§ 500. Application. a. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,\nexcept as otherwise provided in subdivisions c and f of this section,\nthe provisions of this article shall apply to all members who join or\nrejoin a public retirement system of the state on or after July first,\nnineteen hundred seventy-six and to all employees who would have been\neligible to join or rejoin such a retirement system on or after such\ndate but in lieu thereof elected an optional retirement program to which\ntheir employers are thereby required to contribute. In the event that\nthere is a conflict between the provisions of this article and the\nprovisions of any other law or code, the provisions of this article\nshall govern.\n b. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article to the\ncontrary, persons who on or after July first, nineteen hundred\nseventy-six:\n 1. Enter the employment of a public employer which participates for\nsuch employees in the New York city employees' retirement system, the\nNew York city teachers' retirement system, the New York city police\npension fund, article two, the New York city fire department pension\nfund, article one-B, and the New York city board of education retirement\nsystem shall be required to become members or shall be eligible or\nineligible for membership in such retirement system or pension fund in\nthe manner provided for by the relevant provisions of the New York city\nadministrative code and other relevant laws and rules and regulations.\n 2. Enter the employment of a public employer which participates for\nsuch employees in the New York state teachers' retirement system shall\nbe required to become members or shall be eligible or ineligible for\nmembership in such retirement system in the manner provided for by the\nrelevant provisions of the New York state education law.\n 3. Enter the employment of a public employer which participates for\nsuch employees in the New York state and local police and fire\nretirement system shall be required to become members or shall be\neligible or ineligible for membership in such retirement system in the\nmanner provided for by the relevant provisions of this chapter.\n 4. Enter the employment of a public employer which participates for\nsuch employees in the New York state employees' retirement system in\npositions in which they shall work full time shall be required to become\nmembers.\n a. Provided, however, persons in the employ of such employers after\nsuch date in positions in which they work less than full time shall be\npermitted to become members of the New York state employees' retirement\nsystem by filing an application therefor in the manner provided for by\nsection forty of this chapter.\n b. Provided further that an employee of a county extension service\nassociation or Cornell university appointed for the first time on or\nafter August first, nineteen hundred seventy-seven who holds a federal\ncooperative appointment with the United States department of agriculture\nas designated by the director of the New York state cooperative\nextension service and who is eligible for participation in the federal\nretirement system shall be excluded from membership in the state\nemployees' retirement system.\n c. Provided further that any employee of a county extension service\nassociation and any employee of Cornell university appointed for the\nfirst time on or after July first, nineteen hundred seventy-six but on\nor before July thirty-first, nineteen hundred seventy-seven, who holds a\nstate cooperative appointment as designated by the director of the New\nYork state cooperative extension service may elect to receive a federal\ncooperative appointment in the manner provided for by the relevant\nfederal laws, rules and regulations and to participate in the federal\nretirement system and discontinue his participation in the state\nretirement system by filing a written notice of termination on or before\nDecember thirty-first, nineteen hundred
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