2023 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 subdivision  c  of  section  six  hundred
four-i  of  this article, or subdivision c of section six hundred four-j
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 their 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  their  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 preceding provisions of this subdivision shall
not apply to a New York city revised plan member.
* NB Effective until ch. 682/2003 expires and only so long as  certain
conditions are met (see chapter 55 of 2024 Part EE, § 5 (a))
* 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,
chief  fire  marshal  or division supervising 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.
u. 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  Monroe  county,  as defined in
section eighty-nine-x 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
twenty-four or within one year of entering  into  service  as  a  deputy
sheriff-civil in Monroe county. The term "creditable service" shall have
the  meaning as so defined in section eighty-nine-x and subdivision c of
section six hundred one of this chapter.
v. 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  by  a
participating  fire  district  that  makes  the election provided for in
subdivision j of section eighty-nine-ss of this chapter as an  emergency
medical technician, critical care technician, advanced emergency medical
technician,  paramedic  or  supervisor of such titles in a participating
Suffolk county fire district as defined  in  section  eighty-nine-ss  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 the participating Suffolk county fire
district 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-ss  and  six
hundred one of this chapter.