2006 New York Code - Credit To Members Of Public Retirement Systems For Military Service Performed During War.

 
    §  244-a.  Credit to members of public retirement systems for military
  service performed during war. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision  of
  law,  a member of a public retirement system of the state, as defined in
  subdivision twenty-three of section five hundred one of  the  retirement
  and  social  security  law,  shall  be  eligible for credit for military
  service performed during a period of war upon attainment of no less than
  ten years of service and may obtain, upon application to such retirement
  system, a total not to exceed three years of service credit within three
  years prior to retirement for up to three years of military service as a
  member of the armed forces of the United  States  if  such  service  was
  rendered  during a period of war. For purposes of the New York state and
  local employees' retirement system and the  New  York  state  and  local
  police  and fire retirement system all such service shall be credible in
  all plans specified in the retirement and social security law.
    2. In order to purchase  credit  pursuant  to  this  subdivision,  the
  member  shall  pay  into  the pension accumulation fund the contribution
  amount as determined by the comptroller, either in  a  lump  sum  or  in
  installments,  necessary  to  pay  in  full  the  cost  of such previous
  service. If such payment be made in installments, the same shall be paid
  within a period no greater than the number  of  months  of  such  member
  service granted.
    3. In no event shall the credit granted pursuant to this section, when
  added  to credit granted for military service with any retirement system
  pursuant to this section or any other provision of law, exceed  a  total
  of three years.