2015 New York Laws
RSS - Retirement & Social Security
Article 23 - (Retirement & Social Security) BENEFIT ENHANCEMENTS
1301 - Election of benefit enhancements.

 1301. Election of benefit enhancements. a. The state of New York may
  elect  to provide its employees the benefit enhancements provided for in
  section thirteen hundred two of this article.
b. A separate election to provide  benefit  enhancements  pursuant  to
  subdivision  a of this section must be made for each specific collective
  bargaining organization, recognized or  certified  pursuant  to  article
  fourteen of the civil service law.
c. Such election is made by the governor to the retirement system upon
  receipt  of  a  request  from  the  collective  bargaining organization,
  recognized or certified  pursuant  to  article  fourteen  of  the  civil
  service law to represent such eligible employees. No such petition shall
  be  required  for  employees who are not represented for the purposes of
  collective bargaining subject to the limitation provided in section nine
  hundred two of this chapter.