Section 603. Eligibility for service retirement benefits; age and service requirements

**  a. The service retirement benefit specified in section
  six hundred four of this article shall be payable to  members  who  have
  met  the  minimum service requirements upon retirement and attainment of
  age sixty-two, other than members who are  eligible  for  early  service
  retirement  pursuant  to  subdivision c of section six hundred four-b of
  this article, subdivision c  of  section  six  hundred  four-c  of  this
  article,  subdivision  d  of section six hundred four-d of this article,
  subdivision c of section six hundred four-e of this article, subdivision
  c of section six hundred  four-f  of  this  article,  subdivision  c  of
  section six hundred four-g of this article, subdivision c of section six
  hundred  four-h  of this article or subdivision c of section six hundred
  four-i of this article, provided, however,  a  member  who  is  a  peace
  officer  employed by the unified court system or a member of a teachers'
  retirement system or the New York state and local employees'  retirement
  system  may  retire  without  reduction of his or her retirement benefit
  upon attainment of at least fifty-five years of age  and  completion  of
  thirty or more years of service.
    ** NB Effective until ch. 682/2003 expires
    **  a. The service retirement benefit specified in section six hundred
  four  of  this  article  shall  be  payable  to members who have met the
  minimum service requirements  upon  retirement  and  attainment  of  age
  sixty-two,  other  than  members  who  are  eligible  for  early service
  retirement pursuant to subdivision c of section six  hundred  four-b  of
  this  article,  subdivision  c  of  section  six  hundred four-c of this
  article, subdivision d of section six hundred four-d  of  this  article,
  subdivision c of section six hundred four-e of this article, subdivision
  c  of  section  six  hundred  four-f  of  this article, subdivision c of
  section six hundred four-g of this article, subdivision c of section six
  hundred four-h of this article or subdivision c of section  six  hundred
  four-i  of  this  article  provided,  however,  a  member who is a peace
  officer employed by the unified court system or a member of a  teachers'
  retirement  system or the New York state and local employees' retirement
  system may retire without reduction of his  or  her  retirement  benefit
  upon  attainment  of  at least fifty-five years of age and completion of
  thirty or more years of service.
    ** NB Effective when ch. 682/2003 expires
    ** b. The service retirement benefit specified in section six  hundred
  four  of this article shall be payable to members with twenty-five years
  of creditable  service,  without  regard  to  age,  who  are  correction
  officers  of  the Westchester county correction department as defined in
  section eighty-nine-e of this chapter if: (i) such members have met  the
  minimum  service requirements upon retirement, and (ii) in the case of a
  member subject to the provisions of article fourteen  of  this  chapter,
  such  member  files  an  election therefor which provides that he or she
  will be subject to the provisions of this article and  to  none  of  the
  provisions  of  such  article  fourteen.  Such  election, which shall be
  irrevocable, shall be in writing, duly executed and shall be filed  with
  the  comptroller  on  or  before December thirty-first, nineteen hundred
  ninety. For the purposes  of  this  subdivision,  the  term  "creditable
  service"  shall  have  the  meaning  as  so  defined  in  both  sections
  eighty-nine-e and six hundred one of this chapter.
    ** NB There are 2 sb b's
    ** b. Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision a of this section,
  a member of the New York  city  employees'  retirement  system,  who  is
  employed  in  the  uniformed  force  of  the New York city department of
  sanitation, and  who  is  not  eligible  for  early  service  retirement
  pursuant to subdivision c of section six hundred four-a of this article,

  shall be eligible to receive the service retirement benefit specified in
  section  six  hundred  four  of this article upon attainment of at least
  fifty-five years of age and the completion of thirty or  more  years  of
  service.
    ** NB There are 2 sb b's
    c.  The  service  retirement  benefit specified in section six hundred
  four of this article shall be payable to  members  with  twenty-five  or
  more  years  of  creditable  service,  without  regard  to  age, who are
  employed in Suffolk county as a correction officer as defined in section
  eighty-nine-f of this chapter if: (i) such members have met the  minimum
  service  requirements  upon retirement, and (ii) in the case of a member
  subject to the provisions of article  fourteen  of  this  chapter,  such
  member  files an election therefor which provides that he or she will be
  subject to the provisions of this article and to none of the  provisions
  of  such  article  fourteen.  Such election, which shall be irrevocable,
  shall be  in  writing,  duly  executed  and  shall  be  filed  with  the
  comptroller  on  or before September first, nineteen hundred eighty-nine
  or within one year after entering into employment with Suffolk county as
  a corrections officer, as  defined  in  section  eighty-nine-f  of  this
  chapter,  whichever  is later. For the purposes of this subdivision, the
  term "creditable service" shall have the meaning as so defined  in  both
  sections eighty-nine-f and six hundred one of this chapter.
