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NY Ret & SS L § 554 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RSS - Retirement and Social Security Article 14-B - Special Retirement Plans for Sheriffs, Undersheriffs and Deputy Sheriffs Engaged in Law Enforcement Activities 554 - Consistent Provisions.

§  554.  Consistent provisions.   Any other provisions of this chapter   relating to mandatory contribution to the retirement system based upon a   member's date of membership in such system shall not  be  deemed  to  be   affected  by  the  provisions of this article, and any member who on the   date this article takes effect is not required to contribute  shall  not   be  required  to  make any contributions as a result of the enactment of   this article. For those members required to contribute to the retirement   system, such contribution  shall  be  treated  in  the  same  manner  as   specified  for  such  members  in article fourteen or article fifteen of   this chapter.
NY Ret & SS L § 557 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RSS - Retirement and Social Security Article 14-B - Special Retirement Plans for Sheriffs, Undersheriffs and Deputy Sheriffs Engaged in Law Enforcement Activities 557 - Members; Certain Disabilities.

§  557.  Members; certain disabilities.  Notwithstanding any provision   of this chapter or of any general, special or local law to the contrary,   any condition of impairment of health caused by diseases of  the  heart,   resulting  in  disability  or  death  to  a  member shall be presumptive   evidence that it was incurred in the performance and discharge  of  duty   and the natural and proximate result of an accident, unless the contrary   be proved by competent evidence.
NY Ret & SS L § 559 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RSS - Retirement and Social Security Article 14-B - Special Retirement Plans for Sheriffs, Undersheriffs and Deputy Sheriffs Engaged in Law Enforcement Activities 559 - Application.

§  559. Application.  For purposes of accidental disability retirement   only, a sheriff, undersheriff or  deputy  sheriff  engaged  directly  in   criminal  law  enforcement activities that aggregate fifty per centum of   his or her service and are police officers under the criminal  procedure   law  who  last  joined  a  public  retirement  system  of the state or a   municipality  thereof,  on  or  after  July  first,   nineteen   hundred   seventy-three, but prior to January first, nineteen hundred eighty-five,   shall  be  subject  to  the provisions of article eleven of this chapter   that apply to members of the state and local police and fire  retirement   system.
NY Ret & SS L § 560 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RSS - Retirement and Social Security Article 14-B - Special Retirement Plans for Sheriffs, Undersheriffs and Deputy Sheriffs Engaged in Law Enforcement Activities 560 - Past Service Payments.

§ 560. Past service payments.  Any past service payments required by a   county  that  adopts  the  provisions of this article may be paid over a   period of five or ten years determined by the county.
NY Ret & SS L § 604-C (2021)
2021 New York Laws RSS - Retirement and Social Security Article 15 - Coordinated Retirement Plan 604-C - Supplemental Retirement Allowance.

* §  604-c.  Supplemental  retirement  allowance.  Individuals who are   receiving  benefits  from  the  New  York  state  and  local  employees'   retirement  system  pursuant  to  this  article  shall  be  entitled  to   supplemental retirement benefits provided in  section  seventy-eight  of   this  chapter  if they meet all of the eligibility requirements provided   in section seventy-eight of this chapter.* NB There are 3 § 604-c's
NY Ret & SS L § 605-B-2 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RSS - Retirement and Social Security Article 15 - Coordinated Retirement Plan 605-B*2 - Uniformed Court Officers and Peace Officers; Certain Disabilities.

* §  605-b.  Uniformed  court  officers  and  peace  officers; certain   disabilities. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter  or  of  any   general,  special  or  local  law  to  the contrary, any member who is a   uniformed court officer or peace officer in the unified court system who   contracts any condition of impairment of health caused  by  diseases  of   the  heart,  resulting  in  disability or death to such court officer or   peace officer, presently employed, and who  shall  have  sustained  such   disability  while  so  employed, shall be presumptive evidence that such   disability was incurred in the performance and discharge of duty and the   natural and proximate result of an  accident,  unless  the  contrary  be   proved  by  competent  evidence;  provided, however, that prior to entry   into service, such member successfully  passed  a  physical  examination   which  failed to disclose evidence of any disease or other impairment of   the heart.* NB There are 2 § 605-b's
NY Ret & SS L § 606-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws RSS - Retirement and Social Security Article 15 - Coordinated Retirement Plan 606-A - Death Benefit for Vested Members Who Die Prior to Retirement.

