§ 383-c. Optional retirement of members holding the position of forest\nranger in the service of the department of environmental conservation.\na. As used in this section, the term "forest ranger in the service of\nthe department of environmental conservation" shall mean a person who\nserves on a full-time basis in the title of forest ranger I, forest\nranger II, forest ranger III, assistant superintendent of forest fire\ncontrol, superintendent of forest fire control or any successor titles\nor new titles in the forest ranger title series in the department of\nenvironmental conservation.\n b. Notwithstanding any other provision of law providing for transfers\nbetween retirement systems, any forest ranger in the service of the\ndepartment of environmental conservation who is a member of the New York\nstate and local employees' retirement system may transfer to the New\nYork state and local police and fire retirement system and shall receive\ncredit pursuant to and be entitled to the retirement benefits afforded\nin accordance with this section. Upon any such transfer the member shall\nbe entitled to the amount of service which would have been deemed\ncreditable had such member been subject to such system during the course\nof his or her membership within such system. Contributions to such\nsystem shall be made in accordance with appropriate provisions of law\nrelating thereto. Application for such transfer must be made to the\nstate comptroller on or before December thirty-first, nineteen hundred\nninety-seven. The provisions of section three hundred forty-three of\nthis article shall apply to any member making application for transfer\nunder this subdivision.\n c. Any forest ranger in the service of the department of environmental\nconservation who elects or is required to contribute under this section\nshall contribute to the New York state and local police and fire\nretirement system on the basis of retirement upon his:\n 1. Completion of twenty-five years of total creditable service, or\n 2. Attainment of age sixty, if prior thereto, on an allowance of\none-fiftieth of his final average salary for each year of total\ncreditable service not in excess of twenty-five years. Such election\nshall be in writing and shall be duly executed and filed with the\ncomptroller.\n d. Every employee entering or re-entering service as a forest ranger\nin the service of the department of environmental conservation on or\nafter the effective date of this section shall contribute on the basis\nprovided 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 or upon the attainment of\nage sixty by filing an application therefor in a manner similar to that\nprovided in section three hundred seventy of this article. He thereupon\nshall receive, on retirement, a retirement allowance consisting of:\n 1. An annuity which sha
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