    d.  The  service  retirement  benefit specified in section six hundred
  four of this article shall be payable to members with twenty-five  years
  of creditable service, without regard to age, who are employed in Nassau
  county as a correction officer, uniformed correction division personnel,
  sheriff,   undersheriff   or  deputy  sheriff,  as  defined  in  section
  eighty-nine-g of this chapter, if: (i) such members have met the minimum
  service requirements upon retirement, and (ii) in the case of  a  member
  subject  to  the  provisions  of  article fourteen of this chapter, such
  member files an election therefor which provides that he or she will  be
  subject  to the provisions of this article and to none of the provisions
  of such article fourteen. Such election,  which  shall  be  irrevocable,
  shall  be  in  writing,  duly  executed  and  shall  be  filed  with the
  comptroller on or before January first, nineteen hundred ninety-two. For
  the purposes of this subdivision, the term  "creditable  service"  shall
  have  the  meaning  as so defined in both sections eighty-nine-g and six
  hundred one of this chapter.
    e. The service retirement benefit specified  in  section  six  hundred
  four  of this article shall be payable to members with twenty-five years
  of creditable service, without regard to age, who are employed in Albany
  county as a sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff, correction officer or
  identification officer as  defined  in  section  eighty-nine-h  of  this
  chapter  if:  (i) such members have met the minimum service requirements
  upon retirement, and (ii) in  the  case  of  a  member  subject  to  the
  provisions  of  article  fourteen  of this chapter, such member files an
  election therefor which provides that he or she will be subject  to  the
  provisions of this article and to none of the provisions of such article
  fourteen.  Such  election,  which  shall  be  irrevocable,  shall  be in
  writing, duly executed and shall be filed with  the  comptroller  on  or
  before  December  thirty-first,  two  thousand four. For the purposes of
  this subdivision, the term "creditable service" shall have  the  meaning
  as so defined in both sections eighty-nine-h and six hundred one of this
  chapter.
    f.  The  service  retirement  benefit specified in section six hundred
  four of this article shall be payable to members with twenty-five  years
  of  creditable  service,  without regard to age, who are employed in St.
  Lawrence county as a sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff or correction

  officer as defined in section eighty-nine-i of this chapter if: (i) such
  members have met the minimum service requirements upon  retirement,  and
  (ii)  in  the  case  of  a  member  subject to the provisions of article
  fourteen  of  this chapter, such member files an election therefor which
  provides that he or she will  be  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this
  article  and  to  none  of the provisions of such article fourteen. Such
  election, which shall be irrevocable, shall be in writing, duly executed
  and  shall  be  filed  with  the  comptroller  on  or  before   December
  thirty-first,   nineteen  hundred  ninety.  For  the  purposes  of  this
  subdivision, the term "creditable service" shall have the meaning as  so
  defined  in  both  sections  eighty-nine-i  and  six hundred one of this
  chapter.
    ** g. The service retirement benefit specified in section six  hundred
  four  of this article shall be payable to members with twenty-five years
  of creditable service, without  regard  to  age,  who  are  employed  in
  Orleans  county as a sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff or correction
  officer as defined in section eighty-nine-l of this chapter if: (i) such
  members have met the minimum service requirements upon  retirement,  and
  (ii)  in  the  case  of  a  member  subject to the provisions of article
  fourteen of this chapter, such member files an election  therefor  which
  provides  that  he  or  she  will  be  subject to the provisions of this
  article and to none of the provisions of  such  article  fourteen.  Such
  election, which shall be irrevocable, shall be in writing, duly executed
  and   shall  be  filed  with  the  comptroller  on  or  before  December
  thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-one,  or  within  one  year  after
  entering into employment with Orleans county as a sheriff, undersheriff,
  deputy sheriff or correction officer as defined in section eighty-nine-l
  of  this  chapter.  For  the  purposes  of  this  subdivision,  the term
  "creditable service" shall have  the  meaning  as  so  defined  in  both
  sections eighty-nine-l and six hundred one of this chapter.
