2015 New York Laws
RSS - Retirement & Social Security
Article 14-B - (Retirement & Social Security) SPECIAL RETIREMENT PLANS FOR SHERIFFS, UNDERSHERIFFS AND DEPUTY SHERIFFS ENGAGED IN LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES
550 - Definitions.

 550. Definitions. For purposes of this article the terms:
a.  1.  "Member"  shall  mean  a  person who is employed as a sheriff,
  undersheriff or deputy sheriff who is engaged directly in  criminal  law
  enforcement  activities  that  aggregate  fifty per centum of his or her
  service and is a police officer under the  criminal  procedure  law,  as
  certified  by  the  county  sheriff,  by  any  county  which  elects  by
  resolution duly adopted, to provide the benefits as authorized  by  this
  article.
2.   Notwithstanding   the   provisions   of  paragraph  one  of  this
  subdivision, member shall also include a deputy sheriff who is a  police
  officer  pursuant  to  subdivision  thirty-four  of  section 1.20 of the
  criminal procedure law as certified by  the  municipal  police  council,
  provided that the employer has filed an election to that effect pursuant
  to  paragraph  two of subdivision j of section five hundred fifty-two of
  this article.
b. "Retirement system"  shall  mean  the  New  York  state  and  local
  employees' retirement system.