  titles aforementioned   in   this   subdivision.   For  the  purposes  of  this subdivision, the term "creditable service" shall have the meaning as  so defined  in  both  sections  six  hundred  one and eighty-nine-d of this chapter and such term shall, subject to the conditions in such  sections six  hundred  one  and  eighty-nine-d,  also  include service as a chief criminal investigator or a deputy chief criminal investigator.   2.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of   paragraph   one   of   this subdivision,  if  the  county  of  Westchester  elects  to  provide  the  retirement benefit pursuant to this paragraph by adopting  a  resolution to such effect and filing a certified copy thereof with the comptroller, the  service retirement benefit specified in section six hundred four of this article shall be payable to members with twenty years of creditable service, without regard to age, who are engaged directly in criminal law enforcement  activities  and  who  are  employed  in  the  office of the district  attorney  of  Westchester   county   as   a   chief   criminal investigator, deputy chief criminal investigator, criminal investigator, senior   criminal   investigator,  confidential  criminal  investigator, assistant criminal investigator or criminal investigator/arson  if:  (i) such  members have met the minimum service requirements upon retirement, and (ii) in the case of a member subject to the  provisions  of  article fourteen  of  this chapter, such member files an election therefor which provides that he or she will  be  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this article  and  to  none  of  the  provisions  of article fourteen of this chapter. Such election, which shall be irrevocable, shall be in writing, duly executed and shall be filed  with  the  comptroller  on  or  before December  thirty-first,  two  thousand  two, or within three years after entering  employment  in  the  office  of  the  district   attorney   of Westchester   county  in  one  of  the  titles  aforementioned  in  this paragraph.   * NB There are 2 sb h's   * i. The service retirement benefit specified in section  six  hundred four  of this article shall be payable to members with twenty-five years of creditable service, without regard to age, who are employed in Broome county as a sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff or correction  officer as defined in section eighty-nine-m of this chapter if: (i) such members have  met  the minimum service requirements upon retirement, and (ii) in the case of a member subject to the provisions of  article  fourteen  of this chapter, such member files an election therefor which provides that he  or she will be subject to the provisions of this article and to none of the provisions of such article fourteen. Such election,  which  shall be  irrevocable,  shall  be in writing, duly executed and shall be filed with the  comptroller  on  or  before  December  thirty-first,  nineteen hundred  ninety-one  or  within  one year after entering into employment with Broome  county  as  a  sheriff,  undersheriff,  deputy  sheriff  or correction  officer.  For  the  purposes  of  this subdivision, the term "creditable service" shall have  the  meaning  as  so  defined  in  both sections eighty-nine-m and six hundred one of this chapter.   * NB There are 2 sb i's   * i.  1.  A  member  of  a teachers' retirement system or the New York state and local employees' retirement system who  has  met  the  minimum service  requirements  but  who  has  less than thirty years of credited service or a member who  first  joins  the  New  York  state  and  local employees'  retirement system or the New York state teachers' retirement system on or after January first, two thousand ten may retire  prior  to normal retirement age, but no earlier than attainment of age fifty-five, in  which  event,  unless  such  person is a member of the New York city teachers' retirement system who is otherwise eligible for early  service retirement  pursuant  to  subdivision c of section six hundred four-i of this article, the amount of his  or  her  retirement  benefit  otherwise computed  without  optional  modification shall be reduced in accordance with the following schedule:  (i) for each of the first  twenty-four  full  months  that  retirement predates  age sixty-two, one-half of one per centum per month; provided, however, that for members who first join the New York  state  and  local employees'  retirement system or the New York state teachers' retirement  system on or after January first, two thousand ten, such  amounts  shall be equal to one-fifteenth per year; and  (ii)   for  each  full  month  that  retirement  predates  age  sixty, one-quarter of one per centum per month;  provided,  however,  that  for members  who  first  join  the  New  York  state  and  local  