    ** NB There are 2 sb g's
    ** g.  The service retirement benefit specified in section six hundred
  four of this article shall be payable to members with twenty-five  years
  of  creditable  service,  without  regard  to  age,  who are employed in
  Onondaga  county  as  a  deputy  sheriff-jail   division   competitively
  appointed or as a correction officer as defined in section eighty-nine-k
  of  this  chapter  if:  (i)  such  members  have met the minimum service
  requirements upon retirement, and (ii) in the case of a  member  subject
  to the provisions of article fourteen of this chapter, such member files
  an  election  therefor  which provides that he or she will be subject to
  the provisions of this article and to none of  the  provisions  of  such
  article fourteen. Such election, which shall be irrevocable, shall be in
  writing,  duly  executed  and  shall be filed with the comptroller on or
  before December thirty-first, nineteen hundred ninety-one, or within one
  year after entering into employment with Onondaga  county  as  a  deputy
  sheriff-jail division competitively appointed or as a correction officer
  as defined in section eighty-nine-k of this chapter. For the purposes of
  this  subdivision,  the term "creditable service" shall have the meaning
  as so defined in both sections eighty-nine-k and six hundred one of this
  chapter.
    ** NB There are 2 sb g's
    ** h. The service retirement benefit specified in section six  hundred
  four  of this article shall be payable to members with twenty-five years
  of creditable service, without  regard  to  age,  who  are  employed  in
  Jefferson   county   as  a  sheriff,  undersheriff,  deputy  sheriff  or
  correction officer as defined in section eighty-nine-j of  this  chapter
  if:  (i)  such  members  have  met the minimum service requirements upon
  retirement, and (ii) in the case of a member subject to  the  provisions

  of  article  fourteen  of  this  chapter,  such member files an election
  therefor which provides that he or she will be subject to the provisions
  of this article and to none of the provisions of such article  fourteen.
  Such  election,  which  shall  be irrevocable, shall be in writing, duly
  executed and shall be filed with the comptroller on or  before  December
  thirty-first,  nineteen  hundred  ninety-two,  or  within one year after
  entering  into  employment  with  Jefferson   county   as   a   sheriff,
  undersheriff, deputy sheriff or correction officer as defined in section
  eighty-nine  of  this chapter. For the purposes of this subdivision, the
  term "creditable service" shall have the meaning as so defined  in  both
  sections eighty-nine-j and six hundred one of this chapter.
    ** NB There are 2 sb h's
    ** h.  1.  The  service  retirement  benefit  specified in section six
  hundred  four  of  this  article  shall  be  payable  to  members   with
  twenty-five  years of creditable service, without regard to age, who are
  engaged directly in criminal law  enforcement  activities  and  who  are
  employed in the office of the district attorney of Westchester county as
  a  chief  criminal  investigator,  deputy  chief  criminal investigator,
  criminal  investigator,  senior  criminal   investigator,   confidential
  criminal  investigator,  assistant  criminal  investigator  or  criminal
  investigator/arson if: (i) such members have  met  the  minimum  service
  requirements  upon  retirement, and (ii) in the case of a member subject
  to the provisions of article fourteen of this chapter, such member files
  an election therefor which provides that he or she will  be  subject  to
  the  provisions of this article and to none of the provisions of article
  fourteen of this chapter. Such election,  which  shall  be  irrevocable,
  shall  be  in  writing,  duly  executed  and  shall  be  filed  with the
  comptroller  on  or  before  December  thirty-first,  nineteen   hundred
  ninety-one,  or  within one year after entering employment in the office
  of the district attorney of Westchester county  in  one  of  the  titles
  aforementioned   in   this   subdivision.   For  the  purposes  of  this
  subdivision, the term "creditable service" shall have the meaning as  so
  defined  in  both  sections  six  hundred  one and eighty-nine-d of this
  chapter and such term shall, subject to the conditions in such  sections
  six  hundred  one  and  eighty-nine-d,  also  include service as a chief
  criminal investigator or a deputy chief criminal investigator.
    2.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of   paragraph   one   of   this
  subdivision,  if  the  county  of  Westchester  elects  to  provide  the
  retirement benefit pursuant to this paragraph by adopting  a  resolution
  to such effect and filing a certified copy thereof with the comptroller,
  the  service retirement benefit specified in section six hundred four of
  this article shall be payable to members with twenty years of creditable
  service, without regard to age, who are engaged directly in criminal law
  enforcement activities and  who  are  employed  in  the  office  of  the
  district   attorney   of   Westchester   county   as  a  chief  criminal
  investigator, deputy chief criminal investigator, criminal investigator,
  senior  criminal  investigator,  confidential   criminal   investigator,
  assistant  criminal  investigator or criminal investigator/arson if: (i)
  such members have met the minimum service requirements upon  retirement,
  and  (ii)  in  the case of a member subject to the provisions of article
  fourteen of this chapter, such member files an election  therefor  which
  provides  that  he  or  she  will  be  subject to the provisions of this
  article and to none of  the  provisions  of  article  fourteen  of  this
  chapter. Such election, which shall be irrevocable, shall be in writing,
  duly  executed  and  shall  be  filed  with the comptroller on or before
  December thirty-first, two thousand two, or  within  three  years  after
  entering   employment   in  the  office  of  the  district  attorney  of

  Westchester  county  in  one  of  the  titles  aforementioned  in   this
  paragraph.
