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§  89-j.  Retirement  of  sheriffs, undersheriffs, deputy sheriffs and
  correction officers  in  Jefferson  county.  a.  A  member  employed  in
  Jefferson  county shall be eligible to retire pursuant to the provisions
  of this section if: (1) he is a sheriff or  undersheriff,  or  a  deputy
  sheriff  who is engaged directly in criminal law enforcement activities;
  or (2) he  is  a  correction  officer.  Such  eligibility  shall  be  an
  alternative to the eligibility provisions available under any other plan
  of this article to which such member is subject.
b.  Such  member  shall  be  entitled to retire upon the completion of
  twenty-five years of total creditable service by filing  an  application
  therefor in the manner provided for in section seventy of this article.
c.  Upon  completion  of  twenty-five  years  of such service and upon
  retirement, each such member shall receive  a  pension  which,  together
  with  an  annuity  which  shall  be  the  actuarial  equivalent  of  his
  accumulated  contributions  at  the  time  of  his  retirement  and   an
  additional   pension   which   is   the   actuarial  equivalent  of  the
  reserved-for-increased-take-home-pay to which he may  then  be  entitled
  shall  be sufficient to provide him with a retirement allowance equal to
  one-half of his final average salary.
d. As used in this section "creditable service" shall include: (1)  in
  the  case  of a sheriff, undersheriff or correction officer, any and all
  services performed as a sheriff, undersheriff and/or correction  officer
  of  Jefferson county and all criminal law enforcement services performed
  as a deputy sheriff of such county, provided, however, that criminal law
  enforcement service shall only be creditable when  it  aggregates  fifty
  per  centum  or  more  of his service as a deputy sheriff and (2) in the
  case of a deputy sheriff, all criminal  law  enforcement  service  shall
  only  be  creditable when it aggregates fifty per centum or more of such
  service and any and all services performed as  a  sheriff,  undersheriff
  and/or correction officer of such county.
e. Credit for service as a member or officer of the state police or as
  a  paid  firefighter,  police  officer  or officer of any organized fire
  department or police force or department of any county,  city,  village,
  town, fire district or police district, or as a criminal investigator in
  the  office  of  a  district  attorney,  provided  that  service as such
  investigator shall have been rendered prior to January  first,  nineteen
  hundred  sixty  and  that  credit  therefor shall not exceed five years,
  shall also be deemed to be creditable service and shall be  included  in
  computing  years  of  total  service  for  retirement  pursuant  to this
  section, provided  such  service  was  performed  by  the  member  while
  contributing to the retirement system pursuant to the provisions of this
  article or article eight of this chapter.
f.  The  sheriff shall certify to the comptroller, periodically and at
  such intervals of time as may be required of him and in such fashion  as
  may  be  prescribed,  the  identity  of:  (1) the deputy sheriffs in the
  sheriff's employ who are engaged directly in  criminal  law  enforcement
  activities; and (2) the eligible correction officers.
g.  A member, contributing on the basis of this section at the time of
  retirement, shall retire after the completion of  twenty-five  years  of
  total  creditable service. Application therefor may be filed in a manner
  similar to that provided  in  section  seventy  of  this  article.  Upon
  completion  of  twenty-five  years  of such service and upon retirement,
  each such member shall receive a pension which, together with an annuity
  which shall be the actuarial equivalent of his accumulated contributions
  at the time of his retirement and an additional  pension  which  is  the
  actuarial equivalent of the reserve-for-increased-take-home-pay to which
  he  may  then  be  entitled  shall  be  sufficient to provide him with a
  retirement allowance equal to one-half of his final average salary.
h. In computing the twenty-five years of total  service  of  a  member
  pursuant  to  this section full credit shall be given and full allowance
  shall be made for service of such member in time of war after World  War
  I as defined in section two of this chapter, provided such member at the
  time  of  his  entrance  into the armed forces was in the service of the
  county of Jefferson.
i. Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent a member, who does not
  retire pursuant to  the  provisions  of  this  section,  from  utilizing
  service  which  is creditable service pursuant to the provisions of this
  section for service credit pursuant to the provisions of any other  plan
  of this article to which such member is subject.
j. The provisions of this section shall be controlling notwithstanding
  any other provision in this article to the contrary.