§ 911 — Benefit enhancements

§ 911. Benefit enhancements. a. 1. An eligible member other than a\nmember of the New York city teachers' retirement system (i) with a date\nof membership in a retirement system prior to July twenty-seventh,\nnineteen hundred seventy-six and (ii) who was in active service on June\nfirst, two thousand and continued in active service until October first,\ntwo thousand, shall receive one-twelfth of a year of additional\nretirement credit for each year of retirement credit for service\nrendered as of the date of retirement, vesting, transfer or death, if\napplicable, up to a maximum of two years of retirement credit. Such\nadditional credit shall be available for all purposes, including\nfulfilling the qualifying service requirements of Plans A and C, if\napplicable.\n 2. An eligible member who is a member of the New York city teachers'\nretirement system (i) with a date of membership prior to July\ntwenty-seventh, nineteen hundred seventy-six and (ii) who was in active\nservice on October first, two thousand and (A) continued in active\nservice up to and including June thirtieth, two thousand one, shall\nreceive one-twelfth of a year of additional retirement credit for each\nyear of retirement credit for service rendered as of the date of\nretirement, vesting, transfer or death, if applicable, up to a maximum\nof one year of retirement credit or (B) continued in active service up\nto and including June thirtieth, two thousand two, shall receive\none-twelfth of a year of additional retirement credit for each year of\nretirement credit for service rendered as of the date of retirement,\nvesting, transfer or death, if applicable, up to a maximum of two years\nof retirement credit. No eligible member shall receive more than two\nyears of retirement credit pursuant to this section. Such additional\ncredit shall be available for all purposes, including fulfilling the\nqualifying service requirements of Plan A or C, if applicable.\n 3. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, if the service\nretirement benefit of an eligible member is subject to a maximum\nretirement benefit, including any limitation imposed by section four\nhundred forty-four of this chapter, the additional benefit authorized by\nthis subdivision shall be computed by multiplying the pensionable salary\nbase times the number of years of service credit granted by this\nsubdivision times the benefit fraction of the plan under which the\nemployee retires.\n b. 1. Subject to the provisions of paragraph one-a of this\nsubdivision, and except as provided in paragraph one-b of this\nsubdivision, an eligible member (i) with a date of membership in a\nretirement system on or after July twenty-seventh, nineteen hundred\nseventy-six and (ii) who has ten or more years of membership or ten or\nmore years of credited service with a retirement system under the\nprovisions of article fourteen or fifteen of this chapter shall not be\nrequired to contribute to a retirement system pursuant to section five\nhundred seventeen or six hundred thirteen of this chapter as of the\ncessation date.\n 1-a. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph one of this\nsubdivision or any other provision of law to the contrary, and except as\nprovided in paragraph one-b of this subdivision, a member of the New\nYork city teachers' retirement system or the New York city board of\neducation retirement system:\n (i) who is a twenty-seven year participant in the age fifty-five\nretirement program (as defined in paragraph twelve of subdivision a of\nsection six hundred four-i of this chapter), and\n (ii) who becomes subject to the provisions of article fifteen of this\nchapter after the effective date of this paragraph, shall contribute to\na retirement system pursuant to section six hundred thirteen of this\nchapter until he or she has completed twenty-seven years of credited\nservice.\n 1-b. The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to a New York\ncity uniformed correction/sanitation revised plan member (as defined in\nsubdivision twenty-five of section five hundred one of this chapter), an\ninvestigator revised plan member (as defined in subdivision twenty-seven\nof section five hundred one of this chapter) or a New York city revised\nplan member (as defined in subdivision m of section six hundred one of\nthis chapter).\n 2. No contribution made to a retirement system by an eligible member\nprior to the eligible member's cessation date shall be refunded, except\nas otherwise allowable pursuant to article fourteen or fifteen of this\nchapter.\n 3. Nothing in this subdivision b shall affect the obligation of an\neligible member to repay any contributions previously refunded pursuant\nto article fourteen, fifteen or fifteen-D of this chapter in the event\nsuch person rejoins a retirement system. Nothing in this subdivision\nshall affect the obligation of an eligible member to pay such amounts as\nmay be required by section five hundred seventeen, six hundred nine or\nsix hundred thirteen of this chapter or by any other provision of law\nfor service rendered prior to such member's date of membership at a time\nsuch member was not a member of a retirement system.\n