    ** NB There are 2 sb h's
    ** i.  The service retirement benefit specified in section six hundred
  four of this article shall be payable to members with twenty-five  years
  of creditable service, without regard to age, who are employed in Broome
  county  as a sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff or correction officer
  as defined in section eighty-nine-m of this chapter if: (i) such members
  have met the minimum service requirements upon retirement, and  (ii)  in
  the  case  of  a member subject to the provisions of article fourteen of
  this chapter, such member files an election therefor which provides that
  he or she will be subject to the provisions of this article and to  none
  of  the  provisions of such article fourteen. Such election, which shall
  be irrevocable, shall be in writing, duly executed and  shall  be  filed
  with  the  comptroller  on  or  before  December  thirty-first, nineteen
  hundred ninety-one or within one year  after  entering  into  employment
  with  Broome  county  as  a  sheriff,  undersheriff,  deputy  sheriff or
  correction officer. For the  purposes  of  this  subdivision,  the  term
  "creditable  service"  shall  have  the  meaning  as  so defined in both
  sections eighty-nine-m and six hundred one of this chapter.
    ** NB There are 2 sb i's
    **  i. 1. A member of a teachers' retirement system or  the  New  York
  state  and  local  employees'  retirement system who has met the minimum
  service requirements but who has less  than  thirty  years  of  credited
  service  may  retire prior to normal retirement age, but no earlier than
  attainment of age fifty-five, in which event, unless such  person  is  a
  member of the New York city teachers' retirement system who is otherwise
  eligible  for  early  service  retirement  pursuant  to subdivision c of
  section six hundred four-i of this article, the amount  of  his  or  her
  retirement  benefit  otherwise  computed  without  optional modification
  shall be reduced in accordance with the following schedule:
    (i) for each of the first  twenty-four  full  months  that  retirement
  predates age sixty-two, one-half of one per centum per month; and
    (ii)   for  each  full  month  that  retirement  predates  age  sixty,
  one-quarter of  one  per  centum  per  month,  but  in  no  event  shall
  retirement be permitted prior to attainment of age fifty-five.
    2.  A  member of the New York city employees' retirement system or the
  board of education retirement system of the city of New York who has met
  the minimum service requirement, but who is not (a) a participant in the
  twenty-five-year early retirement program, as defined in  paragraph  ten
  of subdivision a of section six hundred four-c of this article (as added
  by  chapter  ninety-six of the laws of nineteen hundred ninety-five), or
  (b) a participant in the age fifty-seven retirement program, as  defined
  in  paragraph  three  of  subdivision b of section six hundred four-d of
  this article, or (c) a  New  York  city  transit  authority  member,  as
  defined  in paragraph one of subdivision a of section six hundred four-b
  of this article, may retire prior  to  normal  retirement  age,  but  no
  earlier  than  attainment of age fifty-five, in which event, unless such
  person is a member of the board of education retirement system  of  such
  city  who is otherwise eligible for early service retirement pursuant to
  subdivision c of section six hundred four-i of this article, the  amount
  of  his or her retirement benefit computed without optional modification
  shall be reduced in accordance with the following schedule:
    (i) for each of the first  twenty-four  full  months  that  retirement
  predates age sixty-two, one-half of one per centum per month; and
    (ii)   for  each  full  month  that  retirement  predates  age  sixty,
  one-quarter of  one  per  centum  per  month,  but  in  no  event  shall
  retirement be permitted prior to attainment of age fifty-five.

    ** NB There are 2 sb i's
    ** j.  Notwithstanding  the  other  subdivisions  of this section, any
  individual who is subject to the provisions of article fourteen of  this
  chapter  who  is  entitled  to  receive benefits pursuant to section six
  hundred  four  of  this  article  upon  attaining  the  minimum  service
  requirements  upon  retirement  and  upon filing an irrevocable election
  therefor which provides that he or she will be subject to the provisions
  of this article and to none of the provisions of such article  fourteen,
  may  file  such  an  election  with  the  comptroller  on  or before the
  applicable date provided in  this  section  or  within  one  year  after
  entering  the  employment  upon  which  eligibility  is based, whichever
  occurs later.