employees' retirement system or the New York state teachers' retirement  system  on or after January first, two thousand ten, such amounts shall be equal to one-twentieth  per  year,  but in no event shall retirement be permitted prior to attainment of age fifty-five.   2. A member of the New York city employees' retirement system  or  the board of education retirement system of the city of New York who has met the minimum service requirement, but who is not (a) a participant in the twenty-five-year  early  retirement program, as defined in paragraph ten of subdivision a of section six hundred four-c of this article (as added by chapter ninety-six of the laws of nineteen hundred  ninety-five),  or (b)  a participant in the age fifty-seven retirement program, as defined in paragraph three of subdivision b of section  six  hundred  four-d  of this  article,  or  (c)  a  New  York  city transit authority member, as defined in paragraph one of subdivision a of section six hundred  four-b of  this  article,  may  retire  prior  to normal retirement age, but no earlier than attainment of age fifty-five, in which event,  unless  such person  is  a member of the board of education retirement system of such city who is otherwise eligible for early service retirement pursuant  to subdivision  c of section six hundred four-i of this article, the amount of his or her retirement benefit computed without optional  modification shall be reduced in accordance with the following schedule:  (i)  for  each  of  the  first twenty-four full months that retirement predates age sixty-two, one-half of one per centum per month; and  (ii)  for  each  full  month  that  retirement  predates  age   sixty, one-quarter  of  one  per  centum  per  month,  but  in  no  event shall retirement be permitted prior to attainment of age fifty-five.   3. A member of a public retirement system of the state who has met the minimum service requirement, but who is not  a  New  York  city  transit authority  member,  as  defined  in  paragraph  one  of subdivision a of section six hundred four-b of this article, may retire prior  to  normal retirement  age,  but  no  earlier than attainment of age fifty-five, in which event, the amount  of  his  or  her  retirement  benefit  computed without  optional  modification shall be reduced by six and one-half per centum for each year by which early retirement precedes age sixty-three.   * NB There are 2 sb i's   * j. Notwithstanding the  other  subdivisions  of  this  section,  any individual  who is subject to the provisions of article fourteen of this chapter who is entitled to receive  benefits  pursuant  to  section  six hundred  four  of  this  article  upon  attaining  the  minimum  service requirements upon retirement and upon  filing  an  irrevocable  election therefor which provides that he or she will be subject to the provisions of  this article and to none of the provisions of such article fourteen, may file such  an  election  with  the  comptroller  on  or  before  the applicable  date  provided  in  this  section  or  within one year after entering the employment  upon  which  eligibility  is  based,  whichever occurs later.   * NB There are 2 sb j's   * j.  The  service retirement benefit specified in section six hundred four of this article shall be payable to members with twenty-five  years of  creditable  service,  without  regard  to age, who are Monroe county deputy sheriff-court security, or deputy sheriffs-jailors as defined  in section  eighty-nine-n of this chapter if: (i) such members have met the minimum service requirements upon retirement, and (ii) in the case of  a  member  subject  to  the provisions of article fourteen of this chapter, such member files an election therefor which provides  that  he  or  she will  be  subject  to  the provisions of this article and to none of the provisions  of  such  article  fourteen.  Such  election, which shall be irrevocable, shall be in writing, duly executed and shall be filed  with the  comptroller  on  or  before  September first, two thousand three or within one year after entering into employment with Monroe county  as  a deputy   sheriff-court  security,  or  deputy  sheriff-jailor.  For  the purposes of this subdivision, the term "creditable service"  shall  have the meaning as so defined in both sections eighty-nine-n and six hundred one of this chapter.   * NB There are 2 sb j's   k.  