Section 89-Q. Retirement of traffic officers with the town of Elmira

a. A
  member employed as a traffic officer with the  town  of  Elmira  traffic
  district  number  one  shall  be  eligible  to  retire  pursuant  to the
  provisions of this section if he is a traffic officer  or  holds  a  job
  with  responsibilities  similar  to  those  of a traffic officer, in the
  event that the job title of traffic officer  shall  be  abolished.  Such
  eligibility  shall  be  an  alternative  to  the  eligibility provisions
  available under any other plan of this article to which such  member  is
  subject.
    b.  Such  member  shall  be  entitled to retire upon the completion of
  twenty-five years of total creditable service by filing  an  application
  therefor in the manner provided for in section seventy of this article.
    c.  Upon  completion  of  twenty-five  years  of such service and upon
  retirement, each such member shall receive  a  pension  which,  together
  with  an  annuity  which  shall  be  the  actuarial  equivalent  of  his
  accumulated  contributions  at  the  time  of  his  retirement  and   an
  additional   pension   which   is   the   actuarial  equivalent  of  the
  reserved-for-increased-take-home-pay to which he may  then  be  entitled
  shall  be sufficient to provide him with a retirement allowance equal to
  one-half of his final average salary.
    d. As used in this section "creditable service" shall include any  and
  all  services  performed  as  a  traffic officer with the town of Elmira
  traffic district number one.
    e. Credit for service as a member or officer of the state police or as
  a paid fireman, policeman or officer of any organized fire department or
  police force or department of any  county,  city,  village,  town,  fire
  district  or  police  district,  shall  also  be deemed to be creditable
  service and shall be included in computing years of  total  service  for
  retirement pursuant to this section, provided such service was performed
  by  the  member  while contributing to the retirement system pursuant to
  the provisions of this article or article eight of this chapter.
    f. The town of Elmira shall certify to the  comptroller,  periodically
  and  at such intervals of time as may be required and in such fashion as
  may be prescribed, the identity of the traffic officers in its employ.
    g. A member contributing on the basis of this section at the  time  of
  retirement,  may  retire  after  the  completion of twenty-five years of
  total creditable service.  Application therefor may be filed in a manner
  similar to that provided  in  section  seventy  of  this  article.  Upon
  completion  of  twenty-five  years  of such service and upon retirement,
  each such member shall receive a pension which, together with an annuity
  which shall be the actuarial equivalent of his accumulated contributions
  at the time of his retirement and an additional  pension  which  is  the
  actuarial  equivalent  of  the  reserved-for-increased-take-home-pay  to
  which he may then be entitled shall be sufficient to provide him with  a
  retirement allowance equal to one-half of his final average salary.
    h.  In  computing  the  twenty-five years of total service of a member
  pursuant to this section full credit shall be given and  full  allowance
  shall  be made for service of such member in time of war after World War
  I as defined in section two of this chapter, provided such member at the
  time of his entrance into the armed forces was in  the  service  of  the
  town of Elmira.
    i. Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent a member, who does not
  retire  pursuant  to  the  provisions  of  this  section, from utilizing
  service which is creditable service pursuant to the provisions  of  this
  section  for service credit pursuant to the provisions of any other plan
  of this article to which such member is subject.
    j. The provisions of this section shall be controlling notwithstanding
  any other provision in this article to the contrary.