Section 185. Definitions

As  used  in this article, unless a different
  meaning clearly appears from the context: a. The term "fund" shall  mean
  any  public retirement system or pension fund which grants retirement or
  pension benefits to employees of the city of New York, employees of  the
  state  of New York, employees of any department or agency of the city of
  New York or of the state of New York, employees of any  municipality  or
  other  participating  employer  participating  in  the  New  York  state
  employees' retirement system or  the  New  York  state  policemen's  and
  firemen's   retirement   system,   and  employees  of  school  districts
  participating in the New York state teachers' retirement system.
    b. The term "ordinary death benefit":
    (1) shall include only the death benefits authorized by:
    (a) sections sixty, sixty-a, sixty-b, sixty-c,  three  hundred  sixty,
  three  hundred  sixty-a,  three  hundred sixty-b, three hundred sixty-c,
  four hundred  forty-eight,  four  hundred  forty-eight-a,  five  hundred
  eight,  five  hundred  eight-a, six hundred six and six hundred six-a of
  the retirement and social security law; and
    (b) section five hundred twelve of the education law; and
    (c) sections B3-32.0, B20-39.0 and B20-40.0 of the administrative code
  of the city of New York and
    (d) subdivisions a, b and c of  section  B18-38.0  of  such  code  and
  subdivisions a, a-1, b, c and f of section B19-7.79 of such code; and
    (e)  section  twenty  of  the  rules  and  regulations of the board of
  education retirement system of the city of New York; and
    (f) subdivision four of section B3-36.0 of such code, subdivision  two
  of  section  B20-41.0 of such code, subdivision d of section B18-38.0 of
  such code, subdivisions d, e and f of section  B19-7.79  of  such  code,
  section  two  hundred  seven-h of the general municipal law, as added by
  chapter nine hundred four of the laws of nineteen hundred sixty-six  and
  amended,  section  two  hundred seven-h of the general municipal law, as
  added by chapter nine hundred  six  of  the  laws  of  nineteen  hundred
  sixty-six  and  section  fourteen-a  of the rules and regulations of the
  board of education retirement system of the city of  New  York,  in  any
  case  where  the death to which any of the provisions above mentioned in
  this subparagraph (f) is applicable occurs before the effective date  of
  retirement  designated  by the member or by the board of trustees of the
  retirement system, as the case may be; and
    (2)  shall  include  the  accelerated  death  benefit  authorized   by
  subdivision  nine  of  section five hundred eleven of the education law;
  and
    (3) shall not include a death benefit payable  as  the  result  of  an
  accident sustained in the performance of duty.