§ 504-a. Twenty-year retirement program for New York city correction\nmembers below the rank of captain. a. Definitions. The following words\nand phrases as used in this section shall have the following meanings\nunless a different meaning is plainly required by the context.\n 1. "New York city correction officer below the rank of captain" shall\nmean a member of the uniformed force of the New York city department of\ncorrection who holds the rank of correction officer below the rank of\ncaptain in the correction service of the classification of the\ndepartment of personnel of such city.\n 2. "New York city correction member below the rank of captain" shall\nmean a general member (as defined in subdivision twelve of section five\nhundred one of this article) who is a New York city correction officer\nbelow the rank of captain.\n 3. "Twenty-year retirement program" shall mean all the terms and\nconditions of this section.\n 4. "Starting date of the twenty-year retirement program" shall mean\nthe effective date of this section, as such date is certified pursuant\nto section forty-one of the legislative law.\n 5. "Participant in the twenty-year retirement program" shall mean any\nNew York city correction member below the rank of captain who, under the\napplicable provisions of subdivision b of this section, is entitled to\nthe rights, benefits and privileges and is subject to the obligations of\nthe twenty-year retirement program, as applicable to him or her.\n 6. "Discontinued member" shall mean a participant in the twenty-year\nretirement program who, while he or she was a New York city correction\nofficer below the rank of captain, discontinued service in the uniformed\nforce of the New York city department of correction and has a right to a\ndeferred vested benefit under subdivision d of this section.\n 7. "Administrative code" shall mean the administrative code of the\ncity of New York.\n 8. "New York city correction officer of the rank of captain or above"\nshall have the same meaning as set forth in paragraph one of subdivision\na of section five hundred four-b of this article.\n 9. "Twenty-year retirement program for captains and above" shall mean\nall the terms and conditions of section five hundred four-b of this\narticle.\n 10. "Starting date of the twenty-year retirement program for captains\nand above" shall have the same meaning as set forth in paragraph four of\nsubdivision a of section five hundred four-b of this article.\n b. Participation in twenty-year retirement program. 1. Subject to the\nprovisions of paragraph six of this subdivision, any person who is a New\nYork city correction member below the rank of captain on the starting\ndate of the twenty-year retirement program and who, as such a correction\nmember or otherwise, last became subject to the provisions of this\narticle prior to such starting date, may elect to become a participant\nin the twenty-year retirement program by filing, within one hundred\neighty days after the starting date of the twenty-year retirement\nprogram, a duly executed application for such participation with the\nretirement system of which such person is a member, provided he or she\nis such a correction member below the rank of captain on the date such\napplication is filed.\n 2. Subject to the provisions of paragraph six of this subdivision, any\nperson who becomes a New York city correction member below the rank of\ncaptain after the starting date of the twenty-year retirement program\nand who, as such a correction member or otherwise, last became subject\nto the provisions of this article prior to such starting date, may elect\nto become a participant in the twenty-year retirement program by filing,\nwithin one hundred eighty days after becoming such a correction member,\na duly executed application for such participation with the retirement\nsystem of which such person is a member, provided he or she is such a\ncorrection member below the rank of captain on the d
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