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Title 1
2 - Definitions. - (1) Served as a supervisor of a town when such...
Title 2 - Establishment, Management, Supervision and Financing
10 - The Retirement System Continued; a Corporation. - § 10. The retirement system continued; a corporation. The retirement...
11 - Duties of Comptroller; the Actuary. - (i) For active members, five year age/service groups in matrix...
12 - Classification of Members. - § 12. Classification of members. a. It shall be the...
13 - Management of Fund. - (a) Directly or indirectly, for himself or as an agent...
14 - Legal Adviser. - § 14. Legal adviser. The attorney-general of the state shall...
15 - State Supervision. - § 15. State supervision. The retirement system continued by this...
16 - Annual Appropriation by State. - § 16. Annual appropriation by state. a. Upon the basis...
16-A - Amortization of Amounts Outstanding. - § 16-a. Amortization of amounts outstanding. a. On or before...
16-B - Notice of Change. - (1) The comptroller, on or before the fifteenth day of...
16-C - Amortization of a Portion of the State's Contribution Bill for Fiscal Year Ending March Thirty-First, Two Thousand Five. - (1) the state's entire bill for the fiscal year ending...
16-D - Amortization of a Portion of the State's Contribution Bill for Fiscal Year Ending March Thirty-First, Two Thousand Six. - (1) the entire bill for the fiscal year ending on...
17 - Annual Appropriation by Participating Employers. - § 17. Annual appropriation by participating employers. a. On or...
17-A - Amortization of Amounts Outstanding. - (1) On or before November fifteenth, nineteen hundred eighty-nine in...
17-B - Amortization of a Portion of the Bills for Participating Employers for the Two Thousand Four--Two Thousand Five Fiscal Year. - (1) the entire February first, two thousand six bill, calculated...
17-C - Amortization of a Portion of the Bills for Participating Employers for the Two Thousand Five--Two Thousand Six Fiscal Year. - (1) the entire February first, two thousand six bill, calculated...
17-D - Amortization of a Portion of the Bills for Participating Employers for the Two Thousand Six--Two Thousand Seven Fiscal Year. - (1) the entire February first, two thousand seven bill, calculated...
18 - Guaranty. - § 18. Guaranty. a. The latest employers of the different...
19 - Filing of Documents With the Retirement System. - § 19. Filing of documents with the retirement system. Whenever...
19-A - Employer Contributions for the Two Thousand Ten - Two Thousand Eleven Fiscal Year and Subsequent Fiscal Years. - (1) "Amortizing employer" shall mean an employer that elects to...
Title 3 - Funds of the System; Members' Contributions and Employers' Contributions
20 - The Funds of the Retirement System. - § 20. The funds of the retirement system. The funds...
21 - Members' Contributions and Their Use; Annuity Savings Fund. - (a) His retirement contributions prior to October first, nineteen hundred...
22 - Members' Contributions and Their Use; Annuity Reserve Fund. - § 22. Members' contributions and their use; annuity reserve fund....
23 - Employers' Contributions and Their Use; Pension Accumulation Fund. - (a) In the case of employers participating on July first,...
23-A - Statement of Intent. - § 23-a. Statement of intent. a. This legislation is intended,...
24 - Employers' Contributions and Their Use; Pension Reserve Fund. - § 24. Employers' contributions and their use; pension reserve fund....
25 - Appropriations in Retirement Bills. - § 25. Appropriations in retirement bills. The state shall make...
Title 4 - Participation in System by Political Subdivisions and Other Organizations
30 - Participation by Municipalities. - (a) The operation of such local pension system shall be...
31 - Participation by Public or Quasi-Public Organizations. - § 31. Participation by public or quasi-public organizations. a. Any...
31-A - Participation by School District Public Libraries. - § 31-a. Participation by school district public libraries. a. A...
31-B - Participation by the Upper Hudson Library System. - § 31-b. Participation by the Upper Hudson Library System. a....