§ 606-a. Death benefit for vested members who die prior to retirement.   a. A death benefit plus the reserve-for-increased-take-home-pay, if any,   shall be payable upon the death of a member of a retirement system who:1. Died before the effective date of retirement while a member of such   retirement system;2. Had a least ten years of credited service at the time of death; and3.  Died  at  a  time  and  in  a  manner  which did not result in the   eligibility of the member's estate or any  beneficiary  to  receive  any   death benefits from such retirement system on account of such death.b.  Benefits  provided  under  this  section  shall  be payable to the   member's estate or the beneficiary or  beneficiaries  nominated  by  the   member   on   a   designation   of   beneficiary  form  filed  with  the   administrative head of such retirement system.c. The amount of the benefit payable pursuant to this section shall be   equal to one-half of the amount of  the  ordinary  death  benefit  which   would  have been payable had the member's death occurred on the last day   of service upon which membership was based.
NY Ret & SS L § 606-B (2021)
2021 New York Laws RSS - Retirement and Social Security Article 15 - Coordinated Retirement Plan 606-B - Death Benefit for Deputy Sheriffs Employed by Nassau County.

* §  606-b.  Death  benefit  for  deputy  sheriffs  employed by Nassau   county.  Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,  where  a   deputy  sheriff would have been entitled to a service retirement benefit   at the time of his or her death and where his or her death occurs on  or   after   the   effective   date  of  this  section,  the  beneficiary  or   beneficiaries may elect to receive, in a lump  sum,  an  amount  payable   which  shall  be  equal  to  the  pension  reserve  that would have been   established had the member retired on the date of his or her  death,  or   the      value      of      the      death      benefit      and     the   reserve-for-increased-take-home-pay, if any, whichever is greater.* NB There are 4 § 606-b's
NY Ret & SS L § 606-B-2 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RSS - Retirement and Social Security Article 15 - Coordinated Retirement Plan 606-B*2 - Death Benefits for Correction Officers Employed by Nassau County.

* §  606-b.  Death benefits for correction officers employed by Nassau   county. a. As used in this section, the term "correction officer"  shall   mean  a  person  employed  by  Nassau  county with a title of correction   recruit, correction officer, correction corporal,  correction  sergeant,   correction lieutenant, or correction captain.b.  Notwithstanding  any  provision  of  law  to the contrary, where a   correction officer would have been  entitled  to  a  service  retirement   benefit  at  the  time  of  his  or her death and where his or her death   occurs on or after the effective date of this section,  the  beneficiary   or  beneficiaries may elect to receive, in a lump sum, an amount payable   which shall be equal  to  the  pension  reserve  that  would  have  been   established  had  the member retired on the date of his or her death, or   the     value      of      the      death      benefit      and      the   reserve-for-increased-take-home-pay, if any, whichever is greater.* NB There are 4 § 606-b's
NY Ret & SS L § 606-B-3 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RSS - Retirement and Social Security Article 15 - Coordinated Retirement Plan 606-B*3 - Death Benefits for Correction Officers Employed by Suffolk County.

* §  606-b. Death benefits for correction officers employed by Suffolk   county. 1. As used in this section, the term "correction officer"  shall   have  the  same  meaning as in subdivision e of section eighty-nine-f of   this chapter.2. Notwithstanding any provision of  law  to  the  contrary,  where  a   correction  officer  would  have  been  entitled to a service retirement   benefit at the time of his or her death  and  where  his  or  her  death   occurs  on  or after the effective date of this section, the beneficiary   or beneficiaries may elect to receive, in a lump sum, an amount  payable   which  shall  be  equal  to  the  pension  reserve  that would have been   established had the member retired on the date of his or her  death,  or   the      value      of      the      death      benefit      and     the   reserve-for-increased-take-home-pay, if any, whichever is greater.* NB There are 4 § 606-b's
NY Ret & SS L § 606-B-4 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RSS - Retirement and Social Security Article 15 - Coordinated Retirement Plan 606-B*4 - Death Benefits for Deputy Sheriffs Employed by Suffolk County.

* §  606-b.  Death  benefits  for  deputy sheriffs employed by Suffolk   county. Notwithstanding any provision of law to the  contrary,  where  a   deputy  sheriff would have been entitled to a service retirement benefit   at the time of his or her death and where his or her death occurs on  or   after   the   effective   date  of  this  section,  the  beneficiary  or   beneficiaries may elect to receive, in a lump  sum,  an  amount  payable   which  shall  be  equal  to  the  pension  reserve  that would have been   established had the member retired on the date of his or her  death,  or   the      value      of      the      death      benefit      and     the   reserve-for-increased-take-home-pay, if any, whichever is greater.* NB There are 4 606-b's
NY Ret & SS L § 607-A (2021)
2021 New York Laws RSS - Retirement and Social Security Article 15 - Coordinated Retirement Plan 607-A - Performance of Duty Disability Retirement.

