§ 89-F — Retirement of county correction officers in Suffolk county

§ 89-f. Retirement of county correction officers in Suffolk county. a.\nAny member who is employed in Suffolk county as a correction officer\nshall be eligible to retire pursuant to the provisions of this section.\nSuch eligibility shall be an alternative to the eligibility provisions\navailable under any other plan of this article to which such member is\nsubject. The sheriff shall certify to the comptroller, periodically and\nat such intervals of time as may be required of him and in such fashion\nas may be prescribed, the identity of the eligible correction officers\nin his employ.\n b. Such member shall be entitled to retire upon the completion of\ntwenty-five years of total creditable service by filing an application\ntherefor in the manner provided for in section seventy of this article.\n c. (1) Upon completion of twenty-five years of such service and upon\nretirement, each such member shall receive a pension which, together\nwith an annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of such member's\naccumulated contributions at the time of such member's retirement and an\nadditional pension which is the actuarial equivalent of the\nreserved-for-increased-take-home-pay to which such member may then be\nentitled shall be sufficient to provide such member with a retirement\nallowance equal to one-half of such member's final average salary.\n (2) Upon completion of thirty years of such service and upon\nretirement, each such member shall receive a pension which, together\nwith an annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of such member's\naccumulated contributions at the time of such member's retirement and an\nadditional pension which is the actuarial equivalent of the\nreserved-for-increased-take-home-pay to which such member may then be\nentitled shall be sufficient to provide such member with a retirement\nallowance equal to sixty percent of such member's final average salary.\n d. As used in this section "creditable service" shall include any and\nall services performed as a correction officer of Suffolk county.\n e. As used in this section, "correction officer" means a correction\nofficer, warden, deputy warden or chief of staff.\n f. Credit for service as a member or officer of the state police or as\na paid firefighter, police officer or officer of any organized fire\ndepartment or police force or department of any county, city, village,\ntown, fire district or police district, or as a criminal investigator in\nthe office of a district attorney, provided that service as such\ninvestigator shall have been rendered prior to January first, nineteen\nhundred sixty and that credit therefor shall not exceed five years,\nshall also be deemed to be creditable service and shall be included in\ncomputing years of total service for retirement pursuant to this\nsection, provided such service was performed by the member while\ncontributing to the retirement system pursuant to the provisions of this\narticle or article eight of this chapter.\n g. A member contributing on the basis of this section at the time of\nretirement, shall retire after the completion of twenty-five years or\nthirty years of total creditable service. Application therefor may be\nfiled in a manner similar to that provided in section seventy of this\narticle. Upon completion of twenty-five years or thirty years of such\nservice and upon retirement, each such member shall receive a pension\nwhich, together with an annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent\nof such member's accumulated contributions at the time of such member's\nretirement and an additional pension which is the actuarial equivalent\nof the reserve-for-increased-take-home-pay to which such member may then\nbe entitled shall be sufficient to provide such member with a retirement\nallowance equal to one-half of such member's final average salary for a\nmember retiring after the completion of twenty-five years, or a\nretirement allowance equal to sixty percent of such member's final\naverage salary for a member retiring after the completion of thirty\nyears.\n h. In computing the twenty-five years or thirty years of total service\nof a member pursuant to this section full credit shall be given and full\nallowance shall be made for service of such member in time of war after\nWorld War I as defined in section two of this chapter, provided such\nmember at the time of such member's entrance into the armed forces was\nin the service of the county of Suffolk.\n i. Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent a member, who does not\nretire pursuant to the provisions of this section, from utilizing\nservice which is creditable service pursuant to the provisions of this\nsection for service credit pursuant to the provisions of any other plan\nof this article to which such member is subject.\n j. The provisions of this section shall be controlling notwithstanding\nany other provision in this article to the contrary.\n