2010 New York Code
RSS - Retirement & Social Security
Article 14 - (500 - 520) COORDINATED-ESCALATOR RETIREMENT PLAN
518 - Election of coverage under article.

§  518.  Election  of coverage under article. a. Except as provided in
  subdivision c hereof, a member of a  public  retirement  system  of  the
  state on June thirtieth, nineteen hundred seventy-six who is not subject
  to  the provisions of article eleven of this chapter may elect to become
  subject to this article by submitting such election on  or  before  June
  first,  nineteen  hundred  seventy-eight. An election hereunder shall be
  made in  the  form  and  manner  prescribed  in  rules  and  regulations
  promulgated  by  the  head of the retirement system to which such member
  belongs at the time of election.  Such  election  shall  be  irrevocable
  thirty  days  after  it  is  received  by the system involved. Provided,
  however, that an election may not be made by any  employee  who  is  not
  employed   by  a  participating  employer,  or  who  is  employed  by  a
  participating employer  described  in  subdivision  c  of  section  five
  hundred of this article.
    b.  Contributions  made  by  a member prior to an election pursuant to
  subdivision a of  this  section,  together  with  any  interest  thereon
  through  the  date  of  election, shall thereafter become subject to the
  provisions of section five hundred seventeen of this article.
    c. On and after the date on which  this  act  shall  take  effect,  no
  member  of a public retirement system of the state shall elect to become
  subject to this article.