§  607-a.  Performance  of duty disability retirement. a. Any security   hospital treatment assistant, as that term is defined in  subdivision  i   of  section  eighty-nine  of  this  chapter,  who  becomes physically or   mentally incapacitated for the performance of duties as the natural  and   proximate  result,  of  an  injury,  sustained  in  the  performance  or   discharge of his or her duties by,  or  as  the  natural  and  proximate   result  of,  an  act  of any person confined in an institution under the   jurisdiction of the office of mental health, or by any  person  who  has   been  committed  to  such  institution  by  any  court  shall  be paid a   performance of duty disability retirement allowance equal to that  which   is  provided  in  section  sixty-three  of  this chapter, subject to the   provisions of section sixty-four of this chapter.b. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or of any general  or   special  law  to  the  contrary,  a  member  covered by this section who   contracts HIV (where there may have been an exposure to a  bodily  fluid   of  an incarcerated individual or a person described in subdivision a of   this section as a  natural  and  proximate  result  of  an  act  of  any   incarcerated  individual  or person described in such subdivision a that   may have involved transmission of a specified transmissible disease from   an incarcerated individual or such person described in such  subdivision   a  to  the  retirement system member), tuberculosis or hepatitis will be   presumed to have contracted such disease in the performance or discharge   of his or her duties, and will be  presumed  to  be  disabled  from  the   performance  of  his  or  her  duties,  unless the contrary be proved by   competent evidence.c. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or of any general  or   special  law  to  the  contrary,  any  condition of impairment of health   caused by diseases of the heart, resulting in disability or death  to  a   member  covered  by  this section, presently employed and who shall have   sustained such disability while so employed, who successfully  passed  a   physical  examination  on  entry  into  service  as  a security hospital   treatment assistant, which examination failed to  disclose  evidence  of   any  disease  or  other  impairment  of  the heart, shall be presumptive   evidence that it was incurred in the performance and discharge of  duty,   unless the contrary be proved by competent evidence.
NY Ret & SS L § 607-D (2021)
2021 New York Laws RSS - Retirement and Social Security Article 15 - Coordinated Retirement Plan 607-D - Disability Benefits.

§  607-d. Disability benefits. A county may elect to make the benefits   provided herein available to the sheriff, undersheriff, deputy  sheriffs   who  are  engaged  directly  in criminal law enforcement activities, and   correction officers who are in the employ of the county. Notwithstanding   any provision of this chapter or any  general  or  special  law  to  the   contrary,  any  condition  of impairment of health caused by diseases of   the heart, resulting in the disability or death to a member  covered  by   this  section,  presently  employed  and  who  shall have sustained such   disability  while  so  employed,  who  successfully  passed  a  physical   examination  on  entry into service as a member covered by this section,   which examination failed to disclose evidence of any  disease  or  other   impairment  of  the  heart,  shall  be  presumptive evidence that it was   incurred in the performance and discharge of duty, unless  the  contrary   can be proved by competent evidence.
NY Ret & SS L § 607-F (2021)
2021 New York Laws RSS - Retirement and Social Security Article 15 - Coordinated Retirement Plan 607-F - Payment of Both Pensions for Accident and Other Benefits Prohibited; Westchester County District Attorney Investigators.

§  607-f.  Payment  of  both  pensions for accident and other benefits   prohibited; Westchester county district attorney  investigators.  a.  If   any  benefits  under  the  workers'  compensation  law  may be or become   payable as the result of accidental disability or accidental  death,  no   payment of any benefit shall be made pursuant to this article on account   of  such  disability  or  death  until  there  shall  have  been a final   determination of the claim for workers' compensation  benefits.  Pending   such final determination, however, the comptroller may authorize payment   of  all  or  any part of the benefits payable under this chapter and, in   that event, shall  be  entitled  to  reimbursement  out  of  the  unpaid   installment  or  installments  of  compensation  due  under the workers'   compensation law; provided that claim therefor is filed pursuant to  the   provisions of such law. Any pension, payable pursuant to this article on   account  of any such disability or death, shall be reduced by the amount   of the benefits that are finally determined  to  be  payable  under  the   workers'  compensation  law  by reason of such disability or death. Such   reduction shall be effectuated as follows:1. Pension  installments  shall  be  reduced  by  the  amount  of  the   concurrent workers' compensation benefits.2.  The  pension  reserve  on account of a pension so payable shall be   reduced by the amount of the lump sum workers' compensation benefits. In   such case,  the  pension  thereafter  payable  shall  be  the  actuarial   equivalent of the pension reserve as so reduced. No such reduction shall   be  made,  however,  for  the  amount  of  medical,  surgical,  or other   attendance or treatment, nurse and hospital service, medicine, crutches,   or apparatus, and of any funeral expense  provided  under  the  workers'   compensation law in addition to regular compensation benefits, or of any   legal fees awarded under the workers' compensation law.b. A final determination of the state workers' compensation board that   benefits are payable pursuant to the workers' compensation law by reason   of  the  accidental  disability  or  accidental death of a member of the   retirement system  shall  not  in  any  respect  be,  or  constitute,  a   determination  that  an accidental disability retirement allowance or an   accidental death benefit is payable on account thereof pursuant  to  the   provisions of this article.
NY Ret & SS L § 607-H (2021)
2021 New York Laws RSS - Retirement and Social Security Article 15 - Coordinated Retirement Plan 607-H - Disability Benefits; Westchester County District Attorney Investigators.