    ** NB There are 2 sb j's
    ** j. The service retirement benefit specified in section six  hundred
  four  of this article shall be payable to members with twenty-five years
  of creditable service, without regard to  age,  who  are  Monroe  county
  deputy  sheriff-court security, or deputy sheriffs-jailors as defined in
  section eighty-nine-n of this chapter if: (i) such members have met  the
  minimum  service requirements upon retirement, and (ii) in the case of a
  member subject to the provisions of article fourteen  of  this  chapter,
  such  member  files  an  election therefor which provides that he or she
  will be subject to the provisions of this article and  to  none  of  the
  provisions  of  such  article  fourteen.  Such  election, which shall be
  irrevocable, shall be in writing, duly executed and shall be filed  with
  the  comptroller  on  or  before  September first, two thousand three or
  within one year after entering into employment with Monroe county  as  a
  deputy   sheriff-court  security,  or  deputy  sheriff-jailor.  For  the
  purposes of this subdivision, the term "creditable service"  shall  have
  the meaning as so defined in both sections eighty-nine-n and six hundred
  one of this chapter.
    ** NB There are 2 sb j's
    k.  The  service  retirement  benefit specified in section six hundred
  four of this article shall be payable to members with twenty-five  years
  of creditable service, without regard to age, who are employed in Greene
  county  as a sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff or correction officer
  as defined in section eighty-nine-o of this chapter if: (i) such members
  have met the minimum service requirements upon retirement, and  (ii)  in
  the  case  of  a member subject to the provisions of article fourteen of
  this chapter, such member files an election therefor which provides that
  he or she will be subject to the provisions of this article and to  none
  of  the  provisions of such article fourteen. Such election, which shall
  be irrevocable, shall be in writing, duly executed and  shall  be  filed
  with  the  comptroller  on  or  before  December  thirty-first, nineteen
  hundred ninety-four. For the purposes  of  this  subdivision,  the  term
  "creditable  service"  shall  have  the  meaning  as  so defined in both
  sections eighty-nine-o and six hundred one of this chapter.
    l. The service retirement benefit specified  in  section  six  hundred
  four  of this article shall be payable to members with twenty-five years
  of creditable service, without regard to age,  who  are  employed  in  a
  county   which   makes  an  election  under  subdivision  j  of  section
  eighty-nine-p of this chapter as a sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff
  or correction officer  as  defined  in  section  eighty-nine-p  of  this
  chapter  if:  (i) such members have met the minimum service requirements
  upon retirement, and (ii) in  the  case  of  a  member  subject  to  the
  provisions  of  article  fourteen  of this chapter, such member files an
  election therefor which provides that he or she will be subject  to  the
  provisions of this article and to none of the provisions of such article
  fourteen.  Such  election,  which  shall  be  irrevocable,  shall  be in

  writing, duly executed and shall be filed with  the  comptroller  within
  one  year  of  an  election his or her employer makes or within one year
  after entering the employment with such county upon which eligibility is
  based,  whichever comes later. For the purposes of this subdivision, the
  term "creditable service" shall have the meaning as so defined  in  both
  sections eighty-nine-p and six hundred one of this chapter.
    m.  The  service  retirement  benefit specified in section six hundred
  four of this article shall be payable to members with twenty-five  years
  of  creditable  service, without regard to age, who are traffic officers
  with the town of Elmira as defined  in  section  eighty-nine-q  of  this
  chapter  if:  (i) such members have met the minimum service requirements
  upon retirement, and (ii) in  the  case  of  a  member  subject  to  the
  provisions  of  article  fourteen  of this chapter, such member files an
  election therefor which provides that he or she will be subject  to  the
  provisions of this article and to none of the provisions of such article
  fourteen.    Such  election,  which  shall  be  irrevocable, shall be in
  writing, duly executed and shall be filed with  the  comptroller  on  or
  before September first, nineteen hundred ninety-six. For the purposes of
  this  subdivision,  the term "creditable service" shall have the meaning
  as so defined in both sections eighty-nine-q and six hundred one of this
  chapter.