31-C - Participation by the Metropolitan Reference and Research Library Agency. - § 31-c. Participation by the Metropolitan Reference and Research Library...
31-D - Participation by the Pioneer Library System. - § 31-d. Participation by the Pioneer Library System. a. The...
31-E - Participation by the Keuka Lake Watershed Improvement Cooperative. - § 31-e. Participation by the Keuka Lake watershed improvement cooperative....
31-F - Participation by the Henry Viscardi School. - * § 31-f. Participation by the Henry Viscardi school. a....
31-F*2 - Participation by the Northern Westchester Joint Water Works. - * § 31-f. Participation by the Northern Westchester joint water...
32 - Participation by Certain New York City Libraries. - § 32. Participation by certain New York city libraries. a....
33 - Election of Certain Optional Retirement Benefits by Participating Employers. - § 33. Election of certain optional retirement benefits by participating...
34 - Reporting of Service and Salary Information. - § 34. Reporting of service and salary information. The comptroller...
Title 5 - Right to Membership, Service Credit and Transfers Between Retirement Systems
40 - Membership of Retirement System. - (a) In the exempt class of the classified service. (b)...
41 - Allowances for Service. - (a) For which he made contributions, regardless of whether such...
42 - Payments for Credit for Service for the Federal Government or Certain Public Authorities or Corporations. - § 42. Payments for credit for service for the federal...
43 - Transfer of Members Between Systems. - § 43. Transfer of members between systems. a. Notwithstanding any...
44 - Certain Local Pension System Credit for Compensation Received for Constitutional Convention Service. - § 44. Certain local pension system credit for compensation received...
Title 6 - Loans, Refunds and Withdrawals
50 - Loans. - (a) While absent on such military duty and prior to...
51 - Refunds and Withdrawals. - § 51. Refunds and withdrawals. a. A member under age...
Title 7 - Death Benefits and Disability Retirement
60 - Ordinary Death Benefit. - (b) The ordinary death benefit shall be payable from the...
60-A - Guaranteed Ordinary Death Benefit Payable Upon Death of State Employees. - § 60-a. Guaranteed ordinary death benefit payable upon death of...
60-B - Guaranteed Ordinary Death Benefit for Participating Employers. - (b) The guaranteed ordinary death benefit provided under this section...
60-C - Death Benefit for Vested Members Who Die Prior to Retirement. - § 60-c. Death benefit for vested members who die prior...
61 - Accidental Death Benefit. - § 61. Accidental death benefit. a. An accidental death benefit...
61-A - Payment of Interest on Death Benefits and Accumulated Contributions. - § 61-a. Payment of interest on death benefits and accumulated...
61-B - Covid-19 Benefit. - (i) retired from his or her retirement system on or...
62 - Ordinary Disability Retirement. - (a) An annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of...
63 - Accidental Disability Retirement. - (b) The notice herein required need not be given: 1....
63-A - Performance of Duty Disability Retirement. - § 63-a. Performance of duty disability retirement. a. Any member...
63-B - Performance of Duty Disability Retirement; Certain County Employees. - § 63-b. Performance of duty disability retirement; certain county employees....
63-C - Disability Benefits. - * § 63-c. Disability benefits. A county may elect to...
63-D - * § 63-d. Uniformed court officers and peace officers; certain...
63-E - Retirement for Disability Incurred in Performance of Duty; Westchester County District Attorney Investigators. - (a) The time, date, and place of such occurrence, and...
63-F - Disability Benefits; Westchester County District Attorney Investigators. - § 63-f. Disability benefits; Westchester county district attorney investigators. The...
63-G - Performance of Duty Disability Retirement. - * § 63-g. Performance of duty disability retirement. a. Any...
63-G*2 - Disability Benefits; Certain Disabilities. - * § 63-g. Disability benefits; certain disabilities. Notwithstanding any provision...
63-H - Certain Impairments of Health; Presumption. - § 63-h. Certain impairments of health; presumption. a. Any member...
