Section 808. Preservation of records

a. Notwithstanding any other provision
  of  law,  each  public retirement system, as defined in subdivision a of
  section eight hundred of this article, other than  the  New  York  state
  teachers'  retirement system, is authorized to reproduce all or any part
  of its records by any computerized process which accurately  produces  a
  digital  image  of  a paper record. Whenever the retirement system shall
  have so reproduced such records and whenever such reproductions or media
  have been placed in conveniently accessible files and provision has been
  made for preserving, examining and using the same, the retirement system
  may cause the original  record  which  has  been  so  reproduced  to  be
  disposed of or destroyed.
    b. A duly authorized representative of the retirement system is hereby
  authorized  to  certify  to  the authenticity of any reproduction herein
  authorized. The retirement system may charge for copies of reproductions
  of such records as provided for by applicable law, rules or regulations.