    n. The service retirement benefit specified  in  section  six  hundred
  four  of  this  article  shall be payable to members with twenty-five or
  more years of  creditable  service,  without  regard  to  age,  who  are
  employed  by  Suffolk  county  as  a  park  police officer as defined in
  section eighty-nine-r of this chapter if: (i) such members have met  the
  minimum  service requirements upon retirement, and (ii) in the case of a
  member subject to the provisions of article fourteen  of  this  chapter,
  such  member  files  an  election therefor which provides that he or she
  will be subject to the provisions of this article and  to  none  of  the
  provisions  of  such  article  fourteen.  Such  election, which shall be
  irrevocable, shall be in writing, duly executed and shall be filed  with
  the   comptroller   on  or  before  September  first,  nineteen  hundred
  ninety-seven.    For  the  purposes  of  this  subdivision,   the   term
  "creditable  service"  shall  have  the  meaning  as  so defined in both
  sections eighty-nine-r and six hundred one of this chapter.
    ** o. The service retirement benefit specified in section six  hundred
  four  of  this  article  shall be payable to members with twenty-five or
  more years of creditable service, who are  employed  as  peace  officers
  within  the  Suffolk  county probation department, as defined in section
  eighty-nine-s of this chapter if: (i) such members have met the  minimum
  service  requirements  upon retirement, and (ii) in the case of a member
  subject to the provisions of article  fourteen  of  this  chapter,  such
  member  files an election therefor which provides that he or she will be
  subject to the provisions of this article and to none of the  provisions
  of  such  article  fourteen.  Such election, which shall be irrevocable,
  shall be  in  writing,  duly  executed  and  shall  be  filed  with  the
  comptroller   on  or  before  December  thirty-first,  nineteen  hundred
  ninety-eight or within one year of entering  into  service  as  a  peace
  officer  with  the Suffolk county probation department. For the purposes
  of this subdivision,  the  term  "creditable  service"  shall  have  the
  meaning as so defined in both sections eighty-nine-s and six hundred one
  of this chapter.
    ** NB There are 4 sb o's
    ** o.  The service retirement benefit specified in section six hundred
  four of this article shall be payable to  members  with  twenty-five  or
  more  years  of  creditable  service,  without  regard  to  age, who are
  employed   as   ambulance   medical   technicians,   ambulance   medical

  technician/supervisors  or  a  member  who  performs  ambulance  medical
  technician related services within the Nassau county police  department,
  as defined in section eighty-nine-s of this chapter if: (i) such members
  have  met  the minimum service requirements upon retirement, and (ii) in
  the case of a member subject to the provisions of  article  fourteen  of
  this chapter, such member files an election therefor which provides that
  he  or she will be subject to the provisions of this article and to none
  of the provisions of such article fourteen. Such election,  which  shall
  be  irrevocable,  shall  be in writing, duly executed and shall be filed
  with the comptroller on or before January first, two thousand.  For  the
  purposes  of  this subdivision, the term "creditable service" shall have
  the meaning as so defined in both sections eighty-nine-s and six hundred
  one of this chapter.
    ** NB There are 4 sb o's
    ** o. The service retirement benefit specified in section six  hundred
  four  of  this  article  shall be payable to members with twenty-five or
  more years of  creditable  service,  without  regard  to  age,  who  are
  employed   as   peace   officers  within  the  Nassau  county  probation
  department, as defined in section eighty-nine-s of this chapter if:  (i)
  such  members have met the minimum service requirements upon retirement,
  and (ii) in the case of a member subject to the  provisions  of  article
  fourteen  of  this chapter, such member files an election therefor which
  provides that he or she will  be  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this
  article  and  to  none  of the provisions of such article fourteen. Such
  election, which shall be irrevocable, shall be in writing, duly executed
  and  shall  be  filed  with  the  comptroller  on  or  before   December
  thirty-first,  nineteen  hundred  ninety-nine  or  within  one  year  of
  entering into  service  as  a  peace  officer  with  the  Nassau  county
  probation  department. Peace officers within the Nassau county probation
  department must serve five  years  after  the  effective  date  of  this
  subdivision  before  they are eligible to retire under the provisions of
  the  twenty-five  year  retirement  plan.  For  the  purposes  of   this
  subdivision,  the term "creditable service" shall have the meaning as so
  defined in both sections eighty-nine-s  and  six  hundred  one  of  this
  chapter.