63-I - Death Benefits for Fire Marshals Employed by Nassau County. - § 63-i. Death benefits for fire marshals employed by Nassau...
64 - Payment of Both Pensions for Accident and Other Benefits Prohibited. - § 64. Payment of both pensions for accident and other...
Title 8 - General Provisions Relating to Retirement; Retirement Plans Applicable to Members Generally
70 - Superannuation Retirement. - (a) A clerk of a court, as provided in the...
70-A - Pensions-for-Increased-Take-Home-Pay. - § 70-a. Pensions-for-increased-take-home-pay. a. Beginning with a payroll period commencing...
71 - Optional Retirement at Age Fifty-Five; Alternative Plan. - § 71. Optional retirement at age fifty-five; alternative plan. a....
71-A - Optional Retirement at Age Fifty-Five; New Plan. - § 71-a. Optional retirement at age fifty-five; new plan. a....
72 - Optional Retirement at Age Fifty-Five; Closed Plan. - § 72. Optional retirement at age fifty-five; closed plan. a....
73 - Discontinued Service After Twenty Years. - (a) He shall have completed twenty years of total service,...
74 - Procedure for Retirement. - § 74. Procedure for retirement. a. Every application for a...
74-A - Applications and Elections; Issues Due to Death. - § 74-a. Applications and elections; issues due to death. Notwithstanding...
75 - Allowance on Superannuation Retirement. - (a) A pension of one-one hundred twentieth of final average...
75-A - Non-Contributory Retirement Plan for State Employees. - § 75-a. Non-contributory retirement plan for state employees. a. Notwithstanding...
75-B - Non-Contributory Retirement Plan for Members of Participating Employers. - (2) By the adoption, filing and approval, where required, of...
75-C - Non-Contributory Retirement Plan Benefits. - (b) A member who had been contributing for service retirement...
75-D - Guaranteed Retirement Benefits for State Employees. - § 75-d. Guaranteed retirement benefits for state employees. a. 1....
75-E - Guaranteed Retirement Benefits for Employees of Participating Employers. - § 75-e. Guaranteed retirement benefits for employees of participating employers....
75-F - Career Retirement Plan for State Employees. - (2) That portion of the pension provided pursuant to the...
75-G - Career Retirement Plan for Employees of Participating Employers. - (2) That portion of the pension provided pursuant to this...
75-H - Career Retirement Plan for State Employees; New Plan. - (1) Such member renders five or more years of service...
75-I - Improved Career Retirement Plan for Employees of Participating Employers. - § 75-i. Improved career retirement plan for employees of participating...
76 - Vested Retirement Allowance. - § 76. Vested retirement allowance. a. A member who discontinues...
77 - Deferred Applications for Retirement. - § 77. Deferred applications for retirement. Notwithstanding other provisions of...
78 - Supplemental Retirement Allowance. - § 78. Supplemental retirement allowance. a. A supplemental retirement allowance...
78-A - Cost-of-Living Adjustment. - § 78-a. Cost-of-living adjustment. a. A cost-of-living adjustment shall be...
79 - Cafeteria Plans. - § 79. Cafeteria plans. To the extent permitted by section...
Title 9 - Special Retirement Plans Applicable to Specified Classes of Members
80 - Retirement of Members of the Legislature. - § 80. Retirement of members of the legislature. a. As...
80-A - Legislative and Executive Retirement Plan; New Plan. - (b) Service in war after world war I as defined...
89 - Retirement of Members in the Uniformed Personnel in Institutions Under the Jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Community Supervision or Who Are Security Hospital Treatment Assistants; New Plan. - (a) Be payable only if such member has attained age...
89-A - Optional Retirement of Sheriffs, Under-Sheriffs and Regular Deputy Sheriffs. - (b) On and after the date this section takes effect,...
89-B - Optional Twenty Year Retirement Plan for Sheriffs, Under-Sheriffs, and Regular Deputy Sheriffs in Counties Which Have Elected to Provide Same. - (b) On and after a county elects to make the...
