(i) For each full year of covered employment occurring prior to
January first, nineteen hundred seventy-one, his or her normal
retirement age shall be reduced by six months; and
(ii) For each full year of covered employment occurring prior to
January first, two thousand nine which is subsequent to December
thirty-first, nineteen hundred seventy, his or her normal retirement age
shall be reduced by four months.
b. Provided however, that nothing herein:
(i) Shall permit a member of Tier one to retire, other than for
disability, prior to the attainment of age fifty, or a member of Tier
two, three or four to retire, other than for disability, prior to the
attainment of age fifty-five; and
(ii) Shall be construed to affect any other condition or requirement
of any general, special or local law.