§ 331. Participation by public or quasi-public organizations. a. Any\npublic or quasi-public organization which heretofore joined the New York\nstate and local employees' retirement system, on behalf of its police\nofficers and firefighters, shall on and after April first, nineteen\nhundred sixty-seven, participate, on behalf of such police officers and\nfirefighters, in the police and fire retirement system pursuant to the\nprovisions of this article.\n b. On and after April first, nineteen hundred sixty-seven, any public\nor quasi-public organization created wholly or partly or deriving its\npowers by the legislature of the state and which organization employs\npolice officers and firefighters engaged in service to the public, by\nresolution legally adopted by its governing body and approved by the\ncomptroller, may elect to have its police officers and firefighters\nbecome eligible to participate in the New York state and local police\nand fire retirement system. Acceptance of the officers and employees of\nsuch an employer for membership in the New York state and local police\nand fire retirement system shall be optional with the comptroller. If he\nor she shall approve their participation, such organization, except as\nspecifically provided in this article to the contrary, shall thereafter\nbe treated as a participating employer. Notwithstanding the foregoing\nprovisions of this subdivision, The Long Island Rail Road Company, upon\nits election filed with the comptroller, shall participate in the New\nYork state and local police and fire retirement system with respect to\nLIRR police officers as defined in paragraph two of subdivision a of\nsection three hundred eighty-nine of this article who are referred to in\nparagraph three of subdivision b or in paragraph one of subdivision c of\nsection three hundred forty of this article, their benefits to be as\nprovided in or pursuant to such section three hundred eighty-nine,\nprovided that such election may only be made subsequent to the latest\ndate of the enactment of federal legislation or receipt of assurance or\nrelief from the relevant federal agency or agencies for all of the\nfollowing: removal of such LIRR police officers from coverage under the\nFederal Employers' Liability Act and the federal Railway Labor Act,\nremoval of such LIRR police officers from coverage under the federal\nRailroad Retirement Act and the federal Railroad Unemployment Insurance\nAct and exemption for such LIRR police officers and The Long Island\nRailroad Company from liability either for taxes under the federal\nRailroad Retirement Tax Act or the federal Railroad Unemployment\nRepayment Tax, and further provided that the authority for such election\nshall expire and be null and void if each such enactment or receipt is\nnot effected on or before June fifteenth, nineteen hundred ninety-six.\n c. The officers and employees of such organization shall be credited\nwith such periods of prior service as shall be certified by their\nemployer for service rendered to it, or its predecessor, or the state,\nor in any other capacity approved by such employer and the comptroller.\nService for such employer after the date on which it commences to\nparticipate in the police and fire retirement system and on account of\nwhich such employer pays contributions shall be considered as member\nservice. An officer or employee of such employer who, as of the date he\nor she is so approved for membership in the police and fire retirement\nsystem, is already a member thereof, shall not have his or her total\ncredit reduced by such approval. Any reserve held on account of any such\nofficer or employee in the pension accumulation fund shall be used as an\noffset against the deficiency contribution payable thereafter by such\nemployer on account of such officer or employee for any prior service\ncredit and any such previous credit. Except as otherwise provided in\nthis article, a police officer or firefighter of such
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