89-C - Retirement of Members in New York State Thruway Authority Service. - (1) he is an authority employee on the effective date...
89-D - Optional Twenty Year Retirement Plan for Detective Investigators, Criminal Investigators, Senior Criminal Investigators, Confidential Criminal Investi - (b) On and after a county elects to make the...
89-E - Retirement of Correction Officers of the Westchester County Correction Department; Alternative Eligibility for Retirement. - § 89-e. Retirement of correction officers of the Westchester county...
89-F - Retirement of County Correction Officers in Suffolk County. - § 89-f. Retirement of county correction officers in Suffolk county....
89-G - Retirement of County Correction Officers, Uniformed Correction Division Personnel, Sheriffs, Deputy Sheriffs and Undersheriffs in Nassau County. - § 89-g. Retirement of county correction officers, uniformed correction division...
89-H - Retirement of Sheriffs, Undersheriffs, Deputy Sheriffs, Correction Officers and Identification Officers in Albany County. - § 89-h. Retirement of sheriffs, undersheriffs, deputy sheriffs, correction officers...
89-I - Retirement of Sheriffs, Undersheriffs, Deputy Sheriffs and Correction Officers in St. Lawrence County. - § 89-i. Retirement of sheriffs, undersheriffs, deputy sheriffs and correction...
89-J - Retirement of Sheriffs, Undersheriffs, Deputy Sheriffs and Correction Officers in Jefferson County. - § 89-j. Retirement of sheriffs, undersheriffs, deputy sheriffs and correction...
89-K - Retirement of Deputy Sheriffs and Correction Officers in Onondaga County. - § 89-k. Retirement of deputy sheriffs and correction officers in...
89-L - Retirement of Sheriffs, Undersheriffs, Deputy Sheriffs and Correction Officers in Orleans County. - § 89-l. Retirement of sheriffs, undersheriffs, deputy sheriffs and correction...
89-M - Retirement of Sheriffs, Undersheriffs, Deputy Sheriffs and Correction Officers in Broome County. - § 89-m. Retirement of sheriffs, undersheriffs, deputy sheriffs and correction...
89-N - Computation of Twenty-Five Years of Service; Correction Officers. - * § 89-n. Computation of twenty-five years of service; correction...
89-N*2 - Retirement of Deputy Sheriffs-Jailors in Monroe County. - * § 89-n. Retirement of deputy sheriffs-jailors in Monroe county....
89-O - Retirement of Sheriffs, Undersheriffs, Deputy Sheriffs and Correction Officers in Greene County. - § 89-o. Retirement of sheriffs, undersheriffs, deputy sheriffs and correction...
89-P - Optional Twenty-Five Year Retirement Plan for Certain Sheriffs, Undersheriffs, Deputy Sheriffs and Correction Officers Whose Employer Elects to Provid - (2) The benefits of this section shall be available only...
89-Q - Retirement of Traffic Officers With the Town of Elmira. - § 89-q. Retirement of traffic officers with the town of...
89-R - Retirement of County Park Police Officers in Suffolk County. - § 89-r. Retirement of county park police officers in Suffolk...
89-S - Retirement of Members Who Serve as Peace Officers in the Suffolk County Probation Department. - * § 89-s. Retirement of members who serve as peace...
89-S*2 - Retirement of Members Who Serve as Ambulance Medical Technicians, Ambulance Medical Technician/supervisors, Members Who Perform Ambulance Medical Technician Related Services, Police Medics, Police Medic Supervisors and Members Who Perform Po... - * § 89-s. Retirement of members who serve as ambulance...
89-S*3 - Retirement of Members Who Serve as Peace Officers in the Nassau County Probation Department. - * § 89-s. Retirement of members who serve as peace...
89-T - Optional Twenty-Five Year Retirement Plan for County Probation Officers. - (2) The benefits of this section shall be available only...