The  service  retirement  benefit specified in section six hundred four of this article shall be payable to members with twenty-five  years of creditable service, without regard to age, who are employed in Greene county  as a sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff or correction officer as defined in section eighty-nine-o of this chapter if: (i) such members have met the minimum service requirements upon retirement, and  (ii)  in the  case  of  a member subject to the provisions of article fourteen of this chapter, such member files an election therefor which provides that he or she will be subject to the provisions of this article and to  none of  the  provisions of such article fourteen. Such election, which shall be irrevocable, shall be in writing, duly executed and  shall  be  filed with  the  comptroller  on  or  before  December  thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-four. For the purposes  of  this  subdivision,  the  term "creditable  service"  shall  have  the  meaning  as  so defined in both sections eighty-nine-o and six hundred one of this chapter.   l. The service retirement benefit specified  in  section  six  hundred four  of this article shall be payable to members with twenty-five years of creditable service, without regard to age,  who  are  employed  in  a county   which   makes  an  election  under  subdivision  j  of  section eighty-nine-p of this chapter as a sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff or correction officer  as  defined  in  section  eighty-nine-p  of  this chapter  if:  (i) such members have met the minimum service requirements upon retirement, and (ii) in  the  case  of  a  member  subject  to  the provisions  of  article  fourteen  of this chapter, such member files an election therefor which provides that he or she will be subject  to  the provisions of this article and to none of the provisions of such article fourteen.  Such  election,  which  shall  be  irrevocable,  shall  be in writing, duly executed and shall be filed with  the  comptroller  within one  year  of  an  election his or her employer makes or within one year after entering the employment with such county upon which eligibility is based, whichever comes later. For the purposes of this subdivision,  the term  "creditable  service" shall have the meaning as so defined in both sections eighty-nine-p and six hundred one of this chapter.   m. The service retirement benefit specified  in  section  six  hundred four  of this article shall be payable to members with twenty-five years of creditable service, without regard to age, who are  traffic  officers with  the  town  of  Elmira  as defined in section eighty-nine-q of this chapter if: (i) such members have met the minimum  service  requirements upon  retirement,  and  (ii)  in  the  case  of  a member subject to the provisions of article fourteen of this chapter,  such  member  files  an election  therefor  which provides that he or she will be subject to the provisions of this article and to none of the provisions of such article fourteen.   Such election, which  shall  be  irrevocable,  shall  be  in writing,  duly  executed  and  shall be filed with the comptroller on or before September first, nineteen hundred ninety-six. For the purposes of this subdivision, the term "creditable service" shall have  the  meaning  as so defined in both sections eighty-nine-q and six hundred one of this chapter.   n.  The  service  retirement  benefit specified in section six hundred four of this article shall be payable to  members  with  twenty-five  or more  years  of  creditable  service,  without  regard  to  age, who are employed by Suffolk county as  a  park  police  officer  as  defined  in section  eighty-nine-r of this chapter if: (i) such members have met the minimum service requirements upon retirement, and (ii) in the case of  a member  subject  to  the provisions of article fourteen of this chapter, such member files an election therefor which provides  that  he  or  she will  be  subject  to  the provisions of this article and to none of the provisions of such article  fourteen.  Such  election,  which  shall  be irrevocable,  shall be in writing, duly executed and shall be filed with the  comptroller  on  or  before  September  first,   nineteen   hundred ninety-seven.      For  the  purposes  of  this  subdivision,  the  term "creditable service" shall have  the  meaning  as  so  defined  in  both sections eighty-nine-r and six hundred one of this chapter.   * o.  The  service retirement benefit specified in section six hundred four of this article shall be payable to  members  with  twenty-five  or more  years  of  creditable  service, who are employed as peace officers within the Suffolk county probation department, as  defined  in  section eighty-nine-s  of this chapter if: (i) such members have met the minimum service requirements upon retirement, and (ii) in the case of  a  member subject  to  the  provisions  of  article fourteen of this chapter, such member files an election therefor which provides that he or she will  be subject  to the provisions of this article and to none of the provisions of such article fourteen. Such election,  which  shall  be  irrevocable, shall  be  in  writing,  duly  executed  and  shall  be  filed  with the comptroller  on  or  before  December  thirty-first,  nineteen   hundred ninety-eight  or  within  one  year  of entering into service as a peace officer with the Suffolk county probation department. For  the  purposes of  this  subdivision,  the  term  "creditable  service"  shall have the meaning as so defined in both sections eighty-nine-s and six hundred one of this chapter.   * NB There are 4 sb o's   * o. The service retirement benefit specified in section  six  hundred four  of  this  article  shall be payable to members with twenty-five or more years of  creditable  service,  without  regard  to  age,  who  are employed   as   ambulance   medical   technicians,   ambulance   medical technician/supervisors  or  a  member  who  performs  ambulance  medical technician  related services, or a police medic, police medic supervisor or a member who performs police medic related services within the Nassau county police department, as defined in section  eighty-nine-s  of  this chapter  if:  (i) such members have met the minimum service requirements upon retirement, and (ii) in  the  case  of  a  member  subject  to  the provisions  of  article  fourteen  of this chapter, such member files an election therefor which provides that he or she will be subject  to  the provisions of this article and to none of the provisions of such article fourteen.  Such  election,  which  shall  be  irrevocable,  shall  be in writing, duly executed and shall be filed with  the  comptroller  on  or before   January   first,   two  thousand.  For  the  purposes  of  this subdivision, the term "creditable service" shall have the meaning as  so defined  in  both  sections  eighty-nine-s  and  six hundred one of this chapter.   * NB There are 4 sb o's   * o. The service retirement benefit specified in section  six  hundred four  of  this  article  shall be payable to members with twenty-five or more years of  creditable  service,  without  regard  to  age,  who  are  employed   as   peace   officers  within  the  Nassau  county  probation department, as defined in section eighty-nine-s of this chapter if:  (i) such  members have met the minimum service requirements upon retirement, and  (ii)  in  the case of a member subject to the provisions of article fourteen of this chapter, such member files an election  therefor  which provides  that  he  or  she  will  be  subject to the provisions of this article and to none of the provisions of  such  article  fourteen.  Such election, which shall be irrevocable, shall be in writing, duly executed and   shall  be  filed  with  the  comptroller  on  or  before  December thirty-first,  nineteen  hundred  ninety-nine  or  within  one  year  of entering  into  service  as  a  peace  officer  with  the  Nassau county probation department. Peace officers within the Nassau county  probation department  must  serve  five  years  after  the  effective date of this subdivision before they are eligible to retire under the  provisions  of the   twenty-five  year  retirement  plan.  For  the  purposes  of  this subdivision, the term "creditable service" shall have the meaning as  so defined  in  both  sections  eighty-nine-s  and  six hundred one of this chapter.   * NB There are 4 sb o's   * o.  The  county  of  Rockland  may  elect  to  provide  the  service retirement benefit specified in section six hundred four of this article for  members  with twenty years of creditable service, without regard to age, who are engaged directly in criminal law enforcement activities and who are employed in the office of  the  district  attorney  of  Rockland county      as      a     chief     investigator/detective,     criminal investigator-electronics,  criminal  investigator-child  abuse,   senior criminal investigator or criminal investigator if: (i) such members have met  the  minimum  service requirements upon retirement, and (ii) in the case of a member subject to the provisions of article fourteen  of  this chapter, such members file an election thereof which provides that he or she will be subject to the provisions of this article and to none of the provisions  of  article  fourteen  of this chapter. Such election, which shall be irrevocable, shall be in writing, duly executed  and  shall  be filed  with  the  comptroller  within  one  year  of the adoption of the resolution by the county of Rockland pursuant to this section or  within one  year  after  entering  employment  in  the  office  of the district attorney of Rockland county in one of the titles aforementioned in  this subdivision,  whichever  is  later.  If the county of Rockland elects to provide the retirement benefit pursuant to this subdivision, they  shall adopt a resolution to such effect and file a certified copy thereof with the  comptroller.  