§ 89-T*2 — Alternative retirement benefits for safety officers

New York § 89-T*2

• Jurisdiction: New York
• Law RSS: Retirement & Social Security
• Title 9: Special Retirement Plans Applicable to Specified Classes of Members
• Art. 2: New York State Employees' Retirement System

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* § 89-t. Alternative retirement benefits for safety officers. a.\nDefinitions. For purposes of this section:\n 1. "Qualifying member" shall mean any member who is in service as a\nsafety officer under the jurisdiction of the office of mental health or\nthe office for people with developmental disabilities, an institutional\nsafety officer, or a special police officer designated by the director\nof a state hospital.\n 2. "Qualifying creditable service" shall mean creditable service\nrendered while a member is a qualifying member.\n b. Eligibility. 1. Any qualifying member, as defined in subdivision a\nof this section, shall be eligible to retire pursuant to the provisions\nof this section. Such eligibility shall be an alternative to the\neligibility provisions available under any other plan of this article to\nwhich such member is subject. The comptroller may request certifications\nfrom agency officials, as appropriate, to identify such eligible\nmembers.\n 2. Any such qualifying member shall be entitled to retire after the\ncompletion of twenty-five years of qualifying creditable service by\nfiling an application therefor in a manner similar to that provided in\nsection seventy of this article; provided, however, no such member shall\nbe eligible to retire until he or she has a minimum of ten years of\nqualifying creditable service.\n c. Retirement allowance. A member retiring under the provisions of\nthis section shall receive a retirement allowance consisting of a\npension equal to one-fiftieth of his or her final average salary for\neach year of qualifying creditable service. This retirement allowance\nshall not exceed fifty percent of such member's final average salary.\n d. Computation of service. In computing the twenty-five years of\ncompleted service of a qualifying member for purposes of this section,\nfull credit shall be given and full allowance shall be made for service\nof such member in war after World War I, as defined in subdivision\nthirty of section two of this chapter, provided such member at the time\nof his or her entrance into the armed forces was in state service.\n e. 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 the service credit pursuant to any other plan of this\narticle to which such member is subject.\n f. The increased costs of the benefits provided for in this section\nshall be paid from additional contributions made by the employer.\n g. The provisions in this section shall be controlling notwithstanding\nany other provision in this article to the contrary.\n * NB There are 2 § 89-t's\n