Section 1100. Lump sum option at retirement


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  • Certain eligible members of
      the New York state and local police and fire retirement system may elect
      an optional form of retirement pursuant to the  terms  of  this  article
      that  provides  for  a  partial  lump  sum  at retirement with a reduced
      service retirement allowance as hereinafter provided:
        1. To be eligible, a member must  retire  with  a  service  retirement
      benefit  under  a  plan  that allows retirement at twenty or twenty-five
      years of service, regardless of age. In addition, the member  must  have
      been  eligible  to retire with a service retirement benefit for at least
      one year prior to the actual date of retirement.
        2. An eligible member may elect to receive a lump sum  and  a  smaller
      annual retirement allowance. Such lump sum shall not be eligible for any
      cost-of-living  adjustments  paid  pursuant  to  section  three  hundred
      seventy-eight-a of this chapter.
        a. Any member who files for retirement after being eligible to  retire
      for one year may elect to receive a five percent lump sum payment of the
      actuarial  equivalent  of his or her retirement allowance at the time of
      retirement.
        b. Any member who files for retirement after being eligible to  retire
      for two years may elect to receive a ten percent lump sum payment of the
      actuarial  equivalent  of his or her retirement allowance at the time of
      retirement.
        c. Any member who files for retirement after being eligible to  retire
      for  three years may elect to receive a fifteen percent lump sum payment
      of the actuarial equivalent of his or her retirement  allowance  at  the
      time of retirement.
        3.  The smaller annual retirement allowance remaining after receipt of
      the lump sum shall be determined by the actuary using  mortality  tables
      and interest rates determined for this purpose and in effect on the date
      of retirement.
        4.  Any  lump  sum  paid  pursuant  to  this  article  is  subject  to
      withholding as required by the internal revenue service  and  such  lump
      sum  may  be  rolled over as otherwise permitted by the internal revenue
      code.
        5. The comptroller shall promulgate rules and regulations to implement
      the provisions of this article.
        * NB Repealed April 1, 2013