For  the  purposes  of  this  subdivision,  the  term "creditable service" shall have  the  meaning  as  so  defined  in  both sections eighty-nine-d and six hundred one of this chapter and such term shall,  subject to the conditions in such sections eighty-nine-d and six hundred one, also include service  as  a  chief  investigator/detective, criminal   investigator-electronics  or  a  criminal  investigator-child abuse.   * NB There are 4 sb o's   * p. The service retirement benefit specified in section  six  hundred four  of this article shall be payable to members with twenty-five years of creditable service, without regard to age,  who  are  employed  in  a county   which   makes  an  election  under  subdivision  j  of  section eighty-nine-t of this chapter as a peace officer as defined  in  section eighty-nine-t  of this chapter if: (i) such members have met the minimum service requirements upon retirement, and (ii) in the case of  a  member subject  to  the  provisions  of  article fourteen of this chapter, such member files an election therefor which provides that he or she will  be subject  to the provisions of this article and to none of the provisions  of such article fourteen. Such election,  which  shall  be  irrevocable, shall  be  in  writing,  duly  executed  and  shall  be  filed  with the comptroller within one year of an election his or her employer makes  or within  one  year  after  entering  the employment with such county upon which eligibility is based, whichever comes later. For the  purposes  of this  subdivision,  the term "creditable service" shall have the meaning as so defined in both sections eighty-nine-t and six hundred one of this chapter.   * NB There are 2 sb p's   * p. The service retirement benefit specified in section  six  hundred four  of  this  article  shall  be  payable  without  regard  to  age to qualifying members, as defined in subdivision a of section eighty-nine-t of this chapter, with twenty-five years of qualifying service as defined in  such  section,  if  such  members  have  met  the  minimum   service requirements  upon  retirement.  Any  such  member  shall be entitled to retire  after  the  completion  of  twenty-five  years   of   qualifying creditable service by filing an application therefor in a manner similar to that provided in section seventy of this chapter.   * NB There are 2 sb p's   q.  The  county of Suffolk may elect to provide the service retirement specified in section six hundred four of this article for  members  with twenty  years  of  creditable  service,  without  regard to age, who are engaged directly in criminal law  enforcement  activities  and  who  are employed  in  the office of the district attorney of Suffolk county as a detective  investigator,  senior   detective   investigator,   principal detective  investigator,  special  investigator,  or  district  attorney investigator  if:  (i)  such  members  have  met  the  minimum   service requirements  upon  retirement, and (ii) in the case of a member subject to the provisions of article fourteen of this chapter, such members file an election thereof which provides that he or she will be subject to the provisions of this article and to none  of  the  provisions  of  article fourteen  of  this  chapter.  Such election, which shall be irrevocable, shall be  in  writing,  duly  executed  and  shall  be  filed  with  the comptroller  within  one  year  of the adoption of the resolution by the county of Suffolk pursuant to this section  or  within  one  year  after entering  employment  in  the office of the district attorney of Suffolk county  in  one  of  the  titles  aforementioned  in  this  subdivision, whichever  is  later.  If  the  county  of Suffolk elects to provide the retirement benefit pursuant  to  this  subdivision,  it  shall  adopt  a resolution  to  such  effect  and file a certified copy thereof with the comptroller. For the purposes and effect of this subdivision,  the  term "creditable  service"  shall  have  the  meaning  as  so defined in both sections eighty-nine-d and six hundred one of this chapter and such term shall, subject to the conditions in such sections eight-nine-d  and  six hundred  one,  also  include service as a detective investigator, senior detective  investigator,  principal  detective   investigator,   special investigator, or district attorney investigator.   * r.  The  service retirement benefit specified in section six hundred four of this article shall be payable to members with twenty-five  years of  creditable  service, without regard to age, who are with the town of Tonawanda as defined in section eighty-nine-v of this  chapter  if:  (i) such  members have met the minimum service requirements upon retirement, and (ii) in the case of a member subject to the  provisions  of  article fourteen  of  this chapter, such member files an election therefor which provides that he or she will  be  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this article  and  to  none  of the provisions of such article fourteen. Such election, which shall be irrevocable, shall be in writing, duly executed and shall be filed with the comptroller within one  year  following  the  effective date of this subdivision or one year following commencement of employment  as a paramedic employed by the police department in the town of Tonawanda, whichever is later. For the purposes of this  subdivision, the  term  "creditable  service" shall have the meaning as so defined in both sections eighty-nine-v and six hundred one of this chapter.   * NB There are 3 sb r's   * r. The service retirement benefit specified in section  six  hundred four  of  this  article  shall be payable to members with twenty-five or more years of  creditable  service,  without  regard  to  age,  who  are employed  as  deputy  sheriffs-civil  in  Rockland county, as defined in section eighty-nine-v of this chapter if: (i) such members have met  the minimum  service requirements upon retirement, and (ii) in the case of a member subject to the provisions of article fourteen  of  this  chapter, such  member  files  an  election therefor which provides that he or she will be subject to the provisions of this article and  to  none  of  the provisions  of  such  article  fourteen.  Such  election, which shall be irrevocable, shall be in writing, duly executed and shall be filed  with the  comptroller on or before December thirty-first, two thousand one or within one year of entering into service as a  deputy  sheriff-civil  in Rockland county. The term "creditable service" shall have the meaning as so defined in section eighty-nine-t, as added by chapter 603 of the laws of 1998 and section six hundred one of this chapter.   * NB There are 3 sb r's   * r.  The  service retirement benefit specified in section six hundred four of this article shall be payable to members with twenty-five  years of  creditable  service,  without  regard  to  age,  who are employed in Rockland  county  as  a  correction  officer  as  defined   in   section eighty-nine-v  of this chapter if: (i) such members have met the minimum service requirements upon retirement, and (ii) in the case of  a  member subject  to  the  provisions  of  article fourteen of this chapter, such member files an election therefor which provides that he or she will  be subject  to the provisions of this article and to none of the provisions of such article fourteen. Such election,  which  shall  be  irrevocable, shall  be  in  writing,  duly  executed  and  shall  be  filed  with the comptroller on or before December thirty-first, two  thousand  one.  For the  purposes  of  this subdivision, the term "creditable service" shall have the meaning as so defined in both sections  eighty-nine-v  and  six hundred one of this chapter.   * NB There are 3 sb r's   s.  The  service  retirement  benefit specified in section six hundred four of this article shall be payable to members with twenty-five  years of  creditable  service,  without regard to age, who are employed in the county of Nassau as a county fire  marshal,  supervising  fire  marshal, fire  marshal,  assistant  fire marshal, assistant chief fire marshal or chief fire marshal as defined in section eighty-nine-w of  this  chapter if:  (i)  such  members  have  met the minimum service requirements upon retirement, and (ii) in the case of a member subject to  the  provisions of  article  fourteen  of  this  chapter,  such member files an election therefor which provides that he or she will be subject to the provisions of this article and to none of the provisions of such article  fourteen. Such  election,  which  shall  be irrevocable, shall be in writing, duly executed and shall be filed with the comptroller within one year of  the effective date of this subdivision or within one year after entering the employment  with  such county upon which eligibility is based, whichever comes later. For the purposes of this subdivision, the term  "creditable service"  shall  have  the  meaning  as  so  defined  in  both  sections eighty-nine-w and six hundred one of this chapter.    t. Members who join the New York state teachers' retirement system  on or  after  January  first, two thousand ten, shall be eligible to retire without reduction of his or her retirement benefit upon attainment of at least fifty-seven years of age and completion of thirty or more years of service.   Members  who  retire  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  this subdivision shall be required to make the member contributions  required by subdivision g of section six hundred thirteen of this article for all years  of  credited  and  creditable  service.  The  provisions  of this subdivision shall not apply to members who first become a member of  the New  York state teachers' retirement system on or after April first, two thousand twelve.