§ 387. Retirement of members in the Suffolk county police force. a. As\nused in this section, the following words and phrases shall have the\nfollowing meanings unless a different meaning is plainly required by the\ncontext:\n 1. "County." Suffolk county.\n 2. "Department." Suffolk county police department.\n 3. "Service in such department." Full time police duty as an officer\nor member of such department, or full time police duty or bay constable\nduty as an officer or member of the police force, police department or\nconstable of any town, village or police district in the county, or as a\ncriminal investigator in the office of the district attorney of Suffolk\ncounty prior to January first, nineteen hundred sixty or as a Long\nIsland state park patrolman or a member of the division of state police\nin the state executive department.\n b. Any member in service in such department, including the\ncommissioner of police, on January first, nineteen hundred sixty, who\nelected, on or before July first, nineteen hundred sixty, to contribute\nto the New York state employees' retirement system pursuant to the\nprovisions of former section eighty-seven of this chapter, in effect\nprior to April first, nineteen hundred sixty-seven, shall contribute to\nthe police and fire retirement system on the basis of retirement upon\nhis or her:\n 1. Completion of twenty-five years of service in such department, or\n 2. Attainment of age sixty in service in such department if prior\nthereto, on an allowance of one-fiftieth of his final average salary for\neach year of service in such department not in excess of twenty-five\nyears, provided such election was in writing and duly executed and filed\nwith the comptroller.\n c. On or after January first, nineteen hundred sixty, employees\nentering or re-entering service in such department:\n 1. As members of the police force, including the commissioner of\npolice or deputy commissioner of police, shall contribute on the basis\nprovided for by this section.\n 2. Other than as members of the police force shall not be eligible to\nthe benefits of this section.\n d. A member, who elects or is required to contribute in accordance\nwith this section, shall contribute, in lieu of the proportion of\ncompensation as provided in section three hundred twenty-one of this\narticle, a proportion of his compensation similarly determined. Such\nlatter proportion shall be computed to provide, at the time when he\nshall first become eligible for retirement under this section, an\nannuity equal to one-one hundredth of his final average salary for each\nyear of service as a member rendered on and after January first,\nnineteen hundred sixty, and prior to the attainment of the age when he\nshall first become eligible for retirement. No such member shall be\nrequired to continue contributions after completing twenty-five years of\nsuch service.\n e. 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 creditable service in such department or upon\nattainment of age sixty, if prior thereto, by filing an application\ntherefor in a manner similar to that provided in section three hundred\nseventy of this article. He thereupon shall receive, upon retirement, a\nretirement allowance consisting of:\n 1. An annuity which shall be the actuarial equivalent of his\naccumulated contributions at the time of his retirement, plus\n 1-a. A pension which is the actuarial equivalent of the\nreserve-for-increased-take-home-pay to which he may then be entitled, if\nany, plus\n 2. A pension of one-one hundredth of his final average salary for each\nyear of service rendered;\n (a) Since he last became a member, and\n (b) Prior to the completion of twenty-five years of service in such\ndepartment, and\n (c) Toward which he and his employer have contributed under this\nsection, plus\n 3. An additional pension of one-fiftieth of
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