§  607-h.  Disability  benefits;  Westchester county district attorney   investigators. The county of Westchester may elect to make the  benefits   provided  in  this  section  available to criminal investigators, senior   criminal investigators, deputy chief criminal investigators,  and  chief   criminal  investigators  who are in the employ of the Westchester county   district attorney. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or  any   general  or  special law to the contrary, any condition of impairment of   health caused by diseases of the heart, resulting in the  disability  or   death  to  a  member covered by this section, presently employed and who   shall have sustained such disability while so employed, who successfully   passed a physical examination on entry into service as a member  covered   by  this  section,  which examination failed to disclose evidence of any   disease or other impairment of the heart, shall be presumptive  evidence   that  it  was  incurred in the performance and discharge of duty, unless   the contrary can be proved by competent evidence.
NY Ret & SS L § 611 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RSS - Retirement and Social Security Article 15 - Coordinated Retirement Plan 611 - Optional Retirement Program.

§ 611. Optional retirement program. a. Any optional retirement program   authorized  by  state law which, on the day before the effective date of   this article, would be available to an eligible employee subject to  the   provisions of article eleven of this chapter in lieu of joining a public   retirement  system  of  the  state,  will  continue  to  be available to   eligible employees subject  to  this  article  during  the  period  this   article is in effect.c.  Nothing  herein  contained  shall  be  construed  as permitting an   employee who previously elected coverage under  an  optional  retirement   program to elect coverage under a public retirement system of the state.
NY Ret & SS L § 615 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RSS - Retirement and Social Security Article 15 - Coordinated Retirement Plan 615 - Duration.

§  615. Duration. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter   or of any other law, the provisions of article fourteen of this  chapter   shall  no  longer  apply  to members to whom this article applies on the   date article  fifteen  of  this  chapter  becomes  effective,  provided,   however,  any  member  who  has  retired  pursuant  to the provisions of   article fourteen of this chapter  before  the  effective  date  of  this   article or any beneficiary of such a member or a beneficiary of a member   who  dies  before the effective date of this article and who is entitled   to a death benefit pursuant to article fourteen of  this  chapter  shall   receive  such benefits pursuant to the provisions of article fourteen of   this chapter, except as provided pursuant to the provisions  of  section   six hundred seventeen of this article.
NY Ret & SS L § 616 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RSS - Retirement and Social Security Article 15 - Coordinated Retirement Plan 616 - Transfer of Membership.

§  616. Transfer of membership. Any employee of the board of education   of the city of New York who is a member of the New York city  employees'   retirement  system may elect to transfer membership to the New York city   board of education retirement system.  Any  election  pursuant  to  this   section  shall  be made no later than the one hundred eightieth day next   succeeding the date on which the provisions hereof become effective,  by   filing  a written notice thereof with the administrative head of the New   York city employees' retirement system and the New York  city  board  of   education  retirement  system  and,  once  made and filed, such election   shall be irrevocable. Where  an  employee  of  the  board  of  education   becomes  a  member  of  the  New York city board of education retirement   system pursuant to this section the New York city employees'  retirement   system  shall make a transfer of reserves, contributions, and credits to   the New York city board of education retirement  system  in  the  manner   required by section forty-three of this chapter.
NY Ret & SS L § 617 (2021)
2021 New York Laws RSS - Retirement and Social Security Article 15 - Coordinated Retirement Plan 617 - Recalculation of Benefits.

§  617.  Recalculation  of  benefits.  a.  Notwithstanding  any  other   provision of law, any person who has retired pursuant to the  provisions   of  article  fourteen  of this chapter on or before August thirty-first,   nineteen hundred eighty-three, whether for  service  retirement  or  for   ordinary  or  accidental disability retirement, may elect to have his or   her retirement benefits recalculated pursuant to this article, from such   person's date of retirement; provided,  however,  such  person  was  not   employed  in a position excluded from the application of this article by   paragraphs one through five of subdivision a of section six  hundred  of   this  article.  The  recalculation  of  benefits shall be based upon the   option selection originally filed for retirement.b. To elect  the  recalculation,  such  person  shall,  on  or  before   December  thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-nine, file a request for   such recalculation with the appropriate retirement system  in  the  form   and manner prescribed by the head of such retirement system.