89-T*2 - Alternative Retirement Benefits for Safety Officers. - * § 89-t. Alternative retirement benefits for safety officers. a....
89-U - Retirement of County Sheriffs, Undersheriffs, Deputy Sheriffs, State and County Correction Officers; Portability of Service Credit Between the State - § 89-u. Retirement of county sheriffs, undersheriffs, deputy sheriffs, state...
89-V - Retirement of Deputy Sheriffs-Civil in Rockland County. - * § 89-v. Retirement of deputy sheriffs-civil in Rockland county....
89-V*2 - Retirement of Paramedics Employed by the Police Department in the Town of Tonawanda. - * § 89-v. Retirement of paramedics employed by the police...
89-V*3 - Retirement of Superior Correction Officers in Rockland County. - * § 89-v. Retirement of superior correction officers in Rockland...
89-W - Optional Twenty-Five Year Retirement Plan for County Fire Marshals in the County of Nassau. - § 89-w. Optional twenty-five year retirement plan for county fire...
89-X - Retirement of Deputy Sheriffs-Civil in Monroe County. - § 89-x. Retirement of deputy sheriffs-civil in Monroe county. a....
Title 10 - Options
90 - Options. - (a) A new beneficiary under a "Cash Refund-Contributions" option (Option...
Title 11 - Provisions Relating to Retired Members
100 - Payment of Retirement Allowances. - § 100. Payment of retirement allowances. Retirement allowances shall be...
101 - Reduction or Suspension of Benefits. - (a) An annuity which is the actuarial equivalent of all...
102 - Recovery of Disability Beneficiaries. - § 102. Recovery of disability beneficiaries. a. Once each year...
Title 12 - Miscellaneous Provisions; Saving and Construction Clauses
109 - Abandonment of Unclaimed Contributions; Payment to the Pension Accumulation Fund. - § 109. Abandonment of unclaimed contributions; payment to the pension...
109-A - Abandonment of Amounts Payable to Beneficiaries; Payment to the Pension Accumulation Fund. - § 109-a. Abandonment of amounts payable to beneficiaries; payment to...
110 - Exemption From Taxes and Legal Process. - § 110. Exemption from taxes and legal process. The right...
110-A - Deduction of Group Plan Insurance or Medicare Premiums From Benefits. - § 110-a. Deduction of group plan insurance or medicare premiums...
110-B - Deduction of Dues and Insurance Premiums From Benefits of Certain Retired Members. - § 110-b. Deduction of dues and insurance premiums from benefits...
110-C - Deductions From Benefits of Certain Retired Members. - § 110-c. Deductions from benefits of certain retired members. Notwithstanding...
110-D - Deductions for Federated Community Campaigns. - § 110-d. Deductions for federated community campaigns. Notwithstanding any other...
111 - Protection Against Fraud. - § 111. Protection against fraud. a. Any person who shall:...
111-A - Bonds Required in Certain Cases. - § 111-a. Bonds required in certain cases. a. In any...
112 - Limitation of Other Statutes. - § 112. Limitation of other statutes. a. No other provision...
113 - Creation or Modification of Local Retirement Systems Prohibited. - § 113. Creation or modification of local retirement systems prohibited....
113-A - Suspension of State and Local Provisions Requiring Termination of Service or Retirement on Account of Age. - § 113-a. Suspension of state and local provisions requiring termination...
114 - Retirement of Certain State Employees. - § 114. Retirement of certain state employees. All state employees,...
115 - Teachers Employed in Institutions for the Deaf, Mute and Blind. - § 115. Teachers employed in institutions for the deaf, mute...
116 - Certain Pensions Continued. - § 116. Certain pensions continued. The pensions of all pensioners...
117 - Legislative Intent. - § 117. Legislative intent. In so far as this article,...
118 - References in Laws and Documents. - § 118. References in laws and documents. Reference in any...
119 - Separability Clause. - § 119. Separability clause. If any clause, sentence, paragraph, section...