    ** NB There are 4 sb o's
    ** o.  The  county  of  Rockland  may  elect  to  provide  the service
  retirement benefit specified in section six hundred four of this article
  for members with twenty years of creditable service, without  regard  to
  age, who are engaged directly in criminal law enforcement activities and
  who  are  employed  in  the  office of the district attorney of Rockland
  county     as     a     chief      investigator/detective,      criminal
  investigator-electronics,   criminal  investigator-child  abuse,  senior
  criminal investigator or criminal investigator if: (i) such members have
  met the minimum service requirements upon retirement, and  (ii)  in  the
  case  of  a member subject to the provisions of article fourteen of this
  chapter, such members file an election thereof which provides that he or
  she will be subject to the provisions of this article and to none of the
  provisions of article fourteen of this  chapter.  Such  election,  which
  shall  be  irrevocable,  shall be in writing, duly executed and shall be
  filed with the comptroller within  one  year  of  the  adoption  of  the
  resolution  by the county of Rockland pursuant to this section or within
  one year after  entering  employment  in  the  office  of  the  district
  attorney  of Rockland county in one of the titles aforementioned in this
  subdivision, whichever is later. If the county  of  Rockland  elects  to
  provide  the retirement benefit pursuant to this subdivision, they shall
  adopt a resolution to such effect and file a certified copy thereof with
  the  comptroller.  For  the  purposes  of  this  subdivision,  the  term

  "creditable  service"  shall  have  the  meaning  as  so defined in both
  sections eighty-nine-d and six hundred one of this chapter and such term
  shall, subject to the conditions in such sections eighty-nine-d and  six
  hundred  one,  also  include  service as a chief investigator/detective,
  criminal  investigator-electronics  or  a  criminal   investigator-child
  abuse.
    ** NB There are 4 sb o's
    ** p.  The service retirement benefit specified in section six hundred
  four of this article shall be payable to members with twenty-five  years
  of  creditable  service,  without  regard  to age, who are employed in a
  county  which  makes  an  election  under  subdivision  j   of   section
  eighty-nine-t  of  this chapter as a peace officer as defined in section
  eighty-nine-t of this chapter if: (i) such members have met the  minimum
  service  requirements  upon retirement, and (ii) in the case of a member
  subject to the provisions of article  fourteen  of  this  chapter,  such
  member  files an election therefor which provides that he or she will be
  subject to the provisions of this article and to none of the  provisions
  of  such  article  fourteen.  Such election, which shall be irrevocable,
  shall be  in  writing,  duly  executed  and  shall  be  filed  with  the
  comptroller  within one year of an election his or her employer makes or
  within one year after entering the  employment  with  such  county  upon
  which  eligibility  is based, whichever comes later. For the purposes of
  this subdivision, the term "creditable service" shall have  the  meaning
  as so defined in both sections eighty-nine-t and six hundred one of this
  chapter.
    ** NB There are 2 sb p's
    ** p.  The service retirement benefit specified in section six hundred
  four of  this  article  shall  be  payable  without  regard  to  age  to
  qualifying members, as defined in subdivision a of section eighty-nine-t
  of this chapter, with twenty-five years of qualifying service as defined
  in   such  section,  if  such  members  have  met  the  minimum  service
  requirements upon retirement. Any  such  member  shall  be  entitled  to
  retire   after   the  completion  of  twenty-five  years  of  qualifying
  creditable service by filing an application therefor in a manner similar
  to that provided in section seventy of this chapter.
    ** NB There are 2 sb p's
    q. The county of Suffolk may elect to provide the  service  retirement
  specified  in  section six hundred four of this article for members with
  twenty years of creditable service,  without  regard  to  age,  who  are
  engaged  directly  in  criminal  law  enforcement activities and who are
  employed in the office of the district attorney of Suffolk county  as  a
  detective   investigator,   senior   detective  investigator,  principal
  detective  investigator,  special  investigator,  or  district  attorney
  investigator   if:  (i)  such  members  have  met  the  minimum  service
  requirements upon retirement, and (ii) in the case of a  member  subject
  to the provisions of article fourteen of this chapter, such members file
  an election thereof which provides that he or she will be subject to the
  provisions  of  this  article  and  to none of the provisions of article
  fourteen of this chapter. Such election,  which  shall  be  irrevocable,
  shall  be  in  writing,  duly  executed  and  shall  be  filed  with the
  comptroller within one year of the adoption of  the  resolution  by  the
  county  of  Suffolk  pursuant  to  this section or within one year after
  entering employment in the office of the district  attorney  of  Suffolk
  county  in  one  of  the  titles  aforementioned  in  this  subdivision,
  whichever is later. If the county  of  Suffolk  elects  to  provide  the
  retirement  benefit  pursuant  to  this  subdivision,  it  shall adopt a
  resolution to such effect and file a certified  copy  thereof  with  the
  comptroller.  For  the purposes and effect of this subdivision, the term

  "creditable service" shall have  the  meaning  as  so  defined  in  both
  sections eighty-nine-d and six hundred one of this chapter and such term
  shall,  subject  to the conditions in such sections eight-nine-d and six
  hundred  one,  also  include service as a detective investigator, senior
  detective  investigator,  principal  detective   investigator,   special
  investigator, or district attorney investigator.
