* § 383-b. Retirement of members of the division of law enforcement in\nthe department of environmental conservation. a. As used in this\nsection, the term "member of the division of law enforcement of the\ndepartment of environmental conservation" shall mean service in full\ntime police duty as a sworn police officer of the division of law\nenforcement in the department of environmental conservation.\n b. Notwithstanding any other provision of law providing for transfers\nbetween retirement systems, any sworn police officer of the division of\nlaw enforcement in the department of environmental conservation who is a\nmember of the New York state employees' retirement system may transfer\nto the New York state and local police and fire retirement system and\nshall receive credit pursuant to and be entitled to the retirement\nbenefits afforded in accordance with this section. Upon any such\ntransfer the member shall be entitled to the amount of service which\nwould have been deemed creditable had such member been subject to such\nsystem during the course of his or her membership within such system.\nContributions to such system shall be made in accordance with\nappropriate provisions of law relating thereto. Application for such\ntransfer must be made to the state comptroller on or before December\nthirty-first, nineteen hundred eighty-six. The provisions of section\nthree hundred forty-three of this article shall apply to any member\nmaking application for transfer under this subdivision.\n c. Any member of the division of law enforcement in the department of\nenvironmental conservation who elects or is required to contribute under\nthis section shall contribute to the police and fire retirement system\non the basis of retirement upon his or her:\n 1. Completion of twenty-five years of total service in the division of\nlaw enforcement in the department of environmental conservation, or\n 2. Attainment of age sixty in the division of law enforcement in the\ndepartment of environmental conservation, if prior thereto, on an\nallowance of one-fiftieth of his final average salary for each year of\ntotal service in the division of law enforcement in the department of\nenvironmental conservation not in excess of twenty-five years. Such\nelection shall be in writing and shall be duly executed and filed with\nthe comptroller.\n d. Every employee entering or re-entering the division of law\nenforcement in the department of environmental conservation on or after\nJanuary first, nineteen hundred eighty-seven shall contribute on the\nbasis provided for by this section.\n e. A member who is required to contribute in accordance with this\nsection shall contribute, in lieu of the proportion of compensation as\nprovided in section three hundred twenty-one of this article, a\nproportion of his compensation similarly determined. Such latter\nproportion shall be computed to provide at the time when he shall first\nbecome eligible for retirement under this section, an annuity equal to\none-one hundredth of his final average salary for each year of service\nas a member prior to the attainment of the age when he shall first\nbecome eligible for retirement. Such member's rate of contribution\npursuant to this section shall be appropriately reduced pursuant to\nsection three hundred seventy-a of this article for such period of time\nas his employer contributes pursuant to such section toward\npensions-providing-for-increased-take-home-pay. No such member shall be\nrequired to continue contributions after completing twenty-five years of\nsuch service.\n f. A member contributing on the basis of this section, at the time of\nretirement, shall be entitled to retire after the completion of\ntwenty-five years of total creditable service in such service or upon\nthe attainment of age sixty by filing an application therefor in a\nmanner similar to that provided in section three hundred seventy of this\narticle. He thereupon shall receive, on retirement,
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