§ 110-C — Deductions from benefits of certain retired members

§ 110-c. Deductions from benefits of certain retired members.\nNotwithstanding any other provision of law, a retired member shall have\nthe right, at any time after the retiree's retirement, to execute and\nfile a deduction authorization card with the comptroller authorizing the\ndeduction from the retired member's retirement allowance of membership\ndues and such retired member's share of the cost for employee\norganization-sponsored benefit plans and the payment thereof to a\nretiree organization of which the retired member is then a member and\nwhich is then affiliated with either an employee organization certified\nor recognized as the collective bargaining representative of all\nemployees in the negotiating unit of which the retired member was a part\nprior to his or her retirement or with an employee organization with\nwhich such employee organization is then affiliated. The comptroller\nshall thereafter deduct from the retirement allowance of such retired\nmember the amount of membership dues and such amounts required to be\npaid by such retired member for such authorized employee\norganization-sponsored benefit plans, and shall transmit the sum so\ndeducted to said retiree organization. Such authorization shall continue\nin effect until revoked in writing by such retired member. For purposes\nof this section the term "employee organization-sponsored benefit plans"\nshall include any and all insurance plans and/or other benefit plans\nsponsored by such retiree organization whether provided by (a) a\nnot-for-profit corporation licensed under article forty-three of the\ninsurance law; (b) any insurance company authorized to do business in\nthis state; (c) a health maintenance organization issued a certificate\nof authority pursuant to article forty-four of the public health law; or\n(d) a self-insurance arrangement, welfare fund or benefit fund.\n