    ** r.  The service retirement benefit specified in section six hundred
  four of this article shall be payable to members with twenty-five  years
  of  creditable  service, without regard to age, who are with the town of
  Tonawanda as defined in section eighty-nine-v of this  chapter  if:  (i)
  such  members have met the minimum service requirements upon retirement,
  and (ii) in the case of a member subject to the  provisions  of  article
  fourteen  of  this chapter, such member files an election therefor which
  provides that he or she will  be  subject  to  the  provisions  of  this
  article  and  to  none  of the provisions of such article fourteen. Such
  election, which shall be irrevocable, shall be in writing, duly executed
  and shall be filed with the comptroller within one  year  following  the
  effective date of this subdivision or one year following commencement of
  employment  as a paramedic employed by the police department in the town
  of Tonawanda, whichever is later. For the purposes of this  subdivision,
  the  term  "creditable  service" shall have the meaning as so defined in
  both sections eighty-nine-v and six hundred one of this chapter.
    ** NB There are 3 sb r's
    ** r. The service retirement benefit specified in section six  hundred
  four  of  this  article  shall be payable to members with twenty-five or
  more years of  creditable  service,  without  regard  to  age,  who  are
  employed  as  deputy  sheriffs-civil  in  Rockland county, as defined in
  section eighty-nine-v of this chapter if: (i) such members have met  the
  minimum  service requirements upon retirement, and (ii) in the case of a
  member subject to the provisions of article fourteen  of  this  chapter,
  such  member  files  an  election therefor which provides that he or she
  will be subject to the provisions of this article and  to  none  of  the
  provisions  of  such  article  fourteen.  Such  election, which shall be
  irrevocable, shall be in writing, duly executed and shall be filed  with
  the  comptroller on or before December thirty-first, two thousand one or
  within one year of entering into service as a  deputy  sheriff-civil  in
  Rockland county. The term "creditable service" shall have the meaning as
  so defined in section eighty-nine-t, as added by chapter 603 of the laws
  of 1998 and section six hundred one of this chapter.
    ** NB There are 3 sb r's
    ** r.  The service retirement benefit specified in section six hundred
  four of this article shall be payable to members with twenty-five  years
  of  creditable  service,  without  regard  to  age,  who are employed in
  Rockland  county  as  a  correction  officer  as  defined   in   section
  eighty-nine-v  of this chapter if: (i) such members have met the minimum
  service requirements upon retirement, and (ii) in the case of  a  member
  subject  to  the  provisions  of  article fourteen of this chapter, such
  member files an election therefor which provides that he or she will  be
  subject  to the provisions of this article and to none of the provisions
  of such article fourteen. Such election,  which  shall  be  irrevocable,
  shall  be  in  writing,  duly  executed  and  shall  be  filed  with the
  comptroller on or before December thirty-first, two  thousand  one.  For
  the  purposes  of  this subdivision, the term "creditable service" shall
  have the meaning as so defined in both sections  eighty-nine-v  and  six
  hundred one of this chapter.
    ** NB There are 3 sb r's
    s.  The  service  retirement  benefit specified in section six hundred
  four of this article shall be payable to members with twenty-five  years

  of  creditable  service,  without regard to age, who are employed in the
  county of Nassau as a county fire  marshal,  supervising  fire  marshal,
  fire  marshal,  assistant  fire marshal, assistant chief fire marshal or
  chief  fire  marshal as defined in section eighty-nine-w of this chapter
  if: (i) such members have met  the  minimum  service  requirements  upon
  retirement,  and  (ii) in the case of a member subject to the provisions
  of article fourteen of this  chapter,  such  member  files  an  election
  therefor which provides that he or she will be subject to the provisions
  of  this article and to none of the provisions of such article fourteen.
  Such election, which shall be irrevocable, shall  be  in  writing,  duly
  executed  and shall be filed with the comptroller within one year of the
  effective date of this subdivision or within one year after entering the
  employment with such county upon which eligibility is  based,  whichever
  comes  later. For the purposes of this subdivision, the term "creditable
  service"  shall  have  the  meaning  as  so  defined  in  both  sections
  eighty-nine-w and six hundred one of this chapter.
    * NB Expires June 30, 2011