§ 387-a. Retirement of members of the Suffolk county police force; new\nplan. a. As used in this section, the following words and phrases shall\nhave the following meanings unless a different meaning is plainly\nrequired by the context:\n 1. "County." Suffolk county.\n 2. "Police force." All members of the police department excepting\nthose members appointed to render clerical or stenographic, mechanical,\nchauffeur or laboring service exclusively. Such term, however, shall\nalso include every employee of the police department who entered such\nservice prior to January first, nineteen hundred sixty and who has been\ncontributing since that date in accordance with the provisions of\nsection eighty-seven of this article.\n 3. "Creditable service." Full time police duty as an officer or member\nof such department, or full time police duty or bay constable duty as an\nofficer or member of the police force, police department or constabulary\nof any town, village or police district in the county, or as a criminal\ninvestigator in the office of the district attorney of Suffolk county or\nfull time police duty as a police officer in any city of the state of\nNew York 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. Every member of the police force, including the commissioner, who\nenters or re-enters service on the police force on or after January\nfirst, nineteen hundred sixty-eight, shall contribute to the retirement\nsystem in the manner provided for by this section. On and after January\nfirst, nineteen hundred seventy-nine no person may elect to be covered\nunder the provisions of this section.\n c. Any member of the police force who is contributing on the basis of\nretirement at age sixty or under sections three hundred seventy-one,\nthree hundred seventy-one-a, three hundred seventy-two, three hundred\nseventy-five, three hundred eighty-four or three hundred eighty-seven of\nthis article, may, on or after September first, nineteen hundred\nsixty-seven, and before January first, nineteen hundred sixty-nine,\nelect to come under the provisions of this section. Such election shall\nbe in writing and shall be duly executed and filed with the comptroller.\nBy such election, such member shall waive any and all rights and\nbenefits to which he was previously entitled under sections three\nhundred seventy-one, three hundred seventy-one-a, three hundred\nseventy-two, three hundred seventy-five, three hundred eighty-four or\nthree hundred eighty-seven of this article, and shall accept instead,\nthe rights and benefits of this section as of January first, nineteen\nhundred sixty-nine. He thereupon shall be given credit for such service\nand contributions as he was otherwise credited with under sections three\nhundred seventy-one, three hundred seventy-one-a, three hundred\nseventy-two, three hundred seventy-five, three hundred eighty-four or\nthree hundred eighty-seven of this article.\n d. A member of the police force who elects or is required to\ncontribute in accordance with this section, shall contribute, in lieu of\nthe proportion of compensation as provided in section twenty-one of this\narticle, a proportion of his compensation similarly determined. Such\nlatter proportion shall be the same as that which was or which would be\ncomputed under subdivision d of section eighty-seven of this chapter,\nnotwithstanding the fact that such member will be eligible for\nretirement after twenty years of creditable service. In no event shall a\nmember contribute under this section at a higher rate than he was or\nwould be required to contribute under subdivision d of section\neighty-seven of this article had this section not been enacted.\n Such member's rate of contribution pursuant to this section shall be\nappropriately reduced pursuant to section seventy-a of this article for\nsuch period of time as his employ
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