2022 New York Laws
RSS - Retirement and Social Security
Article 4-B - Public Pension Fund Group Life Insurance
185 - Definitions.

§  185.  Definitions.  As  used  in  this  article, unless a different
meaning clearly appears from the context: a. The term "fund" shall  mean
any  public retirement system or pension fund which grants retirement or
pension benefits to employees of the city of New York, employees of  the
state  of New York, employees of any department or agency of the city of
New York or of the state of New York, employees of any  municipality  or
other  participating  employer  participating  in the New York state and
local employees' retirement system or  the  New  York  state  and  local
police  and  fire  retirement  system, and employees of school districts
participating in the New York state teachers' retirement system.
  b. The term "ordinary death benefit":
  (1) shall include only the death benefits authorized by:
  (a) sections sixty, sixty-a, sixty-b, sixty-c,  three  hundred  sixty,
three  hundred  sixty-a,  three  hundred sixty-b, three hundred sixty-c,
four hundred  forty-eight,  four  hundred  forty-eight-a,  five  hundred
eight,  five  hundred  eight-a, six hundred six and six hundred six-a of
the retirement and social security law; and
  (b) section five hundred twelve of the education law; and
  (c) sections B3-32.0, B20-39.0 and B20-40.0 of the administrative code
of the city of New York and
  (d) subdivisions a, b and c of  section  B18-38.0  of  such  code  and
subdivisions a, a-1, b, c and f of section B19-7.79 of such code; and
  (e)  section  twenty  of  the  rules  and  regulations of the board of
education retirement system of the city of New York; and
  (f) subdivision four of section B3-36.0 of such code, subdivision  two
of  section  B20-41.0 of such code, subdivision d of section B18-38.0 of
such code, subdivisions d, e and f of section  B19-7.79  of  such  code,
section  two  hundred  seven-h of the general municipal law, as added by
chapter nine hundred four of the laws of nineteen hundred sixty-six  and
amended,  section  two  hundred seven-h of the general municipal law, as
added by chapter nine hundred  six  of  the  laws  of  nineteen  hundred
sixty-six  and  section  fourteen-a  of the rules and regulations of the
board of education retirement system of the city of  New  York,  in  any
case  where  the death to which any of the provisions above mentioned in
this subparagraph (f) is applicable occurs before the effective date  of
retirement  designated  by the member or by the board of trustees of the
retirement system, as the case may be; and
  (2)  shall  include  the  accelerated  death  benefit  authorized   by
subdivision  nine  of  section five hundred eleven of the education law;
and
  (3) shall not include a death benefit payable  as  the  result  of  an
accident sustained in the performance of duty.