§ 900. Definitions. The following words and phrases as used in this\narticle shall have the following meanings unless a different meaning is\nplainly required by the context:\n a. "Retirement system" shall mean the New York state and local\nemployees' retirement system and the New York state teachers' retirement\nsystem.\n b. "State employer" shall mean the executive branch of the state, the\nsenate, the assembly and joint legislative employers.\n c. "Participating employer" shall mean an employer, other than a state\nemployer, which participates in a retirement system.\n d. "Eligible employee", subject to the limitations of section nine\nhundred two of this article, shall mean a member of a retirement system\nwho is identified as eligible to receive the benefit enhancements\nprovide
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§ 900. Definitions. The following words and phrases as used in this\narticle shall have the following meanings unless a different meaning is\nplainly required by the context:\n a. "Retirement system" shall mean the New York state and local\nemployees' retirement system and the New York state teachers' retirement\nsystem.\n b. "State employer" shall mean the executive branch of the state, the\nsenate, the assembly and joint legislative employers.\n c. "Participating employer" shall mean an employer, other than a state\nemployer, which participates in a retirement system.\n d. "Eligible employee", subject to the limitations of section nine\nhundred two of this article, shall mean a member of a retirement system\nwho is identified as eligible to receive the benefit enhancements\nprovided for in this article upon election by a state employer pursuant\nto section nine hundred one of this article; "eligible employee" of a\nparticipating employer shall mean all employees, subject to the\nlimitations of section nine hundred two of this article. Notwithstanding\nany other provision of law to the contrary, the benefits provided herein\nshall only apply to an eligible employee who is a member of a retirement\nsystem as defined by subdivision a of this section.\n e. "Active service" shall mean (i) service while being paid on the\npayroll; (ii) a leave of absence with pay; (iii) other approved leave\nwithout pay; and (iv) any period of time between school terms and any\ntime between September first, two thousand and October first, two\nthousand for a teacher or other employee employed on a school-year\nbasis.\n f. "Cessation date" shall mean the beginning date of an eligible\nemployee's first payroll period commencing on or after October first,\ntwo thousand, or the effective date as of which such employee becomes\neligible for the benefits contained in subdivision b of section nine\nhundred two of this article, or the date on which the eligible employee\nattains ten years of membership or, if earlier, ten years of credited\nservice, whichever is latest.\n