§ 89-Q — Retirement of traffic officers with the town of Elmira

§ 89-q. Retirement of traffic officers with the town of Elmira. a. A\nmember employed as a traffic officer with the town of Elmira traffic\ndistrict number one shall be eligible to retire pursuant to the\nprovisions of this section if he is a traffic officer or holds a job\nwith responsibilities similar to those of a traffic officer, in the\nevent that the job title of traffic officer shall be abolished. Such\neligibility shall be an alternative to the eligibility provisions\navailable under any other plan of this article to which such member is\nsubject.\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. 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 his\naccumulated contributions at the time of his retirement and an\nadditional pension which is the actuarial equivalent of the\nreserved-for-increased-take-home-pay to which he may then be entitled\nshall be sufficient to provide him with a retirement allowance equal to\none-half of his final average salary.\n d. As used in this section "creditable service" shall include any and\nall services performed as a traffic officer with the town of Elmira\ntraffic district number one.\n e. 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, shall also be deemed to be\ncreditable service and shall be included in computing years of total\nservice for retirement pursuant to this section, provided such service\nwas performed by the member while contributing to the retirement system\npursuant to the provisions of this article or article eight of this\nchapter.\n f. The town of Elmira shall certify to the comptroller, periodically\nand at such intervals of time as may be required and in such fashion as\nmay be prescribed, the identity of the traffic officers in its employ.\n g. A member contributing on the basis of this section at the time of\nretirement, may retire after the completion of twenty-five years of\ntotal creditable service. Application therefor may be filed in a manner\nsimilar to that provided in section seventy of this article. Upon\ncompletion of twenty-five years of such service and upon retirement,\neach such member shall receive a pension which, together with an annuity\nwhich shall be the actuarial equivalent of his accumulated contributions\nat the time of his retirement and an additional pension which is the\nactuarial equivalent of the reserved-for-increased-take-home-pay to\nwhich he may then be entitled shall be sufficient to provide him with a\nretirement allowance equal to one-half of his final average salary.\n h. In computing the twenty-five years of total service of a member\npursuant to this section full credit shall be given and full allowance\nshall be made for service of such member in time of war after World War\nI as defined in section two of this chapter, provided such member at the\ntime of his entrance into the armed forces was in the service of the\ntown of Elmira.\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