§ 384. Optional retirement of certain police officers and\nfirefighters. a. Any member of the police and fire retirement system\nwho is an officer or member of any organized fire department or\norganized police force or police department of any county, city, town,\nvillage, fire district, police district or participating employer may\nelect to contribute to the police and fire retirement system on the\nbasis of retirement upon his or her completion of twenty-five years of\nservice as an officer or member of any such force or department on an\nallowance of:\n 1. One-fiftieth of his final average salary for each year of total\nservice as such officer or member, and\n 2. One-seventieth of his final average salary for each year of total\nservice for which he otherwise shall be entitled to credit, but not\nexceeding in the aggregate one-half of his final average salary.\n b. Any officer or member of such an organized fire department or\norganized police force or department may elect to contribute to the\npolice and fire retirement system pursuant to this section within one\nyear after he or she becomes such an officer or member, or on or before\nJanuary first, nineteen hundred seventy, or within one year after his or\nher employer assumed, or assumes in whole or in part, the additional\ncost to the police and fire retirement system resulting from an election\npursuant to this section.\n bb. On and after April first, nineteen hundred sixty-seven only\nfirefighters, police officers or officers of such a fire department or\npolice force may elect to contribute to the police and fire retirement\nsystem on the basis of retirement pursuant to this section and, as to\nmembers so electing, in addition to service in war after world war I, as\ndefined in section three hundred two of this article, only credit for\nservice:\n 1. As such a firefighter, police officer or officer, or\n 2. As a member or officer of the state police, or\n 3. In the regional state park police service, shall be included in\ncomputing years of police or fire service for retirement pursuant to\nthis section.\n c. Elections made pursuant to this section shall be in writing and\nshall be duly acknowledged and filed with the comptroller. Any member\nwho files such an election pursuant to this section may withdraw it\nafter it has been filed for at least one year. Such withdrawal shall be\nby written notice duly acknowledged and filed with the comptroller.\nAfter such withdrawal such member shall contribute to the police and\nfire retirement system as otherwise provided in this article. Any member\nwho has contributed the entire additional cost to the police and fire\nretirement system resulting from an election pursuant to this section,\nmay withdraw such entire additional amount in the event that he or she\nso withdraws such election.\n d. Contributions for additional costs of elections to contribute\npursuant to this section shall be payable as follows:\n 1. Except as otherwise provided in this subdivision, a member electing\nto contribute to the police and fire retirement system pursuant to this\nsection shall pay the entire additional cost to the police and fire\nretirement system resulting from such election by means of a rate of\ncontribution. Such rate shall be computed to provide, upon his or her\ncompletion of twenty-five years of service as an officer or member of\nany such department or force, the portion of the retirement allowance\nfor which he or she is required to provide pursuant to this section.\nSuch rate of contribution shall be determined in a manner similar to\nthat provided in section three hundred twenty-three of this article and\nsubject to the provisions of paragraph four of this subdivision, the\ncontributions based thereon shall be paid while such member is an\nofficer or member of any such department or force.\n 2. The member's employer, however, by appropriate action, may (a) in\nits initial action under this section, elect to assu
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